Well, well, well... WBO to order mandatory challenge to AJ after Povetkin

I could have sworn Povetkin was the mandatory????

 

I thought he was the WBA mandatory not the WBO like the title says. Joshua just won the WBO title from Parker several months back, seems kinda soon for a mandatory to be ordered.

 

WBO basically said they might put Whyte in a final eliminator.

History suggests he'll walk away from it...

 

I'm not so sure, the wording of it struck me as being indicative of there being a final eliminator.
"Further, the involvement of our WBO international heavyweight champion Mr. Dillian Whyte in a WBO heavyweight elimination bout is uncertain."
I think if they were just going to make him mandatory they would have either already said or mentioned it before the fight. We'll see, in the nicest way possible I hope that you're wrong.

 

I suspect Miller will go that route instead

 

Hearn will get Miller to be mandatory. Will claim they can't fight Wilder cause they have to defend the WBO. Like GGGs old excuse, All of the belts

 

I told you all this a while ago, it's Dillian Whyte vs AJ in April.

Its already done.

 

They'll make either Stiverne or Arreola (he's back!) the WBO mandatory, Sulaiman style.

 

Can someone clarify for me, isn't Povetkin called as Joshua's WBA mandatory? @KiwiMan @CST80 @Serge @N17 @OpinionOfACasual @Sugar 88

 

Another reason why Wilder should of just laid Whyte out in the meantime. A good payday without Joshua afterwards would still have made sense to most people.