Woah, Povetkin looks like a beast in there....

Perhaps I was being too... harsh on Povetkin, but really, if one of the Klitschkos were to fall it would be Wladimir as Vitali's retiring early enough so that age won't have a too big effect.

Wladimir still has that chinny bit, but Povetkin... i don't know, he's a solid very good fighter but... not the type to expose Wlad. Still, Povetkin has a legitimate claim at a title because he's already beat enough opposition to get noticed. I just can't see him winning the title against the Klitschkos. He'd do much better against Haye but Haye's holding the WBC title, which means one fight per year, including mandatories. If that fight comes, it will be a showdown against a Klitschko.

 

Ibragimov finished him faster

 

ok time for him to fight Peter

 

Past 2 year after eliminator IBF against Chambers. Now is time for Wlad-Povetkin fight, after Peter. I'm sure that Wlad will win against Chambers, I bet late tko or stoppage by trainer.

 

you're an idiot

 

As the previous poster correctly stated - you are indeed an idiot.

 

Where does this shitty commentator see the "immense punching power" of Povetkin ? He hits Mora with everything but the kitchen sink, and Mora is still there in round 4 fighting back, unfazed. Povetkin has no chance whatsoever to KO either Klitschko, and he is too open for even the shitty right hands from Mora to not get hit a lot by them.

 

Povetkin is too slow to hang with the K brothers (not that I'm a fan of them, though). No way Mora should have lasted 4 1/2 rounds. So going back to the OP's title, no, Povetkin does NOT look like a beast. That's his problem, he doesn't have the killer instinct to play in the heavyweights division elite level.

 

Peter will Lose vs Povetkin belive that Povetkin will outbox him

 

for goodness sake when is povetkin gonna fight someone good? put him in there with a banger like tua and see if he can remain concious.

 

Unfazed, except for the 3 knockdowns?

Povetkin has never been a 1 punch KO artists but i do think he's always had decent pop and recently it seems like he is hitting harder.

I imagine he was trying to get some work in, you can tell he's still figuring out the new style. Overall i thought he looked pretty good.

 

Povetkin has never faced a real puncher in his whole career. His management team has kept him away from the heavy hitters of the division for a reason. Rumors of him melting in sparring sessions in preperation for the Wlad fight, made him postpone his meeting with Klitschko for good reason.

Look at everyone he has fought, they all have one thing in common. No power! Bryd, Brock, Donald, Nolan, Sykes, Estrada. They all had under a 50% KO ratio. Their is a pattern there. The refusal to fight Peter or Wlad when he was offered the fights. I feel proves enough to support my claim that his chin is probably weak, and is bound to be exposed soon.

 

Let me get this straight: Povetkin is standing toe-to-toe with a completely outmatched nobody called Mora, hits him with 12 punches straight to the chin within 25 seconds and this guy is still standing. Either Mora has a rock solid chin (he doesn't) or Povetkin has zero punching power.

There is no way in hell Povetkin will KO neither glass chinned Wlad nor granite chinned Vitali. And obviously he won't win on points neither. Povetkin - Wlad will be a another terrible mismatch. Povetkin must hope Chambers can pull off the impossible and win an upset and get rid of Wlad for him.

 

You are right, Povetkin lacks punching power badly. He throws awesome pinpoint combinations though.