Povetkin vs. Takam - Post Fight Thoughts

The first 8 rounds were close. I had it 76-76 after 8. Povetkin had some trouble dealing with Takam's long arms and was getting hit as often as he hit Takam.

But Povetkin adjusted and threw more combinations in the 9th and 10th, and dominated.

 

Reasonable post, I have to agree on most points

 

Don't think Povetkin expected Tackam to box off the back foot behind a jab.

His long reach gave him a lot of problems but Povetkin adjusted and got the job done. Good win.

 

It’s very surprising that for 4-5 rounds Takam was that good at outboxing an olympic gold medalist while many people agreed to say that Takam was only good when he is agressive, a volume puncher (good stamina). Also, Povetkin was known for having stamina problem and finally Takam ran out of gas, stop attacking and got KOed.

 

Takam should have used his jab more often and more aggressively, especially when it was becoming clear that Sasha was winning most of the inside exchanges. That could have given him a chance to catch Povetkin, who to his credit boxed with discipline. Needs to work on his jab more though.

 

Hell of a fight. Looking forward to seeing povetkin again.

 

Sure Takam fought well but Povetkin bit down and broke his opponent in the championship rounds. Povetkin basically took his time and solved a complicated puzzle.

 

The one major criticism i have about Povetkin is that he's a slow starter.

Even against a shopworn guy like Ruslan Chagaev, i had it 4-4 after 8 and he needed a pep talk by Teddy Atlas to win the late rds. Same thing happened against Huck and Takam.

If he can start quicker then he could have a chance versus Klitschko but once you let Wlad get some rhythm it's pretty much all over.

 

Povetkin displaying brilliant knockouts over world class contenders only adds to Wlads legacy. Wlad knocked povetkin down 4 times, and won all 12 rounds on the scorecards.

 

Yet you had Povetkin winning the first 4 rounds 40-36....so now you're saying Takam won the last 4? :huh:-(

 

The early rounds were kind of hard for me to score. Both fighters seem to score about the same amount of punches but Takam simply scored punches here-and-there throughout the round while Povetkin limited his offense to occasional combinations.

It was one of those fights that smells a little bit fishy to me, not unlike a Julio Ceasar Chavez Jr. fight. The winner seemed to "start slow" or opponent gassed later. Maybe Povetkin did start slow, maybe Povetkin did wear down Takam, maybe Takam did gas or maybe somebody was using PEDs ( they're all over the place in professional boxing and the closer you get to the top the more you will find. ) Could be Povetkin wasn't active in the early rounds because he wanted to save his strength for the later rounds and pour it on then. I guess we'll just have to accept the results of the doping tests & give Povetkin credit for fighting a smart fight.

 

Nice bro , good job

 

Very surprised, with Povetkin. And I will give him credit for that fight. I didn't think he would have been strong enough to take out Takam like that. Will be interesting to see him fight somebody like Stiverne. Although I still think he would probably get put to sleep.

 

i think Solis could give Povetkin problems. He has a decent chin (if we believe his 1st round KO vs. Vitali was due to his knee and not due to a glass chin). He knows how to frustrate opponents. I think even a fat Solis could steal 5-6 rounds from Povetkin and make it real close.