This fight was another heavyweight stinker. I know sykes was meant to be just a warm up fight for Povetkin but he didnt even attempt to put up a fight. Every time skyes got touched by a glove he was looking at the ref for a way out, the guy was literally terrified of taking a punch!!
When sykes went back to his corner at the end of the 3rd he was almost in tears and the knockout blow in the fourth was not even a clean punch it was more of a push, and then he lay there looking up at the ref in hope that he would help him up off the canvas, it was an absolute joke.
I do rate Povetkin, to have beaten the likes of byrd,chambers,donald and friday ahunanya within his first 15 fights is very impressive but he aint the hardest hitting heavyweight out there.
Imagine if sykes was in there with a deadly puncher like a prime tyson he would have shit in his shorts!!!Sykes should hang up his gloves after this showing