Interesting match up between broadly similarly built Heavyweights with hugely contrasting styles and backgrounds. Ringo was very raw and awkward. No one could ever have originally coached him to box like he did, hunched up, crab like footwork and punching from angles that were, to be kind, unlikely. Povetkin was an Olympic Champion. All great fundamentals and basics from the old Eastern European school. In terms of respective talent, it is the perfect "Best swordsman in France" scenario, where the man he should fear most is the worst swordsman in France, the rank amateur who does the most empty headed thing that is utterly unexpected and unplanned for. Povetkin should win. I pick Oscar in the sixth.
That is really a very interesting match! I think this fight will stay open all the way to the 10th round. Ofc Povetkin will lead though because he is the technically better boxer. But both will have their moments. The exhausted Bonavena will mobilize his last power reserves and try to force a KO. But Povetkin is likely to defend his wild attacks and survive the last rounds. my oracle says: TKO Povetkin = 20% DC Povetkin = 40% KO Bonavena = 30% Every other outcome = 10%
