Thoughts on this weekends boxing...

Gavin v McIntyre - Good to see Frankie back in business, thought he looked sharper than he had in a while. McIntyre is completely done and can't take a punch of any form but I thought I saw signs of Gavin implementing some of the higher level stuff he's capable of, particularly in the second and third. I really want to see him fight for the British title now, sick of how slowly his career is progressing.

Povetkin v Huck - Firstly I had Povetkin winning, just. There were some strange in play odds, presumably the bookies reacting to a German based fighter doing well. However I don't see any progress in Povetkin. In fact I'm absolutely convinced he's a worse fighter than he was when he beat Byrd and Chambers so why they're putting him in fights like this that are still risky and nearly getting their hands burnt rather than cashing out against a Klitschko I'm not entirely sure. Povetkin now looks slow, his skills are eroded, he was badly out of petrol very early in this bout against a low work-rate opponent, fairly insipid stuff purely from the POV of skills/ability, but clearly it made for a great fight. Unsurprisingly got rocked on numerous occasions given how ****ed he looked. Got to credit his heart though. Huck was Huck, showed very good grit himself though.

Broner v Perez - Broner was super impressive here. Very sharp, showed a degree of power that surprised me. He looked like the fighter he was being hyped up to be, for the first time. Perez would have done alright against a lesser proposition, he really wasn't that bad, I saw some decent things from him but he was out of his depth. Jim talked bollocks about the Ponce De Leon fight though.

Alexander v Maidana - I give Alexander a lot of credit here. I've always been critical of his 'token gesture' of a jab, his arm punching, his lack of substance. But to a large degree he improved in all those facets against an opponent admittedly suited to him. I thought he completely nullified Maidana with his movement, and for once, landed stinging counters that actually hurt Maidana. Reminiscent of the Urango fight, but he needs to improve his substance against higher skilled opponents. Can't argue with the fact he took Maidana apart far more impressively than Amir Khan or Andreas Kotelnik and took Maidana's punches better than anyone.

 

Forgot about the Cleverly fight :rofl

Says it all really.

 

Yeah but no.

 

Oh, just listened to Clev's post-fight interview.

Claiming Karpency was one of the hardest punchers he's fought. He ****ing serious? The guy was slapping on the backfoot, throwing some of the most blatant arm punches.