Hawkins,too big of a leap up for Boytsov?

The very promising heavy weight talent from Russia is scheduled to face Robert Hawkins on a fight card in Germany at the beginning of april.
Boytsov is probably the most talent young heavy weight out there.Naturally skilled,pop in his hands,fast,good finisher,right mental attitude towards his chosen profesion,merciless in the ring,good stamina,great determination to win a fight by all means,excellent punch picking,and so on.
So far he has won all his pro fights.18 out of his 20 pro fights by way of ko.
To be fair Boytsov hasnt been tested up to now.His toughest opponent was the young and skilled Czech heavy weight Ondrej Pala,but their fight was stopped due to a cut and Boytsov was declared the winner.
Boytsov has all the tools to be a big shot in his weight division one day.He is a little bit small for a heavy,but his firepower plays in the first division.
He won gold at the world champion chip(juniours) in south corea knocking out all his foes on his way to win the medal.And he didnt fight any bums there,but the best young heavies on this planet.

But.............after 20 relatively easy fights he is now scheduled to square off against teak tough American journeyman Robert Hawkins who beat Dominick Guinn in his last outing to a ring.
Hawkins is an experienced vet who went the full route with punchers like David Tua and Sam Peter,and who has already shared the ring with very good fighters like Virchis,Chambers,Bergeron,Releford,and Johnson.
Hawkins is truly a great step up in competition for the young Russian talent.
Too big of a leap up? Your opinion?

 

Are you not a little bit harsh on Boytsov,ukitaz?
As talented as Boytsov is he still is a 22 year old greenhorn who needs to learn one or two things before he can successfully take on good opponents.
Sam Peter and David Tua coudnt knock Hawkins out,but you expect Boytsov to exactly do that,eh!
"Hawkins is not a big leap up for Boytsov"
Why do you think so? Hawkins defeated Guinn in his last fight,went the full route with quite a bunch of known fighters.
I dont get it.You call Boytsov another overhyped Russian heavy,but you dont think that Hawkins is a big step up in competition.
Doesnt sound very logical to my poor ears,mate!
And as for your statement that both Valuev and Povetkin are overrated I would like to point out that Valuev was called a circus show and a freak just by almost all posters here on esb just one year ago.
Valuev used to fight wherever he had to and whoever was put in front of him.He has fought on almost all continents and in more countries than all other top heavies.Valuev overhyped,eh! Ludicrious!
As for Povetkin he was an all time amateur great,one of the most dominating amateur heavies of all times-just after 13 pro fights he beat an opponent in a final elimintar to get a shot at a world title.
Do you call these achievements really overrated? Name us one fighter who has fought such tough opposition in his first 13 fight in the paid ranks.

 

Interesting post,flatnose!

Do you remember Wlad' s encounter with Puritty a few years ago?
Up to the time their fight was stopped Puritty had only been a living punching bag who had taken one telling punch after another.We all know the outcome of their encounter.Wlad finally ran out of gas and his coach threw the towel into the ring.
Reminds me a bit of Boytsov vs Hawkins!
Like Puritty Hawkins has a good chin.He went the full route with both Tua and Sam Peter.Boytsov doesnt have much experience with longer fights.He twice went the full distance with opponents,but these two fights were a travesty of boxing.Boytsov's coach ordered him not to knock out his opponents.Boytsov almost had to carry his foes through the rounds.
It was fairly comical to watch Boytsov to hold back his firepower against such overclassed opposition.I could understand his coach as he wanted to watch his boy go the full route and try to box a little bit instead of going out with blazing guns as Boytsov is used to do.
I fear that Boytsov could repeat Wlad's mistake by trying to take out Hawkins early landing bomb after bomb overpacing and running out of gas.
I am quite sure that Hawkins will have to take a lot of punishment within the first few rounds,but he has a decent chin and may be able to drag his inexperienced foe into deep water .
Boytsov is a classy fighter,but his stamina is still a very huge question mark.
I for my part would have preffered watching him take on someone like Mazikin,Fields,or Sukhoterin before he faces someone like Hawkins.