Povetkin Protests Klitschko-Thompson Bout

[Crazylegs77]

IBF and WBO heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko have according to German paper Bild Zeitung received an offer of five-million euro from Sauerland Event to face Alexander Povetkin, the IBF mandatory challenger - and turned it down. Wladimir insists on fighting WBO mandatory Tony Thompson in July, but the matter is complicated. Sauerland has protested the matter to the IBF and a decision is expected soon. [details]

Interesting to have 2 mandatories, which has priority? I dont see Povetkin beating Wlad but he earned his shot. Thompson has a better shot but only based on power. Id say Thompson deserves it because he has more experience, older.

[MANGLER]

Even though the fight ****** I was glad Wlad took Sultan's belt. He's closin in on full unification and if Povetkin's bitching leads to him gettin stripped and ****s it up I'd be salty as ****. Povetkin is hoping to get the belt without havin to go through Wlad but hopefully it won't happen. Just wait your turn to get KO'd then tell your grandkids one day you were once in the ring with the champ Povetkin.

[edgarg]

Shame on Klitschko. Why didn't he call out Povetkin after the win against Chambers? Povetkin became the IBF mandatory long before Thompson became the WBO mandatory.

I think a guy like Klitschko would be far too ashamed to be calling out a beginner like Povetkin with only just over a dozen fights. Klitschko could kill him. Wouldn't be sporting. He'd be embarrassed. And so would his fans. If it's arranged by a Commission that's different. Then it's just a job.

[edgarg]

Shame on Klitschko. Why didn't he call out Povetkin after the win against Chambers? Povetkin became the IBF mandatory long before Thompson became the WBO mandatory.

Again, I think you are not correct here. Povetkin just became the mandatory a month or two ago. Thompson has been the mandatory for nearly a year, probably 9 months. And he was, unoficially, regarded by many as deserving a title shot for the past couple of years, when others less deserving were getting them time after time.

[potatoes]

I think a guy like Klitschko would be far too ashamed to be calling out a beginner like Povetkin with only just over a dozen fights. Klitschko could kill him. Wouldn't be sporting. He'd be embarrassed. And so would his fans. If it's arranged by a Commission that's different. Then it's just a job.

Take a look at Klitschko's resume and you will see that his threshold of shame is no different to any other boxer. The fact remains is that he has known for months that Povetkin was going to be his next IBF mandatory. The WBO belt and Tony Thompson have come along since then. If he had wanted to fight Povetkin he could have made some noise about it.

The game of politics in boxing is like a chess match, you have to plan ahead. Unification is not an easy thing to do, especially when conflicting mandatories can lead to forfeiture of a title. I find it hard to believe that a man who has a Phd can't figure this out?

[kayjay]

Your analysis Povetkin, as we saw him against Chambers, may well be correct, but Klitschko is not the right man to exploit these flaws. Unlike George Foreman, Klitschko does not stand his ground and fight. When you go straight in on him Klitschko's first instinct is to pull straight back, typical European style. Look how cautious Klitschko was against Ibragimov and he wasn't doing much. Povetkin has a much higer work rate. In any case, if Povetkin learns to move his head, Klitschko will then have a very serious problem to solve and history has shown that he is not good at dealing with problems.

Povetkin is not suddenly going to weave like Joe Frazier. If he comes in on Wlad like he did against Chambers he'll eat jabs until he quits.

Nor does he have enough power to beat Wlad

[kayjay]

Oh and a few things:

1. Wlad's press release said they would take Thompson first because he has waited longer. Povetkin did have to win two fights (Byrd, Chambers), but he just became mandatory this year.

2. Wlad's last madatory defense was in July against Brewster. In fact IBF acknowledged two mandatory defenses for him in 2007 (Austin, Brewster), so they're not about to strip him just yet.

[ElGranLuchador]

povetkin should be glad hes got a few more months to live

[edgarg]

Povetkin has an excellent chance to win if he learns how to move his head.

I would think that he won't need to learn to move his head. Klitschko will gladly do it for him.

[edgarg]

Take a look at Klitschko's resume and you will see that his threshold of shame is no different to any other boxer. The fact remains is that he has known for months that Povetkin was going to be his next IBF mandatory. The WBO belt and Tony Thompson have come along since then. If he had wanted to fight Povetkin he could have made some noise about it.

The game of politics in boxing is like a chess match, you have to plan ahead. Unification is not an easy thing to do, especially when conflicting mandatories can lead to forfeiture of a title. I find it hard to believe that a man who has a Phd can't figure this out?

POTATOES, I agree that boxing is like chess and, believe me, a lot worse-if you know what I mean. But as for the rest, you have it exactly backwards. How could Klitschko have known long ago that Povetkin would be his mandatory. He had to beat both Byrd and Chambers, who had at least as good a reputation as Povetkin himself. there was no guarantee that he couldbeat either of them.

In fact, having seen the Chambers-Povetkin fight, I really don't know what all the fuss is about. It looked-at a casual glance- that there would be little to chose between Povetkin and Ibragimov and I'd give the edge to Ibragimov. With him, it was just that he had NO answer to Klitschko's size, skills and power. He looked to be extremely "wary" of him. And I'd bet that Povetkin will suffer the same fate, and lose every round, unless he stands still within reach for moment or two. Then, he's likely to be beaten down.