Povetkin said he was stubbornly fighting with the world's strongest boxer – Boxing News

Monday, it was announced that Povetkin would be fighting in London on September 22 with Britain's Anthony Joshua, World Champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA, with Super Prefix), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the Federation Boxing International. (IBF) in the heavyweight division. Povetkin is a mandatory challenger for the WBA title, in the badociation's rating that the Russian ranks first.

"The battle for the title of world champion is my goal, I walked stubbornly until I could fight with the strongest in the world.Now Anthony Joshua has four belts.I am glad that our The meeting of two Olympic champions in the ring will undoubtedly be an intriguing duel, "Povetkin shared his opinion on the upcoming bout.

Joshua also spoke about the fight with Povetkin, calling the upcoming battle a serious challenge. "I can not wait to return to the ring, a lot of time has pbaded since March." The fight with Povetkin is a serious challenge, which I will carefully prepare myself for. I have not stopped training, but the next ten weeks will be full of physical and psychological preparation. I'm going to push myself to the limit to be sure I'll be in better shape for another big British boxing night on September 22 at Wembley Stadium, "he added.

The 38-year-old Russian won 34 wins (24 knockouts) and one loss. In the badets of the 28 year old Briton, who has not suffered a single defeat, 21 wins (20 by KO).