Povetkin gave Joshua boxing lesson. He definitely outboxed AJ

Povetkin did great until the knockout. He definitely outboxed AJ and gave him boxing lesson.
AJ won by lucky punch. Povetkin would definitely knock him out if he was cautious all the time.
Povetkin hadd BEAUTIFUL combinations. I saw the fear in AJ's eyes in first three rounds.

AJ won by his reach advantage. Period.

 

Boxing lesson lol.

The fight was even and it was no lucky punch.

 

It wasn't even at all.

 

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Corrrect, most savvy observers had Joshua up by a couple of rounds.

 

What does it matter? He won by knockout.

 

Well they should find another sport to watch.

 

Salty AF. Love it. The crying from the haters is almost always better than the knockouts Aj delivers.

 

the lesson presumably was if you KTFO someone then you've won.

 

Who's crying?

Nor am I "salty"....I wanted Povetkin to win but I said all along it's come to late and he's be stopped late on.

Try again cheerleader.

 

Part of Povs dream as he lay there KTFO

 

Froch had AJ 2 up, SRL had AJ up by 2 I think and Haye had AJ up by one. Biased calling in my opinion.

Sergio Mora had Povetkin one up.

I agreed with Paulie M who had 3-3 going into the 7th.

I agree with Rob Mckraken that once AJ started moving his feet more and became less of static target Povetkin struggled to land in the 6 and 7th.

I agree with Paulie M as well that it was a stragey planned by AJ to land the single left jab to body throughout. As the fight went on, Povetkin tired and started leaning forward after body jab and the chance to land the one two would come and it did which lead to the stoppage.

 

Watch the fight closer. You can see Joshua forcing him to make mistakes. It's a 12 round bout and not a 3 round fight. Against an experienced opponent like a Povetkin, it's very very difficult to win every minute of every round. That does not translate into a loss though.

It was no lucky set of punches he landed and he set them up. Were you thinking that Joshua was going to ambush him in the early rounds? Watch what Joshua is doing in there and he set him up nicely for those big shots to land flush. And then being a world class finisher, he got him out of there real quick once the opportunity presented itself. Tons of guys do not capitalize on that window of opportunity they have. Joshua sure did.

The other thing was here's Joshua again dealing with a broken nose early & making adjustments. Dealing with adversity against a highly pedigreed opponent. How often do we see that, anyway? That's why he was breathing out of his mouth early. So many fighters get cut or busted up and they go downhill, so here we have a guy that is not a frontrunner.

 

Agreed. Povetkin exposed Joshua biggest flaw again and that's the fact he's so stationary. Povetkin was able to dart in and get off first with right hands, left hooks and uppercuts and Joshua just couldn't get out of the way. To be fair Povetkin is very good at this, he had no trouble getting inside on Wlad either but the difference was Wlad clinched him to death when he did, while Joshua was looking to block.

Joshua get's compared to a lot of other super heavyweights of the past like Bruno, Lewis, Wlad etc. But the one guy I see most in him in his make up as a fighter is Bowe. Too stationary, good fundamentals, offensive skills on the inside with hooks and uppercuts and a solid, heavy jab but not a great jab and a willingness to trade at times and can be out boxed like Bowe.

 

Pov made a reasonable start then the tide turned.....boxing lesson my arse. When u look at how the whole fight went it was a fairly easy night in the end for AJ

 

Exactamundo.

Povetkin's jab was not nullified, it became a non factor. Taken away.

What else he did with that jab was to change it up. Kind of like Vitali in a way. Sometimes it was an up jab to the chest. Other times his left hand would be down by his thigh & Joshua does not keep his hands that low. Then he'd bring that left hand up to its normal position and fire off some jabs. But single shots and very few double jabs.

He was confusing Povetkin in there with that jab. Landing more to the body than the head. Coming from different angles.

Think about what Povetkin was not doing; not landing those terrific combinations of his. He has the most accurate hands in the division. Deadly 2/3/4 puncher. He was not landing clean very often and just could never do too much with the 2/3/4. That's his whole career is to clean up with those combos. But he just did not penetrate that Joshua defense like he wanted to. Not with the frequency to wear Joshua down.

In light of Joshua having a broken nose early & having to breathe out of his mouth, it was an excellent set of tactics. And the discipline necessary to make it work. On an in shape ex-champion with an absolute ton of experience who had not been stopped.

Just think of the reverse happening----Alexander getting the broken nose at the end of the first round. And he has to breathe out of his mouth---what adjustments is he making? And that's making to win the fight, not to last.