So will Wladimir Klitschko be fighting Bermane Stiverne or Kubrat Pulev?

Wlad is trying everything to avoid fighting Pulev. It is now obvious.

 

Pulev, the fight is penciled in for Sept 9 in Hamburg.

King is going to milk the WBC for all its worth.

Duckvelvet was wrong...again.

 

Pulev deserves the shot. More so than Stiverne.
Let Stiverne, and Wilder get more experience. Since they both lack the pro ring experience to fight Wlad at this point.
Stiverne like Wilder has been hampered by his team. Until he fought Arreola he lacked a big win on his resume.
One big name just means there's a ton of styles you haven't seen yet at the elite level.
To have a good shot at sticking around you have to fight, and know how to fight different types of fighters.
Pulev yes. Wilder, and Stiverne no.
Pulev has shown himself ready to compete at the top by fighting top 10-20 guys, and beating them.

 

Good take.....though Stiverne was doing what he was supposed to do, except staying busy in between.
His wins over Austin and undefeated Manswell are what put him in the driver's seat of the WBC title search, so let's not act like he was hiding, but rather acknowledge he was looking for a fight with Vitali for the past 3 yrs.:think

 

Wladimir is fighting Pulev, which is the best fight available, and probably also brings the most money of any fight available. Pulev has been fighting and beating better opposition than Stiverne and Wilder for awhile, and has shown he can take a little and keep on coming.

 

Briggs on a mission to get in this mix LOL.

If ole windmill KO's Stiverne he may be the real deal.

 

certain posters will accuse him of ducking whichever guy he doesn't fight next.

 

Either of those 2 are pretty good fights. So nothing to complain about. Certainly leagues better than Laipai.

 

He will fight Stiverne first because he wants Vitali's belt. He knows that Pulev is able to win against him. Pulev is his toughest opponent since Peter.

 

Don King will not let Stiverne fight Wlad. So it will be Pulev next. Highly unlucrative fight for Wlad -- Pulev is unknown and brings in no TV money neither.

 

No way in hell Don King gives up Stiverne to Wladimir this quick.

 

If Pulev is an 'unlucrative' fight for Wlad in Germany that proves what everybody already knew all along- Germans DKSAB.

The fact is its not unlucrative, its dangerous. Excuses already coming in before the duck is confirmed.

 

Wlad can get tv money fighting his own sparring partner but not the NO.1 hw contender of the world??
What an absolute joke.

The Ktards don't want this fight because they know the threat is real.

 

Pulev is way bigger name in Germany than Stiverne. As the matter of fact, Stiverne is absolutely unknown and nobody would believe that he is some kind of "champion". Pulev is at least an established name in Germany and it would be a lot easier to promote than some guy nobody ever heard of.
Wladimir is obviously chasing the WBC belt, otherwise he himself probably wouldn't even know who Stiverne is.

And it's very likely that the Pulev fight is next. Klitschko is still seeking for a possibility of making the WBC bout happen, but that's a highly unlikely outcome.