Alexander Povetkin vs Agit Kabayel - Who'd win?

Povetkin late KO

 

Fascinating fight.
No idea. But I would favour Povetkin.

 

Povetkin. I don't think Kabayel will be able to be effective to the body vs such a dangerous puncher like Povetkin. Great fight.

 

A great fight that never crossed my mind, for now I would choose the more proven Povetkin...

 

Povetkin, haven't seen enough of Kabayel yet to be able to bet on him in this match up. Would be a fun and interesting fight though.

 

Right now Povetkin by KO. I think Kabayel's bodyshots would be badly countered by Povetkin's uppercuts.

If Kabayel can beat Parker impressively then this could be interesting.

 

Good match up but I favor Povetkin by KO.
A prime Povetkin in todays heavyweight landscape would be fun.

 

If he wants to stand in front of Povetkin like he did with Zhang, then Povetkin will happily land bombs on his face. I would have enjoyed watching that.
I think Povetkin would finish him in highlight fashion like he did Charr.
People might argue Charr is an unfair comparison.
But both Charr and Kebabyal have that German toughness.
And actually we know Germans and Russians have epic wars, so maybe Kebabyal would have a big war with Povetkin.

But I think despite Kebabyal's German engineering, Povetkin is really a different class and would destroy him.
I'm talking about Povetkin on that over-the-counter drug Meldonium, when he was especially scary. Luckily they banned him for life and removed his entire past so we don't have cheats in the sport.
Meanwhile I enjoyed the Benn fight and can't wait for the rematch. Shame Miller pulled out too, was looking forward to that.

 

I’d go with Kabayel honestly. Povetkin tended to fatigue, but I don’t recall anyone taking full advantage of that fact and start punishing his body like Kabayel would.

 

Kabayel is getting the results but physically, I'm not sure he is in his prime right now? Watch his Chisora fight from 2017 and compare that to the Zhang hit out, the guy has noticeably slowed down.

 

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/is-agit-kabayel-past-his-“physical-prime-”.735348/

 

I haven't seen enough of Kabayel against good opponents in their primes to back him with prime Pov...

His resume is just so so thin for how hard he gets hyped - then again, that's probably understandable given how difficult it is to build a serious resume without losing (which is often when the mega hype ends).

For a guy who had his feet up fighting cab drivers for so long, Kabayel really should be bang on prime right now.

 

Povetkin does what he did to Manuel Charr. Combination KO .

 

Will have to see how Agit’s career unfolds before I can make a definitive decision, but one thing I feel confident in saying is that it would be a great fight.