Anthony Joshua set for fight with Alexander Povetkin

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    The expected fight is now official: Unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua will face mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin on Sept. 22 at Wembley Stadium in London, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Monday.

    Hearn had been in talks with the camp of world titleholder Deontay Wilder for a fall fight to produce an undisputed world champion -- a showdown that looms as perhaps the biggest in boxing. But even after Wilder agreed to a flat fee of $15 million rather than a percentage split, and also agreed to fight Joshua in his home country of the United Kingdom, they elected to go with Povetkin, a dangerous opponent who could ruin the possibility of a Joshua-Wilder megafight.

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