What should Povetkin do now?

Another couple of fights, he would get brutally blasted out just now, :good.

 

Actually, Chambers be the best prospect there is in America.

I would love to see Povetkin shut up that Johnson guy.

 

Fight some more guys who pose a threat. He needs serious work before fighting for any title. At the moment he's ripe for getting blown away.

 

He should retre.

 

fight someone who has a punch so he can learn to defend himself.. Not klitschko though, at this point he'd lose.

 

This comment goes way over my head. Obviously I don't know
enough about boxing to understand WTF 'retre' means.

 

definitely look for klitschko.

he's beaten 2 top 10 contenders.

it's worth the gamble.

one more build up fight around april time and then a summer fight with klitschko. :thumbsup

 

It's easy: Povetkin should fight 1 or 2 more times. Not because he really needs experience (of course a few more fights are always good for a prospect) but because Wlad fights 2 times a year and his next fight after the unification will be probably sometime between July and September. Of course if Sultan wins that's another story but in that case I see an instant rematch between the two. And you know, it's still possible that Wlad's next fight if he’ll win will be a voluntary defense and there's another mandatory in the line in Thompson (WBO).

And if another unification fight is possible, Povetkin will have to wait a long-long time for his chance...



So he should take 1 or 2 easier fights if a September showdown is possible or 2-3 if he'll get the well deserved chance only at the end of the year.

 

Classic ESB stuff.



I think he should fight Wlad. Why? Because he's already signed up on the tournament. It wouldn't look good if he said "well, i lost 3 rounds to Chambers and one to Byrd, so i'm not going to fight Wlad now".

If he loses, he loses. Big deal. It's only his 15th or 16th pro fight. He will learn a lot and come back stronger. It's going to be a great fight and will probably give him a lot bigger future fights and recognition than winning a boring decision over Tua or Briggs, trust me.

And if he wins, he will be the undisputed best. It's a win/almost win situation for him. :yep

 

Exactly. I was just about to post something similar.

Povetkin did find a way to do enough to get a win in both fights.
If he does better than expected against Wlad and makes a real
fight of it (or gets lucky) ... it makes a rematch down the road
all the more interesting.

 

He needs more experience before taking on Klitschko. Ideally 3 or so more fights and he will be ready. I for one hope he takes Wlad out.