Comments Thread For: Wilder vs. Povetkin Targeted For Next Spring, Says Ryabinsky

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According to World of Boxing CEO Andrey Ryabinsky, who promotes former world champion and Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin, he is targeting a mandatory showdown with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder in the spring of 2017.

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[REMOVE SHARK 55]

A lot of the 'hardcore' were emotionally invested in this fight as it's one if the biggest fights that can be made in the HW division. After Povetkin was bagged taking meldonium it has lost some of it's luster.

Hopefully this fight gets made in the end and Wilder uses his 8 inch reach advantage to punish Povetkin.

[JASON SHAW]

Wilder needs to demand this fight take place in america because of pedvetkin the dirty doper..... In russia the gloves might be loaded as well who the heck knows....

[Boxing Logic]

Don't really care about this fight. And Wilder already got his voluntary defense against Arreola. He should make Povetkin his voluntary defense since it's more of a tuneup fight until Povetkin proves he can beat a top guy.

I'd love to see Wilder fight Joshua though, or Luis Ortiz, or Klitschko. Unfortunately Wilder still has never faced a top guy. And unlike GGG, he's had plenty of chances. GGG chases the top guys, gets ducked. Wilder on the other hand has done the ducking so far, so it's hard to be a fan. He could have fought Klitschko but chose to wait until they got old. Floyd must be advising him. Disappointing because Wilder has talent.

[SN!PER]

Fight will take place in Las Vegas.

Wilder wins. Too slick, too quick, too powerful.

[RuslanChagaev]

Everyone waiting for this fight a year. I hope there will not be a setback and we can watch this fight.

[1hourRun]

Already overlooking Stieverne after you gave him a pass for failing VADA testing...yeah I hope Pedvetkin gets KTFO! these are stupid m*ther ****ers!

[Dreamking]

Fight will take place in Las Vegas.

Wilder wins. Too slick, too quick, too powerful.

Never heard of someone describing this new born giraffe as slick. Interesting.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Wilder should punish the Russian for wasting everyones time!

Hope it happens and we get to see what Wilder is made of.

[Redd Foxx]

The timing looks bad because Povetkin is going to need time after his upcoming fight, but then Wilder would have been gone for a long time without a tune-up. I can only imagine that this will run on BST (Boxing Standard Time) we'll end up with a tune-up in the spring and the actual fight at the end of the summer.