Povetkin knocked down Hunter and he hurt him with big shots. After the knockdown, Hunter was scared and backed off. It was Povetkin coming forward and the aggressor. It was definitely a robbery. And Hunter laying on floor in round 12, what a joke. You are 10 years younger than your opponent and still you feel the need of such breaks. You are no way a world class heavyweight.
Don't forget that Sasha was badly hurt in 11th and had some problems early in the fight. Props to him being so tough but he wasn't robbed tonight.
No chance. Hunter had him hurt many times. Pov is shot now. Chisora, Parker, Ortiz etc all smoke him.
I fully expected Hunter to win. Povetkin is washed up yet showed great grit (which he has always maintained in his career) draw was fair imo. Time for Sasha to retire.
A draw was the fairest option. Very difficult fight to score and both men had their moments multiple times throughout the fight. Hunter deserves to be in the top ten off of this showing. He's a handful for anyone.
It was a very fair draw. Good scorecards, none were out of line. Many close rounds and both guys hurt the other guy. I'd watch a repeat of this matchup before I'd waste any time on Joshua-Ruiz III.
Wasn't scoring round by round so not trying to claim to be some sort of authority, but it didn't look like a robbery to me. Povetkin appeared to have poor head movement and appeared hurt a few times during the fight. So did Hunter. It doesn't look good for Hunter who is in his prime now and struggled this badly against a good, but way-past-his-prime Povetkin. 5 years ago Povetkin would have mopped the floor with this guy and even then Pov was sub-Elite. At 40 little remains of the old Povetkin except his power and some of his timing. Head movement: gone. Stamina: gassed after mid rounds, trying to hold In the dressing room Hunter had a "gut" indicating HW isn't his ideal weight class. He needs to go back to CW where he can dominate before a top level HW like Deontay retires him from the sport.
Crazy how when David Price sent Povetkin into the ropes, he never fell, remember?? but yet the ref counted it as a knockdown!! almost identical situation happened with Hunter, and it wasn't ruled a KD.... this was absolutely pivotal point in the fight. that extra point on Glenn Feldman's card would have given Povetkin the win. WTF.... I'm pissed. Povetkin didn't look his best today, but he still did enough to win.
