Povetkin vs. Ortiz.

People saying Ortiz knocks him out need to get a grip. Jennings is a fine competitor and hardworking overachiever but he is a small heavweight and we had seen him more than once hurt before against less than stellar opposition. Knocking out Jennings (and needing multiple chances, after hurting the guy every other round through seven) in no way suggests you can make a dent in Povetkin.

Slowtiz if anything is the one that gets stopped here as Povetkin just overwhelms him with activity, sharpness, and physicality.

 

Huck may have received unfavorable scoring but he was never close to knocking Povetkin out.

Maybe you're remembering Povetkin tiring a bit and eating more than a couple of clean punches in a row? Not the same thing.

 

I saw nothing in that fight to suggest that Jennings couldn't beat Ortiz if given another shot at him..... Jennings was having a very good round and it looked as if he was finally starting to gain control of the fight when Ortiz landed the uppercut. When Jennings did overwhelm Ortiz with his workrate it did seem to sap the energy out of him, to his credit Ortiz did a good job at adjusting and not letting Jennings apply enough to completely tire him. There was definitely enough to suggest that a high worker, with enough technique and power would overwhelm and drown Ortiz.

 

The Sasha detractors love bringing up that fight.... That was Povetkin at his worst v.s Huck at his best and he still did enough to pull the win out. How did you score that fight btw?

 

Close and I could definitely see having it for Hukic, but as you say it was the night of his life and I've never seen Povetkin look worse except maybe the 1st half versus Chambers.

 

:nod

By-by with his rallies after each time getting hurt won every alternating round before he was stopped. Ortiz won the interim rounds ONLY because he managed to hurt Jennings seriously in each (and was otherwise losing those rounds), else he would've been down six zip.

 

A good learning fight for Jennings... I'm starting to think that Jennings still might come back stronger and have more to offer the division than Ortiz, it's just one of those fights where in all likelihood the loser has a brighter future than the winner.

 

Even the fact that they need to bring up his struggles vs then-#1 cruiserweight shows how good his resume is. Especially when both of our champions have been hurt and dropped by journeymen.