ESPN is reporting that WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has a new opponent. Beterbiev will now face Adam Deines (19-1-1, 10 KOs) on September 25 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Original foe Meng Fanlong has visa problems.
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WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed to Sky Sports that Tyson Fury has “no restrictions” and can take on Anthony Joshua in 2021. WBC interim and diamond heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin is still tied up with Dillian Whyte due to a rematch clause.
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Former world champ Yoan Pablo Hernandez has vowed to continue even after his unexpected KO loss to Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson. “A defeat doesn’t matter. After a defeat you can go on,” he told MDR.
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Things have got really messy with WBC. The way I understand it is that Hearn was to make the rematch by the end of the year so that if Whyte won he’d still be next for Fury.
Hearn needs clarification before making the rematch. If the WBC allow this then Whyte needs to go a different route unless he can legally overturn their decision.
Povetkin also needs to know where he stands. The other issue is that the WBO need to be on board re leeway for Usyk/Chisora to step aside. Add to that it will be a 2 fight deal leaving mandatories another year rather than 6 months.
MS has been manipulated by Wilder/Fury and been very weak in stance. He should have said that if Fury wanted the AJ fight with the WBC belt on the line then he would have to forfeit the Wilder rematch in order to accommodate his mandatory first.
To me it makes more sense for both AJ and Fury to oblige their mandatories (which both could do by the end of April) leaving the 1st match for late 2021 and the 2nd match by mid 2022.
I think Canelo should fight Beterbiev and give fans a nice gift of entertainment. Oh wait……I woke up…I had a dream, sorry.
I think Beterbiev should challenge Makabu. Then should challenge Fury. Why are his guys cherry picking guys he can beat at his weight?. Lol. Just mocking a Canelo hater. Watch this. Why doesn’t Earl Spence fight Demitris Andrade? Supposed to be a P4p guy. Or challenge a washed up GGG? Because it’s hard to do that! Not seeing anyone in boxing doing what Canelo is doing.
The WBC simply denotes ” in 2021″ for Fury and Joshua with no specifics. This could be way late in the year as well like December 2021. Who really knows when this will go down. There are so many obstacles to jump thru for this fight to happen. Obstacles such as contractual agreements, lack of injuries up to the fight, Fury keeping his head on straight, COVID-19 risks, and numerous other implications to be considered. I am not getting excited till I see the first bell sound for round 1.