Povetkin's next fight is on Sep. 29th in....

Solis has two fights, at the moment Oldanier has no name and does nothing to further Sasha' ambitions outside of hardcore boxing fans. Solis will stay in Germany for the time being, and Sasha will fight an American heavyweight with a name I assume, in order to raise his profile and prepare for his takeover of the Heavyweight division.

 

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He's one of the BEST AMATEURS OF ALL TIME!!

And he's already famous with the Cubans in Miami

Olympic medal record

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Pan American Games

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World Championships

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odlanier_Solis

And he's a No Name :-(

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danny williams would be a good opponent. povetkin should tame him in about 8 rounds, however williams has the punch to test any prospect.

would be a good follow up

 

You didn't understand what I said. Do you think the American fans, who follow PROFESSIONAL boxing, have any idea who Oldanier Solis is because of his amateur career? They don't. For God's sake, Aleksandr Povetkin was one of the greatest Amateur Super Heavyweights ever, and has more pro fights, and he's just looking to begin getting a name in the USA.

 

The american fans also don't know who is Barrett, Donald, Beck, Fields, Lyachkovich, etc.

They could really hype this fight to the casual fan, as the battle of the 2 best prospects in the Boxing World.

And they could fight in Miami.

 

If Lyachovich beat Sasha on that show it would be a great double for team Elite.. ( Sam Peter , Sergei and Ivaylo Gotziev..) It would make a lot of sense..

 

They aren't going to fight in Miami on September 29 if that's the same night Taylor-Pavlik is on. It'll be on the undercard probably in Atlantic City, which is good because the Russian community in NYC can come down to cheer on Povetkin. But saying a guy with 2 pro fights is one of the best prospects in boxing is going to be hard for a casual fan to swallow. A guy like Lyakhovich, on the other hand, has a good record, and you'll get those fans who may have seen him fight Brewster; with his record and expereince he's promotable as a major step up for Povetkin.

 

In a perfect world it would be nice........

 

1) All of those guys are more well-known, even by noxing fans, than Solis. Yes, even Fields and Beck, who are jokes and would be a big step down for Povetkin

2) Solis has visa problems with getting into the US and couldn't fight here even if he wanted to.

3) If these two guys are going to rule the roost in the future, why face them off now? Wouldn't it make much more sense to have them fight each other 3 or 4 years from now, when they both have belts and it could actually be a huge fight?

Lyakhovich would make sense as a good fight. I guess Rahman could work too, but I doubt DKP puts Rahman out there like that. It'll be tough for him to get that big of a name at this point unless a body is willing to sanction the fight as setting up a #1 contender spot. He's dangerous but not well known, and doesn't bring money to the table. For that reason, a US prospect on prospect fight would make sense, possibly Chambers. Povetkin would probably destroy any of the decent US prospects, but at least it gives them a shot to prove themselves, which is what a few of them have supposedly been asking for.

 

It will likely be vs an HBO veteran heavyweight boxer. Brock, Barrett, or Rahman come to mind.

 

Please bring on Lyakhovich on the Maskaev undercard. PLEASE.

The only bad thing about being on the Maskaev undercard is that the event will probably be on Showtime PPV. Larry has already mentioned Povetkin as the best prospect out there and his style is exactly what Larry loves. Being on HBO would make this perfect.. too good to be true.

 

This fight could be on Showtime as well. That is the Showtime free preview weekend and they are reportedly looking to put fight on that day as well. They thought they had Maskaev-Peter, but, that fell apart when King ended up promoting the fight and got MSG to do it on October 6th. Showtime is reportedly working on Tarver-Dawson. They could put Povetkin on that undercard too.

 

Has Povetkin/Donald been posted anywhere yet?

 

Me,too.To be honest I would rather see him against any fighter apart from Lyakhovich.

Sergej couldnt hold a candle to Povetkin at the amateurs,and he has zero chance to win a fight against Povetkin at the pros.Povetkin plays in a different league.

Monte Berrett,Sherman Williams,or Sinan Samil Sam would be good opponents for Povetkin's next outing to a ring.