Comments Thread For: Photos: Povetkin Sparring Hard For Rahman Title Defense

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Under the guidance of his trainer Kostya Tszyu, WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin of Russia was putting in a lot of work for his upcoming defense against fomer two-time WBC beltholder Hasim Rahman of the United States. The fight takes place on Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany and Sauerland Event will promote the card. Povetkin was sparring hard with 32-year-old British contender John McDermott and 33-year-old American boxer Excell Holmes. In addition, Povetkin put in several rounds with 32-year-old Russian MMA fighter Sergei Kharitonov. Photos by Victor Sokolov/Allboxing.ru. [Click Here To Read More]

[yoz]

Why bother? Rahman's shot.


Wonder who they'll line Povetkin up against next.

[ddangerous]

Good little preview of Povetkin vs. Klitschko right here.

[Prince_Pugilist]

Povetkin is a joke and a disgrace to the heavyweight division. The number of middle aged fighters his fought is incredible and the bums on his resume is just sickening.

[FloydvsPac]

Glad that Povetkin dumped Atlas and his ridiculous demands. Povetkin's entire boxing career had to revolve around Atlas' FNF commentary job. Ridiculous! And Atlas had the gall to blame Povetkin.

[The Hammer]

Povetkin is a joke and a disgrace to the heavyweight division. The number of middle aged fighters his fought is incredible and the bums on his resume is just sickening.

Blame the WBA for making Rahman the mandatory.

[paulf]

Excell Holmes

Povetkin looks to be in better shape than usual, though. I wonder how Rahman looks.

[giacomino]

Another bumfight for Povetkin. Big deal. Unless he is fighting one of the K brothers, who cares?

[intoccabile]

Sparring with Sergei Kharitonov, pretty cool.

[Weltschmerz]

Povetkin looks in shape