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By Cliff Rold - With his fifteenth professional fight now behind him, 28-year old 2004 Olympic Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist Alexander Povetkin (15-0, 11) of Russia looks like, well, like a fighter with fifteen professional fights. In a bout that met existing expectations that it could become a long, measured chess match, Povetkin pulled away in the second half of the bout to cement a victory over 25-year old Eddie Chambers (30-1, 16 KO) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [details]
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I love ya Cliff, I read all of your well-written articles and almost always agree with your wisdom. Conversely, I just watched the fight again and I have to disagree with your comment about the 119-109 scorecard. I found it hard to give Eddie more than 2 or 3 rounds (being generous). True, he landed a couple solid shots early in the fight. True he made Povetkin miss, and also blocked many of his shots. But Fast Eddie threw barely more than 100 punches in the entire fight. Povetkin outworked him in every round, and also outlanded him in nearly every round. I'm all for couterpunching, but when a guy does his best Winky Wright impersonation and puts up his guard the entire fight, eating 50 punches per round (even if only 10 of those 50 land), he better throw back like Winky does. He needs more than 10 quick counterpunches if he wants to win a round. Lopez is a judge who is clearly in favor of workrate over 2 or 3 solid punches per round. I say his scorecard is just fine.
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