What did Povetkin most likely think, watching Wlad last night?

he is still asleep from it

 

Never thought of that....and to be honest, with anyone else I would say that it was crazy to think that, but with Wlad, he and his brother seem to be dead set on this, so it might be the case.

It would still mean that he is a bit reluctant to engage because if this were the case, he would be cautious because he didn't want to risk getting caught and losing the opportunity to make history with his brother. So he took no chances. If he was confident that he could take a shot, he would have gone after the KO because it was obvious that he could have stopped Ibragimov, he was simply worried about the risk of getting stopped himself in the process.

Doesn't matter much in the big scheme since he won and is on his way to unification. I know he fights better than he showed last night, and all fighters have off nights. However, Chagaev in my estimation is a bit more skilled offensively and more dangerous than Ibragimov. I am interested to see his encounter with him.

 

agree, it was dissappointing and boring fight. he should have thrown his right hand more. Sultan was open to the right hand throughout the fight. let's hope next fight would be better

 

"let me at him" :yep :bbb

 

Maybe just because of that?

 

Probably what he already knew about Waldo. The fact that he jabs all night and grabs when you get into your punching range is well known by now.

It isn't gonna be easy beating a man who fights like John Ruiz who is that big. He's gonna have to be smart about avoiding the grab. Ducking way down and getting the ref on his side will be instrumental. Also investing heavily downstairs when those big arms come up to grab.

Superior head movement, deflecting the jab, stepping in to force him to grab or open up and then pounding his body. Do this over 12 rounds if need be. Just don't linger on the end of his jab where he'll eventually be throwing right hands. Povetkin is pretty solid about this so I don't think it'll be a problem.

 

To be honest, I think Povetkin will have looked at it like a professional and will know now that he is in for a hell of a lot of work against wlad. The awkwardness of klitschkos last fight isn't going to be cheering up any fighter that has to fight him in the near future.