povetkin-donald

[Alcaldemb]

Originally Posted by MrMagic

Yes he is destined to get hit very hard some of these days.
Therefore I think they should match him with a strong puncher before the title, just for him to taste some power.

Virchis.

[MrSmall]

Yep, he's faster than Holyfield though with the combinations.
And need to see his chin/stamina/heart to be a Holy no. 2

[Toney]

A very good win for Povetkin. Okey, Donald came out of 2 years lay-off to take a short notíce fight. He could had not been even close of his best, but still... Winning every round! Wow!

[krutov]

Povetkin will without a doubt give us exciting fights, he reminds me of Holyfield. I think he gets better and better. I hope he becomes champion.

[chliJs]

i expected a very short fight and nearly betted a lot of money on that. really underestimated donald, it looks.

[Bummy Davis]

Seems like they are in a rush with this Kid but even though Donald has not fought in 2 years, he did give Valuev a good close fight. They should put him in with with Rahman,McCline or McCall or Krasnick/Thompson winner

[Langford]

Just watched the fight.
As mentioned, the outcome of the fight was never in doubt. No Euro robbery here, I had the fight scored 100-90 myself, not knowing the outcome. Round one set the tone, with Povetkin pressing the action, landing by far the most telling shots and putting together combos nicely.
Donald looked as crafty as you would expect, it is very tough for a fighter, any fighter, to land solidly against him. Povetkin did well.
Povetkin was careful to pace himself I think, he knew that the fight could go the distance, which it did and if Donald was planning on Alexander punching himself out, he was mistaken.

No, there was no knockdowns, let alone ko, and the only round where I think Povetkin had Donald on some pretty shaky ground was round 8...and Donald was too crafty to let Povetkin capitalize.

To say that Povetkin won every round is not a stretch at all. Donald did not look all that different then he did vs. Valuev...and Povetkin did so much better than Nicolay did, for what thats worth.

[emanuel_augustus]

Has this been posted online yet anywhere?

[Flurry]

Good win for Povetkin, he´s matured, first time he fought a 10 rounder, still kept the pace up for the entire route. Liked his combos, especially the short overhand right over Donlads lead hand. He couldnt drop him but then only Klitschko has accomplished this feat to date. He´ll always be more of a technically gifted work horse, doubt he´ll develop into a full bloomed puncher, but he wont need to, if he can keep up the pace, the workrate and the versatility

[Odo]

Originally Posted by Merry

Good win for Povetkin, he´s matured, first time he fought a 10 rounder, still kept the pace up for the entire route. Liked his combos, especially the short overhand right over Donlads lead hand. He couldnt drop him but then only Klitschko has accomplished this feat to date. He´ll always be more of a technically gifted work horse, doubt he´ll develop into a full bloomed puncher, but he wont need to, if he can keep up the pace, the workrate and the versatility

Yep! Very good victory for Povetkin against a fighter who is not only tough and durable ,but who can make you look bad in a ring as well.
I scored all rounds in favour of Povetkin-to be fair the first round could have gone either way.I am totally confident that Povetkin could take on most top 15 fighters right now.However,he still needs more time to be able to compete with Wlad and Chagaev IMO.
I was very glad to see him go the full distance of 10 rounds against Donald.His stamina had been a big question mark.Well,not any more.
He seems to be the complete package.
I for my part would like him see against 1 or 2 good journeymen like Sherman Williams,or.................hehe! Timo Hoffman before he takes on the upper echelon of the top heavies.

[Flurry]

He´d demolish Hoffmann imo.

A good fight would be against Dimitrenko, I see him closing the gap and get under Dimis jab quickly, his right hook would be a good weapon against Dimitrenko, whos very upright and has a problem when he gets jumped on and forced to move backwards quickly

[Odo]

Originally Posted by Merry

He´d demolish Hoffmann imo.

A good fight would be against Dimitrenko, I see him closing the gap and get under Dimis jab quickly, his right hook would be a good weapon against Dimitrenko, whos very upright and has a problem when he gets jumped on and forced to move backwards quickly

You are right,merry! Dimitrenko would be a very decent opponent for Povetkin,and so would be someone like Samil Sam or Oliver McCall at this point of Povetkin ' s career.
The winner of Sprott vs Skeleton would be a good choise for Povetkin ,too.

[Tom_Tocca]

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[Odo]

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Yep! Sauerland stated in the interview after Povetkin's encounter with Donald that Povetkin's next fight will probably be in the USA.
Good news for our American fellow posters and friends here on esb!
I very much hope that some of them are able to attend that fight event over there!

[Langford]

if his next fight is in USA (October sounds about right...three months) I would expect him to take a step back in his next fight...especially if its going to be shown on TV. Make him look good, and if it is a non-American, it might create more of an atmosphere where people feel less threatened and cheer him on more. So maybe a European or African heavyweight. But, this is Povetkin so all those little gimmicks tend to fly out of the window.