Dangerous and ruthless “ ”, Russian to challenge British boxer Joshua

Fans have eagerly anticipated a confrontation against Wilder, but at Povetkini, Joshua expects to defeat the man who is the winner of an Olympic gold medal and who has been beaten only once by Wladimir Klitschko in 35 encounters as a whole.

British media “BBC” has done an analysis of Povetkin-Joshua confronting, via Steve Buncze and boxing commentator Mike Costello, the Periscope broadcast.

Negotiations on confronting Wilder and Joshua have been interrupted after two have not agreed to the site of the challenge, and so Joshua has found Russian opponent Povetkin.

It was the war I expected and I am not disappointed. Of course I'm a little disappointed that it's not Wilder, but this was always a troubled war, and we've been talking about this for months.”, Steve Brunce said.

I like Povetkin, I'm a big fan of him. He may be a defective person, there have been many suspicious practices away from the ring with various violations in the use of medical regulations”, he added.

I'm saying this is a good fight. Joshua is a great boxer, but the match with Joseph Parker has been a little boring. Then he regretted not developing a confrontation with Wilder. With Povetkin will be a formidable fight”

On the other hand, Mike Costello says “if we look at Povetkin's career matches, he has only one loss in 35 confrontations, the only challenge he lost from Wladimir Klitschko in 2013 in Moscow”.

“in May 2016, Povetkin was meant to face Wilder in Moscow. Wilder was highly trained in England before the confrontation between the two giants. But then came positive tests. This was a stain for Russian sport”, Kostello added.

On British soil, Povetkin fought once before marking a knockout victory over David Price in Cardiff./Periscopi/