Wladimir Klitschko will defend his WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles against #1 Contender Alexander Povetkin on December 13. The fight will be televised on HBO.
This will be a battle of Olympic Gold Medalists!....Wladimir Klitschko won olympic gold in 1996... Povetkin won the gold medal in 2004.
Who will win?
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I always said that Wlad will KO him but now I'm not too sure. I think it will be another Wlad/Ibragimov fight, with Wlad fighting cautiously and clinching Povetkin every time he gets close. Wlad UD.
Wlad by late stoppage
I agree the tiger is too tame for Klit man we will see Wlad waive hi long jab out there for 4 or 5o rounds and then drop the hammer in the 7 or 8th round.....Lefty
Wlad by obvious ko. povetkin hasn't beaten anyone, and chambers gave the fight away because he was unsure of himself. wlad is on another level, and is this era's greatest heavyweight.
Povetkin is much better than people give him credit for, but he's tailor-made for Wlad.
Very true. He has good power (at least I think) a really really good chin and excellent hand. But his "head on brawl" style will get him crushed against Wladimir. I got Wlad by TKO in the 7th in a dominating peformance.
Wlad and comfortably
Povetkin's best weapon is his ability to work in close,Wlad is going to tie him up on the inside lean on him sap his stamina then Ko him in the mid rounds when his reflexes slow down and his hands start to drop
Chambers should be fighting Wlad. I know Chambers gave that fight away. It upsets me that people would overrate a fighter because he's an Olympic Medalist but not pointing out the flaws, such as the fact that Povetkin started his pro career late. Chambers is going to regret throwing that fight away, he definitely has a better chance at beating Wlad than Povetkin does.
That was Eddie Chambers....not Barrett
Chambers fought the best he could against Povetkin
Chambers started off well, but he became overwhelmed by Povetkin's pressure and workrate...Chambers went into a shell in the later rounds because he was hurt and worn down from the accumulation of punches...he didn't have the heart or toughness to trade punches with the tougher, hungrier Povetkin.
Povetkin was very sick and he still clearly beat Chambers
lol Im sorry but chambers was never really hurt by alex, you like to overhype any fighter whose about to fight vlad or has already lost to vlad.
alex is very overrated, barret could have easily beat him, for some reason barret went in to a shell defense, and stopped throwing punches, which was really strange because I never saw barret hurt in that fight.
That was Eddie Chambers....not Barrett
Chambers fought the best he could against Povetkin
Chambers started off well, but he became overwhelmed by Povetkin's pressure and workrate...Chambers went into a shell in the later rounds because he was hurt and worn down from the accumulation of punches...he didn't have the heart or toughness to trade punches with the tougher, hungrier Povetkin.
Povetkin was very sick and he still clearly beat Chambers.
alex is very overrated, barret could have easily beat him, for some reason barret went in to a shell defense, and stopped throwing punches, which was really strange because I never saw barret hurt in that fight.