Who advised Whyte to fight Povetkin?

[JakeTheBoxer]

Whose brilliant idea was fighting another tough top 10 guy while "waiting" on championship shot?

That is what I am talking about all the time, Whyte is fighting top 10 contenders back to back, with no real intention to take a real world championship title challenge.

Now he paid a price because of that.

[Clegg]

Fans complain about bum fights but then criticise boxers taking tough challenges?

[JakeTheBoxer]

Fans complain about bum fights but then criticise boxers taking tough challenges?

Why didn`t he fight Joshua last year than? That would be a true challenge for 3 belts.

Why taking a challenge fighting top 10 contender, when you don`t even have to?

['b']

Hughie Fury and Peter Fury are licking their chops. Parker got the title after beating Ruiz and Hughie put up a great effort (albeit in a boring fight) at such a young age against Parker (who went the distance with AJ) and Ruiz knocked AJ out. Hughie put up a great effort against Povetkin before tiring and went the distance, and Povetkin gave AJ trouble and has now knocked out Whyte. Pulev who Fury lost a decision to is now facing AJ. They gotta have insane confidence now.

[MDPopescu]

Who advised Whyte to fight Povetkin?

Whose brilliant idea was fighting another tough top 10 guy while "waiting" on championship shot?

That is what I am talking about all the time, Whyte is fighting top 10 contenders back to back, with no real intention to take a real world championship title challenge.

Now he paid a price because of that.

... Povetkin was supposed to take some money and comply... well... he ain't...

[M Bison]

Whose brilliant idea was fighting another tough top 10 guy while "waiting" on championship shot?

That is what I am talking about all the time, Whyte is fighting top 10 contenders back to back, with no real intention to take a real world championship title challenge.

Now he paid a price because of that.

The issue isn't him fighting Povetkin, the issue is why the hell is there a rematch clause in a fight which switches who is the mandatory challenger for the WBC world title. This is the level of ****housery from Eddie, the guy is a complete scumbag.

[j0zef]

Why didn`t he fight Joshua last year than? That would be a true challenge for 3 belts.

Why taking a challenge fighting top 10 contender, when you don`t even have to?

Because Joshua was busy with Ruiz? Fury was busy with Wilder.
Whyte could either fight bums or take on meaningful fights against others who challenge him. He was doing extremely well vs. Povetkin and got caught with one punch. No shame in that. He'll come back stronger.

[Bunch Pag]

Let's not pretend he got his ears boxed off and it was a bad mis match..

He was in control of the fight but one major floor in Whyte is that he's so predictable and leaves himself open far too much.. which is why he isn't a top boxer...

A top boxer wouldnt have allowed Povetkin to recover like that, let alone keep playing the same tune for Povetkin to read and then pop him one...

It was a good set up and he was totally underestimated by Whyte imo... Although if he has aspirations for titles, he gotta be beating these guys...

[Ray*]

I applaud him for having a fight like this when he has a mandatory set, but honestly I said it before the fight - He was ****** for taking this fight. You have to be smart in this business (Sport?). His matchmaking needs to improve... And he needs to get a manage, self managing and boxing isn’t a good thing.

[REDEEMER]

Whyte will see two big PPVs now ,it’s prize fighting . If he fought a Schwartz or Zang who are ranked as well people would complain in a win ,now he lost people will question his decision so it was his bright idea which basically was good if he wanted the best fight available.

If he’s to be criticized it’s for declining AJ which was dumb .