Box the shoes off Povetkin! Povetkin was an outstanding techinical boxer and still is when he wants to be despite developing a more open and pressure orientated style in the pros. There is no chance of that happening, not against Estrada anyway. Estrada could not keep a fly off him. The only thing you have to worry about is whether Jason can last the distance, when he's got the highest volume to be found in the HW's, or infact any of the higher divisions coming at him. Doubtful.
If Chambers could've pulled the trigger on Povetkin he would've been able to stop him ... he had that eye swollen terribly before the fight got interesting. Chambers also ran out of gas and Povetkin put his pedal on the gas -- You can't run out of gas fighting this guy ... he only gets better as the fight goes on.
agreed!!! all it takes is a upset like this to turn american boxing around and i cant wait till it happens
Estrada's statements at the olympics were a disgrace which dishonoured the entire American squad then. Whats more he looked like a fat American McDonalds' regular and fought like one at the olmypics. On top of that all he couldnt hold a candle to most of his heavy weight rivals then.He wasnt a mighty force or something like that at the amateurs.Hell,he didnt even dare to cross Povetkin's shadow then. Povetkin will dismantle him within 5-6 rounds.I bet my house that Estrada wont go the full route of 12 rounds against the Russian on Russian soil.
Something to the effect that the Olympics didn't really matter... it was just a stepping stone to a pro career... It didn't bother him... How can anyone expect a bitchslapper to keep Povetkin off for twelve rounds? Estrada doesn't even slip or roll with punches... he just stands there, blocks shots and then pitty pats before covering right up again. It's a really limited style and Povetkin will adjust to it like he adapted to Chambers leaning back bull****. Estrada's speed looks good against bums, but his limitations will seriously expose him whether in shape or not.
He had had a big mouth before the games claiming that he would beat any opponent and win gold.He turned up at the games looking like a fat McDonalds'regular stating that the games were not really that important. Twenty-four hours after U.S. heavyweight Jason Estrada had been eliminated and then scoffed at the judging and minimized the importance of his Olympic participation, Abdullah,the US coach, was still seething over Estradas remarks. He didnt show any class, any pride, any respect, Abdullah said. He embarrassed his country, the national governing body and the USOC. I hope I dont have to go through anything like that again.
Povetkin is not much better as far as power goes. I think Estrada is also almost as good of a boxer as Povetkin, as well. This should be more competitive than some seem to think. I think Povetkin will probably win, but it'll be close.