Comments Thread For: Povetkin-Rahman: Zimin Says Its Another Step Forward

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WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KOs) is set to make a mandatory defense against former two-time beltholder Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KOs). The fight is likely to take place in mid-July in Germany.

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[Superflo777]

How about not running out of steam after 4 rounds? That would be a step forward.

[BattleAxePurist]

Leaving those CWs alone....huh... Back to fighting old shot HWs for a meaningless title...Keep On Truckin'

[ShoulderRoll]

They shouldn't have gotten rid of Teddy Atlas.

[BoxingGenius27]

Either Povetkin is just waiting for the K2 bros to ride off into the sunset, or he's turing into Lucien Bute.

He needs to step it up. Fight Helenius or something. Everyone's beat up on Rahman.

[Larry the boss]

step forward???Rahman??really?

[Larry the boss]

you want to fight the best??yet ducked Wlad 2 damn times

[Dubblechin]

Alexander Povetkin is a coward. And Alexander Povetkin's team are cowards.

Povetkin has been outright ducking Wladimir Klitschko for four years - since Povetkin backed out of his first fight (and a $3.2 million payday) with Klitschko in 2008.

Povetkin's team keeps saying he needs more fights, but he looks worse every time out. He's never looked as good as he looked in 2008 when he beat Eddie Chambers. Three MORE fights isn't going to help.

He could've faced Wlad Klitschko two or three times in this time period. Instead, he's continued to regress.

What a huge disappointment Povetkin turned out to be.

[joe strong]

lol! if rahman is motivated he could very well knock out povetkin. name 1 HW or opponent sasha has had that can actually punch? the answer is NONE! rahman has a great jab, is big & has one punch knock out power. he has stepped aside twice($250000 for stepping aside for boswell & i'm sure it's similar for the huck fight)& has had plenty of time to train & watch tape for povetkin. he will get a million for this fight & could line himself up for another showdown with a klitschko or a few "regular" title defences with a win. rahman stands to make some serious coin if he turns back the clock one more time. we shall see what kind of shape rahman is in. povetkin would be pretty stupid to take rahman lightly. ask lennox lewis what happens. povetkin is not a puncher & won't be able to knock out rahman so he best be in better shape then he was for huck & he better learn to defend against a right hand. huck tagged him repeatedly with it but if rahman hits him cleanly it's over...