Povetkin can take Wlad.

[Sparked_1985]

true, he was very exciting before when he fought in his amateur days style, mayweather ****ing ruined him, that happens alot kostya having a western trainer was negative for him overall

i hope guys like boytsov, povetkin, dimitrenko, korobov, shumenov, golovkin stick with their own trainers

Isn't Korobov with Dan Birmingham?

[VirusTI]

Korobov looks like he can take Pavlik already lol

[BrooklynBomber]

Korobov looks like he can take Pavlik already lol

Not just yet, but I like how he progresses. He has some great wootwork and a punch, but I would like to see him work on more complicated boxing schemes, learn more abotu setting up and work early to set up later rounds in his favor.

[HeartAttack]

Sultan was very offensively oriented fighter before he started with Mayweather, who, incidentally, trained him for the Briggs fight as well.

He was very good at pressuring fighters to throw and then counter them, which is a much more complex tactic then anything povetkin so far produced, he is faster, and likely is a bigger puncher.

Not really. Sultan's inability to really generate openings of his own via combinations, or behind a jab shows a lack of fundamental aggressive fighting. Povetkin isn't an offensive genius by any means, but I've seen more than a handful of feints from him, but he is too aggressive at times and forgets some subtleties of boxing. Its obvious that Sultan can fight, but when his feints don't work and the countering opportunities aren't available, his lack of basics is glaringly obvious. his footwork is generally crap and like I said, an just about absolute disdain for a jab infrequent body work leaves Sultan short. If he fought Povetkin, the countering opportunites would be abundant, but would he be able or willing to capitalize, I think so, but how much would he get done before being tagged himself.

[PittyPat]

Man, i'd love to see Dimitrenko get a stab at Povetkin. 'Sascha' would beat him IMO.

Real talk. :box2:

Although I can't comment much on the latter. I haven't seen enough of Povs to form an opinion.

[HeartAttack]

As for the Povetkin taking Wlad. Well, Alexander has the best style out of anyone to ebat Wlad. His aggressive combinations that come from many different angles that change speeds and power to keep you off-balance. All prefect for beating Wlad. His attention to the body and a rare ability for European heavyweights; the ability to work off/on the ropes helps him too. The one problem, Wlad would probably crack that chin. I LOVE how Povetkin fights, but if Eddie Chambers and Chris Byrd can buzz him, c'mon, Wlad can put him to sleep. But I would give Sasha a better chance than many against Wlad. That though isn't saying much.