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MOSCOW, April 6 (R-Sport) - WBA heavyweight regular champion Alexander Povetkin is likely to take a voluntary defense May 17 while he waits to fight Wladimir Klitschko, Povetkin’s manager told R-Sport on Saturday.
Povetkin would join a Moscow fight card currently headed by WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev’s bout with champion in recess Guillermo Jones, a bout which Povetkin’s manager Vlad Hrunov is also involved in organizing.
“We have the intention to undertake one more fight for Alexander before the bout with Wladimir Klitschko,” Hrunov said.
He added that the fight could be something of a training exercise in how to fight Klitschko.
“One of the priorities in selecting an opponent, expressed by [Povetkin’s] coach Kostya Tszyu, the opponent must be comparable in size to the younger of the Klitschko brothers [Wladimir],” Hrunov said.
“This will allow us to build the training process in such a way as to use the results also in the run-up to the fight with Klitschko.”
Hrunov added he is waiting for the WBA to approve the title defense.
IBF, WBO and WBA super champion Klitschko and mandatory challenger Povetkin had been due to fight in the first quarter of 2013 before the WBA abruptly changed tack to allow Klitschko another voluntary defense.
As a result, Klitschko will fight unbeaten Argentine Francesco Pianeta in
Mannheim, Germany, on May 4.
Klitschko and Povetkin must fight by the end of August under WBA rules, but Hrunov said he was in no hurry to arrange the fight before both have completed their voluntary defenses.
“I am in solidarity with the opinion of [Klitschko’s manager] Bernd Boente. First you need to wait for the results of the fights of Wladimir and Alexander,” he said.
“And only after that get on with organizing the purse bids for the right to host the fight. You need to respect both the fighters and the spectators.”
Povetkin has twice previously pulled out of fights against Klitschko after a contract was signed.Comment
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Alexander Povetkin's manager says sometime this coming week, he'll will sign for the fight with either Andrew Wawrzyk or Joe Hanks. He's just waiting for the WBA to approve Povetkin fighting a voluntary on May 17.
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Povetkin is truly the Tolstoy of heavyweight boxing.
In other words, long-winded, seemingly full of potential and viewed as hugely and critically important....
....but ultimately, deeply-disappointing, boring and massively over-rated.
It's time for AP to man-up and fight Pulev, Fury, Helenius, Wlad or Vitali or start writing deeply-dull novels.Comment
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He had great potential, but he has been poorly managed by times.Originally posted by Bodyshot3 View Post
Povetkin made a terrible mistake in hiring Teddy Atlas, who had him fight some very poor opponents and pulled him out of what would have been his biggest payday against Wladimir.
Now, he will have been inactive for 8 months by the time he fights Wawryzk or Hanks on May 17.Comment
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David Haye changes his mind about retirement:
Interview with Alexander Povetkin's manager. Povetkin-Wawrzyk has been approved by Don King, who will co-promote the Jones-Kebedev event, but still not approved by the WBA.
Bookies favor Fury over Cunningham.
Deontay Wilder says Audley Harrison never dropped him in sparring, but people can say what they want.
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Is Jonathon Banks still his head trainer?Originally posted by Freedom.Comment
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Yes.Originally posted by BostonGuy View Post
Banks is the permanent replacement for Emanuel Steward as Wlad's head trainer.Comment
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Alexander Povetkin's trainer Kostya Tszyu considers the possible May 17th fight with 6'5" Andrew Wawrzyk to be part of the preparation for an August fight with Wladimir Klitschko. The WBA has now approved a voluntary defense for Povetkin against Wawrzyk (WBA #7), and so it is likely the fight will soon be signed and official. Joe Hanks was mentioned as another possible opponent, but he's not ranked by the WBA.
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Looks like both Haye and Povetkin want Andrew Wawryzk as their next opponent:
To borrow a comment from Larry Merchant, to say Andrew Wawryzk has a glass chin is an insult to glass.Andrzej Wasilewski, Ulrich KnockOut Promotion: “I can confirm that Andrzej Wawrzyk is a very serious candidate to fight WBA champion Alexander Povetkin. But the WBA champion is not the only one who wants to test Wawrzyk’s skill.
We have an offer from David Haye, to fight “Hayemaker” when he returns to the ring on June 29 in Manchester, England.
David Haye’s offer is better, much better financially, but I presented both of them to my fighter – it will be Wawrzyk’s decision to make best choice for his career.”
He was knocked down by a 1-11 fighter who has a 0% KO ratio, and knocked down and nearly stopped by a cruiserweight with a 20% KO ratio, .
Why do these two top heavyweight contenders want to fight a guy like Andrew Wawryzk? Why don't they want to fight someone good like Kubrat Pulev?Comment
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