Povetkin's KO win over Whyte is one of the greatest single wins in boxing history

There’s too many if’s, buts and triangle theories here for my taste. Whyte proved me wrong against Parker and proved that he was a solid contender. Though I refuse to give him credit for Rivas, where being roided wasn’t enough for him so they had to pull some stunt with his gloves and change it after they were inspected by Rivas’ team and the comissioners. And Ortiz and Rivas fought Jennings 4 years apart.

Also, compared to the fighters I named up there(Michael Moorer, Yvon Durelle, Jean Pascal, Marco Huck), Whyte is as mediocre as they come.

 

I think DAZN/matchroom should make the "Eddie cam" a feature of their broadcast so every time the home fighter gets sparked we can see the reaction in real time haha

 

Yeah but horses have crappy boxing skills.

 

This whole HW era looks weak. All the 40 year olds from Wlad's era are still knocking out motherfuсkers left and right.
Even good old Robert Helenius finished a top 10 guy easily.

 

Big yikes.

Alright, let's unpack this.

1) He was 40+ years of age.
Means nothing for a heavyweight.

2) He has a young man's style, which is not suitable for a 40 year old due to it being very taxing and demanding in terms of energy and durability.

He, uh, doesn't have a young man's style? Not sure wtf you're talking about honestly. Povetkin has a fairly conventional Russian boxer-puncher style that doesn't lend itself to particularly short primes whatsoever.

3) He has been participating in combat sports for over 2 decades and therefore has extremely high mileage.

Yes but any EE boxer has just much, if we're including the amateurs, by their mid-30's. Mileage =/= taking lots of attritional damage in prolonged wars, something Povetkin hasn't done.

4) Knocked out a top 5 current heavyweight.

Ehhh. Maybe via the alphabet rankings but not in point of fact. Even during a weak era Whyte probably never was better than 6th or 7th h2h in the division.

5) Knocked out Whyte in his own country with everything stacked against him.

I was expecting a doozy for point #5 since 1-4 were all duds, but um...this circumstance is pretty dime a dozen in boxing. Literally hundreds of road knockout upsets have occurred.


Just leave well enough alone with "it's a good win".

 

Povetkin is a world class boxer. However he seemed to be a bit unccordinated maybe rusty esp. in round 4. Even so he is potential trouble for any heavyweight. The uppercut was a perfect shot though and prolly would finish off any heavyweight. It is also impressive that his bob and weave style is very good and developed because he's usually the smaller guy.

That being said, this was over in a single perfect uppercut, Whyte will very much being a live dog in a rematch. Personally i don't think Whyte is GOAT and simply a plooding boxer with decent hooks.

Anyway what im like about Povetkin is that he's very cool and gentleman. Not shouting being concerned about his opponent gives hands etc. This is somthg Whyte could learn; the guy didn't even shake hands before the fight and is generally a loud mouth. So i'll be rooting for Pov in a rematch. (even thoigh i think Pov is aging he still has scrip hooks and uppercuts)

 

So what you're saying is that most of the top ten are no better than, what, most of the top two hundred in the world? How is it we don't see a constant changing of the guard then? Why do most of the top ten have winning records?

Your statement makes no logical sense.

 

Haha some you are quite biased and post plenty of ridiculous boxing takes. I always thought claiming to be smarter than random strangers over the internet was a weird flex as well.

 

The staff on this site are exceptional. They all are incredibly well versed in all almost all areas of boxing. Their combined knowledge is only surpassed by the one and only George Houghton Crowcroft.

 

Whoa... way to twist facts to suit your narrative.
A young mans style? Dude is a basic ABC Eastern European boxer. It's all about technique and tactics.
He doea fight in bursts, but that is a given from where he comes from.
Jean Pascal is the one you aeem to be talking about.

 

Good post but I dont think Whyte is as good as Berbick.Trev would of brawled Whyte into submission in five rnds.different class of fighter

 

Why can’t you stand Whyte?

 

Whyte is a plodding sausage.

Imagine high guarding square on and looking at the floor against Povetkin

Amateur mistakes. He did managed to dip under some of Povetkins work at one point but I bet that tired him out having to bend over like that.

Whyte talks a good game about "putting it on" Wilder like Fury did, but is he even capable of doing so?

Problem for Whyte is he relies on Povetkin to close the distance and looks for a counter. Isn't massively interested about close range defense or moving away, so he leaves himself in a vulnerable position. He managed to get what he wanted catching Povetkin twice but that still wasn't enough.

Look at the reasons why he struggled with Chisora. Same reasons he will struggle with Povetkin.

The commentary was really biased like Whyte controlled the whole fight, He didn't. I had Povetkin edging the first 2 rounds off sweet sweet bodyshots.