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World heavyweight champion of four boxing versions Anthony Joshua will fight with Alexander Poketkin on September 22 at Wembley Stadium in London, announced the promoter of English Eddie Hern. The duel will be Joshua's first since the end of March when he beat Joseph Parker and united four heavyweight belts.
Poetkin is an official contender for the title of the World Boxing Association (WBA), but Joshua is betting his other three World Boxing Organization (WBO), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the International Organization of Boxing (IBO). The British have negotiated a duel against Donald Wilder to determine the absolute world champion in the heavyweight category, but up to now there is no agreement between them
Wilder, who is the World Boxing Council (WBC) champion, is not satisfied with the amount Joshua is offering him, but the long-awaited match between them is expected to take place in April 2019.
"I can not wait to return in the ring and meet Potkin. " My last match goes back a long time, but I did not stop coaching myself. Cvetkin is a serious challenge and I'll be complete only a fool would underestimate him, "said Watford.He was not at Wembley Stadium on April 29, 2017, when he overthrew Vladimir Klitschko and ended his dominating the heavyweights
. "The World Title Battle has always been my goal, so I'm going to face the best of the world right now, so I'm looking forward to seeing it coming on September 22nd," he said. said Poetkin, 38.
In December 2016, Poetkin hit John Duaap, but gave a positive sample to the old stuff. The boxer was punished, but his rights were restored by some of the federations. Anti-doping authorities admitted that the banned substance fell into his body by accident
Poetkin has 35 professional ring games and only one loss by Vladimir Klitschko in 2013. In 2016, Russian came to a second world title match . He had to fight with WBC champion Donald Wilder in Moscow. The duel, however, failed after Pochetkin was caught with the Melodony
Joshua had 21 games in the ring, earning each of them. Only against Parker in March, the British did not have a knockout. Joshua has an advantage not only in his age after he's 10 years younger but also physically. The British is 10 centimeters higher than Poetkin (198 against 188 centimeters), and his hand is much larger – 208 centimeters (190 centimeters) against 190 for the Russian
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