By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) sees his May 21 fight against mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) as being an easy fight for him when the two tangle in Moscow, Russia.
Wilder saw how Povetkin struggled against other tall fighters like him in the past when he was beaten by the 6’6” former world champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2013, and how he struggled last November to beat the slow 6’7 ½” Mariusz Wach.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) may be the most perfect punching machine that the heavyweight division has ever seen. With one-punch power in either hand, Deontay is known for knocking his opponents senseless with a single shot to the head. It doesn’t take the 6’7” Deontay a barrage of punches to get most of his opponents out.
Deontay makes it neat with a howitzer-like rights and lefts to knock his opposition flat like a pancake on the canvas for the 10 count. Through hard work and in some cases soft match-making, 36-year-old veteran Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) has worked his way to the number 1 spot with the World Boxing Council, and he will now be Deontay’s next opponent.
The working date for the Wilder-Povetkin fight is May 21, but that might change as the negotiations continue to evolve. Deontay and Povetkin will be fighting in Moscow, Russia at a still to be determined venue.
By Scott Gilfoid: At this point in Deontay Wilder’s pro career, he looks as close to being unbeatable as you’re ever going to see with a heavyweight world champion. Deontay has breezed through three title defenses since winning the WBC belt last year in January against Bermane Stiverne. While there are some people out there like Lennox Lewis who see Deontay (36-0, 35 KOs) as flawed and vulnerable, there are many more boxing fans that see the towering 6’7” knockout artist as someone who cannot be beaten by anyone right now.
Deontay, 30, will be defending his WBC heavyweight title in two months from now in Russia against former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) in Moscow, Russia at a still to be determined venue.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) isn’t too worried about getting past his aging mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) in May of this year.
This is a mere formality for the tall power-punching 6’7” Bronze Bomber Wilder. He’s more focused on getting the top British heavyweights to take their scalps. Deontay specifically wants Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and David Haye.
Why Deontay wants Haye is anyone’s guess. Haye is just an ex-champion that is in the infancy of a comeback, which probably won’t pan out for him once he gets past the level of scrub fighters. Haye is going to do well as long as he’s carefully hand-picking his opponents, but when he looks for a decent fighter, I expect him to be found out again. Haye is just too small for the heavyweight division in my view.
By Jeff Aranow: With challenger Alexander Povetkin’s promoter Andrei Ryabinski winning the recent purse bid for the fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs), the fight will now be taking place in Moscow, Russia rather than the United States.
Wilder and his team are talking about having part of their training camp take place in Russia or nearby in order to avoid jetlag. It’s a long flight from where Wilder lives in Alabama to Russia, and they don’t want to setup a situation where Wilder has to take a long flight to Russia the week of the fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: In what could be seen as a bad omen for #1 WBC challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs); former heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis is giving him the advantage in his title fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) in their fight on May 21 on Showtime Boxing.
Lewis likes the 36-year-old Povetkin’s experience in this fight, and he feels that the 6’7” Wilder has many flaws that have him worried. However, Lewis also feels that Deontay’s power could be the factor that ultimately saves him in this fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: As I predicted, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) will be forced to defend his WBC title in Russia against his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) in the coming months. Fight News is reporting that the Wilder-Povetkin fight will be taking place in Russia. Povetkin’s promoter Andrey Ryabinsky of the World of Boxing is saying.
It’s no surprise that the Wilder-Povetkin fight will be staged in Russia. After Povetkin’s promoter Ryabinsky won the recent purse bid to stage the fight, it was clear that they were going to have it take place in Russia. I mean, why bother even winning the purse bid if you’re not going to take the fight to your home country?
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) says it never entered into his mind to vacate his WBC title after promotional team lost the purse bid to the promoters for his mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) last week.
With Wilder’s management losing the purse bid, it means that Povetkin’s promoters can stage the fight in Russia if they so please. That will put Wilder in a position where he might need to do something extraordinary in the ring to make sure he walks out of the arena with his title.
By Scott Gilfoid: Earlier on Friday, Russian promoter Andrey Ryabinsky of World of Boxing won the purse bid to stage the title fight between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) and his mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs). Ryabinksy is the promoter for the 36-year-old Povetkin, and he made a winning bid of $7.15 million to Wilder’s promoter Lou Dibella’a bid of $5,101.000.42.
Ryabinsky now has exactly 90 days to stage the fight. The big question is where he is going to stage the fight. Povetkin supposedly is willing to fight Deontay in the United States; although I am not so sure why he would want to do that other for kicks. T
By Scott Gilfoid: Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin’s team won’t the purse bid earlier today for his fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) with a winning bid of $7.15 million.
Wilder’s management bid $5,101.00.42, but it wasn’t enough. It’s not surprising that Povetkin’s team won the bid because this was all predicted by myself and others a long time ago. What this means is that the 6’7” Deontay will need to travel to Russia to defend his title rather than having the fight in the United States.