Floyd Patterson vs. Alexander Povetkin

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Who wins?

  1. Patterson KO/TKO

    2 vote(s)
    14.3%
  2. Patterson on Points

    4 vote(s)
    28.6%
  3. Povetkin KO/TKO

    7 vote(s)
    50.0%
  4. Povetkin on Points

    1 vote(s)
    7.1%
  5. Draw

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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  2. BCS8

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    This. Povetkin doesn't peck around at range, he moves in real fast and drags you into some world war 1 trench warfare type ****. I don't see Patterson slugging it out with Povetkin, not in a million years.

    Here is Patterson in his win over Jackson. This is exactly the sort of range that Povetkin was best at:

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    Here's Povetkin against Boswell. You can see that he's more defensively responsible with his head and that left hook is just a lethal punch. He's almost as fast as Patterson which I find surprising since he's a significantly bigger dude:

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