To be honest, heavyweight boxing at the highest level professionally is at a bit of a stalemate. Dillian Whyte beating Joseph Parker in an all out war kind of removed two contenders for the pool, and Joshua along with Fury are all booked up with their respective opponents.
Povetkin is far more dangerous than the man Fury will be facing in the ring, but a nearly 3 year lay off has conditioned Fury in a mindset which makes him a bit uneasy in fighting the best of the best. Not quite yet for the Gypsy King, but possibly soon as his promotion teases.
Frank Warren along with Lou Dibella and Deontay Wilder's management team have hinted at an upcoming fight between the Bronze Bomber and the Gypsy King. This would be a fight for the ages, and it may X out Anthony Joshua as being considered the king at heaveyweight.
I would personally favor Fury in this fight, but his layoff along with Wilder's power and eagerness to fight anyone in the division makes this fight more interesting than anything else. I think Fury does feel confident now, but I will personally have to see him in one more fight.
This upcoming performance against journeyman Pianetta will hopefully give the Gypsy Kinf more ring time than his bout with Sefer Seferi.. a man who almost didn't want to be there once he got hit with the first punch. Mismatch or not, that fight was somewhat of a disgrace to boxing.
We will see what happens when skill meets power in Wilder vs. Fury, I hope it isn't all talk just to exclude Joshua and create hype to the other promotion. If boxing at the highest level becomes more an attention whoring contest than anything else, it just won't be a good look.
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