Whyte v Povetkin 2 - 27/3/21 - Gibraltar - Sky Sports PPV/DAZN

[TonnnnUK]

Whyte for me is still just something of a glorified slugger. Has power to trouble anyone and always poses a danger, but I don't rate his actual boxing ability.

He could be in some intruiging fights though: Wilder, Ortiz and Ruiz could all be pretty fun.

Joyce could be interesting if not all that exciting....
Usyk & Fury outbox him.

Not interested in AJ knocking him out again.

[Master]

Whyte for me is still just something of a glorified slugger. Has power to trouble anyone and always poses a danger, but I don't rate his actual boxing ability.

He could be in some intruiging fights though: Wilder, Ortiz and Ruiz could all be pretty fun.

Joyce could be interesting if not all that exciting....
Usyk & Fury outbox him.

Not interested in AJ knocking him out again.

I cannot see Usyk out boxing Whyte. Parker was exhausted from the sheer size of Whyte when they fought and Usyk would be the same.

[Memphis]

Save for one moment of fortune over what is it 8 rounds? Povetkin has been beaten up for 7 of them. This went down exactly as expected, Whyte bashing him up just like he did in the first fight. Povetkin got older, the phantom punch from fight one was nowhere to be seen and in no way should it have been a cause to raise expectation on Povetkin or rubbish Whyte. Funnily enough Povetkin looked worse than expected and Whyte looked worse in victory than he did in defeat. funny old game.

I think anything other than a well earned retirement for Povetkin would be madness, he's done. Whyte only really has Wilder or Ruiz left to fight assuming he wont get a sniff of Joshua or Fury for the foreseeable. Whyte Wilder would be good.

[X]

Whyte reminds me a lot of Hasim Rahman as a fighter, big strong tough guy with underrated boxing skills and tons of physicality.... and some limitations too.