Did any of you guys watch the Povetkin fight?

[MUAYTHAI]

I reckon povetkin will give wlad real problems, he didnt look very impressive against thompson. The best way to beat wlad is to put the pressure on and get inside of his jab and keep him on the back foot. Povetkin works hard and throws decent combinations and will push him all the way.
If he can take klitschkos punches and take him into the later rounds i think he wil out work him and tire him out.
povetkin wins by tko when wlad runs out of gas in later rounds

[Kenneth B]

Yeah I watched. Very disappointing. Sykes did a Tony Thompson = Meaning very good first round but the first time he was hit hard, he lost the will to win. He was clearly looking for a way out and when he was dropped the last time he didn´t try to get up. Strange refereeing by the way...the ref didn´t count several knockdowns that were from bodyshots and clearly not slips.

It´s funny about Povetkin...it´s hard to tell exactly how he does it but he does it well. Meaning he doesn´t have a lot of power OR speed. I guess it´s that unsurpassed amateur background. These guys have been doing nothing but boxing since kindergarden and know exactly how to place every shot. I guess it´s precision punching more than anything else that makes Povetkin so effective.

Hard to tell how he will do against Wlad. I would say he´s too small and also I don´t see what Povetkin has that Sultan Ibragimov didn´t have. They´re quite similar to me. Then again, you never know. Povetkin has seen it all in his amateur days, plus Wlad is looking vulnarable to me and has for a long time. Looking forward to the fight.

[rjj tszyu]

Yeah I watched. Very disappointing. Sykes did a Tony Thompson = Meaning very good first round but the first time he was hit hard, he lost the will to win. He was clearly looking for a way out and when he was dropped the last time he didn´t try to get up. Strange refereeing by the way...the ref didn´t count several knockdowns that were from bodyshots and clearly not slips.

It´s funny about Povetkin...it´s hard to tell exactly how he does it but he does it well. Meaning he doesn´t have a lot of power OR speed. I guess it´s that unsurpassed amateur background. These guys have been doing nothing but boxing since kindergarden and know exactly how to place every shot. I guess it´s precision punching more than anything else that makes Povetkin so effective.

Hard to tell how he will do against Wlad. I would say he´s too small and also I don´t see what Povetkin has that Sultan Ibragimov didn´t have. They´re quite similar to me. Then again, you never know. Povetkin has seen it all in his amateur days, plus Wlad is looking vulnarable to me and has for a long time. Looking forward to the fight.

I think that he'll make Wlad look good. He has never been in with anyone who hits as hard as Wlad so I expect him to walk into a good shot off Wlad that will either knock him out or seriously hurt him. Problem is if it is the latter he may well just go into survival mode for the rest of the fight and it could turn into another hugfest.

Anyway its all just delaying the inevitable when Haye gets in with them we will have a new heavyweight champ and I think that it will take Vitali to come back as good as he left to have a chance of beating Haye. Although that said Solis beat Haye as an amateur and could well be a decent opponent in the future, still see haye winning though.

[Kenneth B]

Good point and you may be right. His last 4 opponents....Donald, Byrd, Chambers, Sykes - all featherfisted guys. I hadn´t thought of that. Povetkins management may be hiding a weakness in the chin maybe


By the way, for those who saw the fight : I hate to be homophobic because there´s too much of that going around, but wasn´t that the GAYEST rendition of the US national anthem you have ever seen?? If I was American I would press charges

[rjj tszyu]

Good point and you may be right. His last 4 opponents....Donald, Byrd, Chambers, Sykes - all featherfisted guys. I hadn´t thought of that. Povetkins management may be hiding a weakness in the chin maybe


By the way, for those who saw the fight : I hate to be homophobic because there´s too much of that going around, but wasn´t that the GAYEST rendition of the US national anthem you have ever seen?? If I was American I would press charges

It certainly was the poorest ive ever heard the american national anthem sung. And I've heard some shite lol

[El Kabong]

Povetkin is a good technical boxer but his power is overrated, his handspeed isn't very great, and he doesn't seem to take a punch too well.....Eddie Chambers swole his eye up BIG TIME with a counter shot that MAY have equalled the power of Wlad's jab.

Wlad vs Povetkin should be good if Wlad let's his hands go early....he should go for the kill from the get go

[rjj tszyu]

Povetkin is a good technical boxer but his power is overrated, his handspeed isn't very great, and he doesn't seem to take a punch too well.....Eddie Chambers swole his eye up BIG TIME with a counter shot that MAY have equalled the power of Wlad's jab.

Wlad vs Povetkin should be good if Wlad let's his hands go early....he should go for the kill from the get go

I honestly think that he will be a good matchup for Wlad because he just Plods forward and to me will walk straight into the right hand of Wlad and I don't think even the biggest Klitschko hater can deny that his right hand is like an Hydrogen bomb when it connects.

[Violent Demise]

Povetkin is a good technical boxer but his power is overrated, his handspeed isn't very great, and he doesn't seem to take a punch too well.....Eddie Chambers swole his eye up BIG TIME with a counter shot that MAY have equalled the power of Wlad's jab.

Wlad vs Povetkin should be good if Wlad let's his hands go early....he should go for the kill from the get go

I saw the Poevtkin fight earlier today. Wlad is going to smash him.