punches to the back of the head aren't scoring punches... so there were alot of rounds where many of huck's punches landed but didn't contribute to his score. mix in the fact that povetkin's punches were often clean crisp and in combos of 3, 4 and 5... it makes it a closer fight for povetkin.

i think people have got a little over excited cause huck did better than people expected.

keep in mind regardless of whether he was bending down or huck was holding his head down those rabbit punches are illegal and don't score. but they do take alot out of you over the course of a fight. which helps to explain why povetkin was looking so challenged. had the illegal punches and head holding been stopped early in the fight or if huck had been penalized, then we'd have seen a different fight.