How will/should Dillian Whyte approach Povetkin vs Whyte II?

How he will approach the fight? Exactly the same, but trying to be more alert for the uppercut.

How he should approach the fight? Back to the drawing board and try to change his defence and his glaring weakness which was always there.

How will Povetkin approach the fight? Going for the uppercut and the left hook from the first minute on, go for broke.

 

There is little to change, he had Povetkin on silly street and there for the taking, but the old wily warrior Povetkin caught Whyte with a peach of a shot, lesson learned and put in memory bank, once his grey cells stop rattling that is.

A rematch will likely be the same approach by both fighters, Whyte was in decent shape and it was paying dividends for most of fight and Povetkin was his usual self, a focused quality professional.

Whyte ought to think up an excuse for the loss, perhaps blaming it on a wardrobe malfunction everyone will believe that won't they?

 

The only adjustment I'd make is his conditioning. Cut down to 240, and maybe he'd be quicker in evading those hooks and uppercuts.

 

Whyte is too heavy, and i really don`t see him improving at all. I don`t see him change much in his career to come actually, not just the next fight. His ego is too big.He is a dumb .... who said he would beat Povetkin 9 out of 10 times ....
What a dou........ I mean Povetkin is 41 and he is a shadow of himself, so saying that is just dumb.
I mean what will happen if they change their age, Povetkin to be 9 year younger, and Whyte to be pushing 41 ?
It would been a 1 round KO for Povetkin.

Whyte is thinking that he is some unstoppable force and that he is better than the rest, but he is skill is pretty much above average, so he is nothing special.
I see zero improvement in his defence compare to Joshua fight for example.
So its a bit naive to think he will improve and fix his defence, its obvious he can`t. And he is not the hardest worker out there as well.

A guy who thinks he knows all, literally won`t and can`t improve.
You got to realize your flaws and try to fix them and in the same time to improve on your strong sides.

 

Not any differently. Whyte was more cautious than usual. He opens up more the chances of him getting knocked out again increases.

 

No change. He was boxing Povetkin jus fine up until that jab, slip, perfectly placed uppercut. He just got caught. Hard

 

He needs to stop engaging with Sasha. Once China has been fully cracked that bad, the only way is to run. He can do a Klit hugfest or AJ runfest- whichever his pride will concede to him

 

Box behind the jab, maintain a watertight guard, pick his power shots carefully and stay alert for the uppercut.

Could also work on lowering his weight. 252 or whatever he was is too heavy for a man of his frame. Should be in the 230s.

 

Stay in Portugal longer for more warm weather training

 

Whyte basically opened himself up by throwing a weak right off a Povetkin jab which Pov was able to slip and torque the uppercut straight up into Whyte's exposed chin. Had he just shelled up the uppercut would have grazed his forearms and done no damage. There was no benefit to doing what he did and he paid the price.

He needs to work on not throwing anything that doesn't have a purpose, and maintaining his guard at all other times. Povetkin's someone who'll punish sloppy mistakes like these all night long.

 

He doesn't have the legs for a runfest and he doesn't have the knowledge for a hugfest. His only hope is to approach the fight exactly the same, be mindful of the uppercut, and pray that he was right all along, and this just happened to be that "1 out of 10" times he lost to Povetkin.

 

Not sure he can do that. DW likes to fight in the pocket/mid to close range. Sasha can work his timing/counters too easily. DW needs a hug/run fest. But I agree, neither will be easy.

 

The same. He was leading the fight largely (2 KD) before that Povetkins rocket.