Joshua ordered to fight Povetkin next by WBA

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Anthony Joshua's plans to unify the division by facing Deontay Wilder may have to be put on hold after the WBA ordered him to take on mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin by September. Joshua [21-0, 20 KOs] won the WBA strap last year, knocking out Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley to win the then-vacant belt -- but he now looks set to have to defend both that belt as well as his IBF and newly claimed WBO title against the Russian. Povetkin featured on the undercard of Joshua's bout against Joseph Parker last weekend, knocking out David Price in brutal fashion before Joshua defeated Joseph Parker, and now Povetkin looks set to get a shot at reclaiming the WBA belt that he lost to Klitschko back in 2013.

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