They will try everything to avoid this fight. Why the **** is povetkin fighting wach when he could of waited and fought wilder later this year
He will vacate the WBC title. He has already laid the groundwork by baselessly accussing Povetkin of steroids use.
Wilder vs Povetkin is just like Wilder vs Tarver Both Tarver & Povetikin are live underdogs. Wilder fancies Wlad as am easier fight, due to Wlad stylistic vulnerability to a puncher capable of delivering the bombs. We can expect Wlad vs Wilder any time Wlad wants the big payday $
I think the fight will happen as long as the money is right, which I suspect it will be. Povetkin offered him $10 million earlier in the year and that's more than he would get against Wlad and I can't see any other big money options for Wilder that could match what Povetkin's team are willing to pay him. But with Wilder being a Haymon fighter you never know what he will do. Haymon will put his plans ahead of a fighters and if he doesn't want Wilder to face Povetkin he will do anything to prevent it, which includes dumping the belt.
Wilder isn't a puncher when he fights upper tier fighters and I use that term lightly because he has fought only 1 top 10 guy in 35 fights.......
Well, that top ten guy has the best chin in the division....along with Wach. And he was hurt many times in that fight. Povetkin's chin is so suspect, you know it I know it everyone knows it.
It tells us the Heavyweight division is weak & always needs an Undisputed King. Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Ali, Holmes, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis...Next Undisputed Heavyweight Champion is what Wilder & Wlad are trying to achieve
If Wilders handlers had a chance, they'd fight top 30-50 bums for the next 20 years. Cashing in on Wilder. Thank God the WBC is a reputable organization that will enforce mandatory obligations!