Povetkin: Why No Word From His Camp? edit: Atlas Statment

Friday night fights will be interesting.

 

What do you mean no word from his camp?

Here's Teddy Atlas himself explaining all about the ****up:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5401460

Atlas told ESPN.com he didn't think Povetkin was ready for the fight and had recommended against taking it.

"I think he deseves the chance to develop," Atlas said. "I'm in the middle of training this kid, which is obviously an important time in his life for the future of his career. I'm doing my job. I am not moved by the title fight and what the biggest fight is out there. My job is to do the best job I can for the fighter and to make sure he is the best he can be when he's in a situtation to fight, whether to fight Klitschko, Samuel Peter, [Tomasz] Adamek or Joe Shmoe.

"I am not controlled or dictated by anything other than that. I told him from the beginning I wanted more time. I was never really for the fight right now. Let me have more time with him. Does the mandatory dictate when he fights or do the circumstances of him having the best chance to win the fight?"

Atlas said he understands Povetkin is passing on a career-high payday of $2,078,250 -- his 25 percent cut of the purse bid. However, "I'm giving up money too," Atlas said.

"I get 10 percent of that, but I decided the most important thing was to do what was the best for the fighter," Atlas said. "My judgment was is the fighter ready for this moment? My opinion was more time would be good."

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I also heard Atlas was fired from ESPN
I guess they didn't want him to disgrace the channel.

 

Like I said on another thread....
TO YOU HATERS that Pm'd me when I said yesterday, Wlad Pvetkin is OFF saying crap to me like... "your a ****ing liar"..."stop making **** up".... "you a **** who lies about everything"......
:****off
I TOLD YOU SO:deal
:hammertime

 

povetkin will break him if atlas don't know what he is doing and makes him miss out on possibly his biggest payday.

or.... povetkin is getting cold feet and atlas is saving face for him. friday can't come soon enough

 

Frankly, I don't know how much more time Atlas thinks Povetkin needs. He's pushing 31 years old and hasn't done much in the past two years. If they sit around with their thumbs up their asses for too much longer, either Povetkin will miss his window of opportunity or he'll get injured or lose to a lesser fighter. Boxing is a game where you have to seize opportunity when it knocks, or the parade will pass you by.

 

Chef - Good call.

As for Povetkin, man this makes little sense. If he were only 10-15 fights into his career or recently off a major injury, then I could understand more time (even tho he said this a year or so ago too), but come on just fight. If you (or your camp) do not now feel that it's safe to even get in the ring with Wlad, then more time is not going to make much difference. You might as well take the payday, try and be competitive, and move on afterwards to other fights. Guys like Peter, briggs, and many others show that you can still get big fights (for many years in some instances) even after losses (sometimes several)

 

:thumbsup

 

so guys... is this more of:

Atlas really likes Povetkin and really is protecting him for the future?
or
Is this Atlas who doesnt want to be a part of the Povetkin loss to protect his own ego?

 

Pov stinks.............. Atlas should bail here soon..........

Peter as a replacement? Jesus H. Christ.... WHY?

This is starting to suck pool stick......

MR.BILL:bbb

 

Is Sam just stepping into the Povetkin contract? If so I think he got luck by about $1 mill. Top Rank wouldn't have put in much of a bid since HBO wouldn't carry the fight.

 

Peter is #2 IBF... when #1 is removed, #2 steps in ..IBF RULE

 

I spoke to him at the Tua fight, about the days fights and didn't even think to ask him... F!