Povetkin's special in one area

he will give it his all, that you can bet on

the problem is, he doesn't have any tools to get close to Wlad to cause him much trouble, and will take a lot of punishment

 

He is great at not moving his head, in fact he is one of the best at it.

 

One thing's for sure, Povetkin won't be there to lay down. He's going to fight with everything he has till the very end. Can't ask for more from a top notch fighter really. Wladimir will do the very same which should provide an exciting tactical fight. This is the first heavyweight fight I'm seriously looking forward to since Wladimir vs Haye in 2011.

 

Tremendous.

 

Putin is going to be there?

:think


Wlad should walk out to a live performance by ***** Riot.


(they're better than RHCP anyway :!

 

Everybody Wlad ever faced got inside on him. Even Mormeck and Peter. You saying Povetkin is levels below tham?

 

Or just have Haydn wearing a tight P. Riot t-shirt. GRRL POWER!!


Would she be arrested? Would that sent Wlad into a berserk rage, tossing a 1-2 at Putin and spark an international incident?

 

He went life and death with Huck and Chagaev.

 

and how many punches did Mormeck land in the entire fight? 4?

what did Peter do in the rematch? the 1st fight was competetive, yes, but in the rematch, he stood and took punishment until he collapsed

 

Excatly. JMM didn't even have to punch his way in and he still got there. Povetkin will get through.

 

I thought he struggled a lot more with Huck than Chagaev, which is odd because I've always rated Chagaev (and, in the minority opinion, considered him the #2 when he challenged Wlad) and never thought much of Huck and long regarded him as barely above paper champ status at cruiser. :conf

It's just how it shook out on the nights. Chagaev was also somewhat faded by then, and Huck was really up for his crack at Povetkin and had the night of his life. (until the verdict came through, anyway)

I had Ruslan getting shut out until the 6th, when he wobbled Povetkin with the left and carried that surge into the 7th...but then it fizzled and I didn't give him another until the very last. 117-111 Povetkin on my card.

Huck on the other hand imposed his style of fight on Povetkin from the beginning, had him hurt more than Chagaev did, and took far more shares., IMO ultimately deserving the nod. 115-113 Huck on my card.

Yet still, prime for prime and pound for pound I consider Chagaev much better than Huck. Go figure.

 

what good is getting inside and not throwing punches? letting a 240 lbs guy lean on you and take your strength away? I don't doubt that Povetkin will get in close to Wlad, the real issue is whether he can throw punches before getting smothered by the bigger, stronger, yet faster man