Lousy fight by Liakovich. Valuev proved he is good, effective within his natural limitations, but totally beatable by the top dogs in the division. Liakovich should do some serious thinking about his future, it seems he came to this fight only to collect his paycheck, he never even tried. If that is his idea of competing he should just retire.
I was really impressed with the short uppercuts on the inside... Valuev has improved tremendously IMO...
valuev fought an alright fight - but he does not have the power his size would suggest. He scored at will and still only hurt Lyakhovich once. Lyakhovich didn't do enough and was clearly out of shape, but took the right hands quite well actually.
Team said that it will take at least 6 months to get to Wlad. Which is true. Wlad is busy. It is likely has nothing to do with Povetkin.