Povetkin vs Chambers Rematch For The IBF-Interim Belt?

[The Hammer]

he's better than you think.wasn't donnie lalonde a druggie & a drunk from winnipeg?

No, but even if he had been, it wouldn't have justified attempted murder.

Here's an article by Donny Lalonde on Teddy:

http://forums.doghouseboxing.com/lof...hp/t63725.html

Fight news recent interview with ESPN commentator and trainer Teddy Atlas has drawn quite the reaction from fight fans all across North America. In the exclusive interview, Atlas touched on having to go to Winnipeg and broadcast a fight of Donny Lalonde in 2003, a former world champion on the comeback trail at the time, and somebody Atlas had trained years previous. It is revealed in his book, "Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's struggle to Become a Man," that Atlas came very close to murdering the ‘Golden Boy’ from Winnipeg in his New York City apartment, many years previous to their reunion in Winnipeg. In the book, Atlas describes getting a gun and going into the city, ready to get the job done. Getting buzzed into the building by another tenant and knocking on Lalonde’s door. "If he had opened the door, he was dead," Atlas writes, "I would have pulled the trigger, turned around, and walked away."

Teddy waited through the night, waited for Lalonde to return, phoning the apartment periodically. When he finally got through, Lalonde’s girlfriend picked up. Atlas asked if Donny was there, and when the answer came back yes, he hung up and started making his way over to the apartment, still intent to finish the job he came to do. Somewhere during that walk, Atlas changed his mind, for whatever reason, he decided not to go down the path that would take Lalonde’s life and forever alter his own, likely ruining it. Lalonde who had let Atlas go as a trainer, had no idea how close he actually was to dieing, had no idea that had he not been out that evening, he would have likely been dead. He found out two weeks ago.

“The first I heard of this was about two weeks ago from a friend and former fighter Danny Vandal, the former mayor of Winnipeg,” Lalonde tells fight news from his beachfront home in Costa Rica. “It actually didn't even surprise me when I heard it. Teddy got into fights with trainers and fighters quite a bit when I was with him. He may not be the most stable person walking around.”

[vitali1999]

so it's probably peter vs povetkin since chambers has a fight with wlad in march or April.peters in shape so it may be a good fight.

What is this Peter ****. Peter is finished as a serious contender, now he is just a pretender.

[karrapato]

That's a logical fight.

Povetkin is being inactive for a while, he needs to prove that he still something, and Chambers right now is the better fighter(at least on the paper).

Would be interesting, i enjoyed watching their first encounter.

[El Jesus]

I don't see the need for an interim title fight, Wlad has been a very active champion. I think Chambers has a good shot at winning this fight though, normally the first fight under a new trainer is a transitional fight, the best normally doesn't come out in the first fight.

i have never seen eddie chambers fight, im a bit curious about him. whats he like? What happened against povetkin? What did he look like in his last fight?

[Silencers]

i have never seen eddie chambers fight, im a bit curious about him. whats he like? What happened against povetkin? What did he look like in his last fight?

Well he's a small heavyweight, he calls himself Fast Eddie for a reason since he is quite possibly the fastest heavyweight out there right now, fast hands, fast feet, throws good combinations. There were reasons to call him Fat Eddie for a while a year or so ago, especially when he weighed in at his career highest against Peter but he seems to have gotten his weight down and has kept it down. He likes to fight on the outside behind his jab where he can get off first but against Dimitrenko in his last fight he showed that he can move in and out using good head and foot movement. Pretty good defensive fighter too, keeping his hands up similar to the turtle shell that Winky likes to use, except not as good.

Against Povetkin, he was leading on the cards through 4 rounds and for some reason he just stopped punching, he let Povetkin take over the fight and basically just outwork him to the decision. Povetkin was sick for the fight though.

In his last fight he looked really good, the best performance of his career IMO against the big Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko, he was 5 inches shorter and had the shorter reach but as I said, managed to get in and out on Dimitrenko by using his faster feet and head movement, both things were improved because he weighed in at his lightest weight in years. Put punches together well, worked the big man's body really well, scored 2 knockdowns and won the fight comprehensively. Can't believe one of the judges had it even.

[El Jesus]

Well he's a small heavyweight, he calls himself Fast Eddie for a reason since he is quite possibly the fastest heavyweight out there right now, fast hands, fast feet, throws good combinations. There were reasons to call him Fat Eddie for a while a year or so ago, especially when he weighed in at his career highest against Peter but he seems to have gotten his weight down and has kept it down. He likes to fight on the outside behind his jab where he can get off first but against Dimitrenko in his last fight he showed that he can move in and out using good head and foot movement. Pretty good defensive fighter too, keeping his hands up similar to the turtle shell that Winky likes to use, except not as good.

Against Povetkin, he was leading on the cards through 4 rounds and for some reason he just stopped punching, he let Povetkin take over the fight and basically just outwork him to the decision. Povetkin was sick for the fight though.

In his last fight he looked really good, the best performance of his career IMO against the big Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko, he was 5 inches shorter and had the shorter reach but as I said, managed to get in and out on Dimitrenko by using his faster feet and head movement, both things were improved because he weighed in at his lightest weight in years. Put punches together well, worked the big man's body really well, scored 2 knockdowns and won the fight comprehensively. Can't believe one of the judges had it even.

Thank you. I was curious since he was actually potentially getting a title shot at wlad. The last time i saw him he didint look in very good shape, i guess thats why you mentioned about him being in shape. I hope this guy is actually decent. again, thank you for the assessment.

[Silencers]

Thank you. I was curious since he was actually potentially getting a title shot at wlad. The last time i saw him he didint look in very good shape, i guess thats why you mentioned about him being in shape. I hope this guy is actually decent. again, thank you for the assessment.

No problem.

The guy is pretty good, I think he can give the Klitschkos more trouble than their recent opponents, probably won't win but he can give it a good shot.

[Derranged_]

Per Dan Rafael:

With unified heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko out for several months following shoulder surgery and planning to face mandatory Eddie Chambers upon his return in the first half of 2010, Alexander Povetkin (17-0, 12 KOs), Klitschko's other mandatory, will be allowed to fight for a vacant interim belt. With the IBF approving the interim title, Povetkin withdrew from a planned stay-busy fight Friday night in Baltimore, which was to have been his first bout under trainer Teddy Atlas. "Finally, the waiting is over for Povetkin," Sauerland Event general manager Chris Meyer said. "He gets what he deserves -- a world title fight in the near future. We are all tired of waiting for Klitschko." Povetkin's interim title fight likely will be against ex-titlist Samuel Peter, probably in Europe, according to Top Rank's Bob Arum, Peter's promoter. "[Top Rank's] Carl Moretti and Chris Meyer discussing the fight," Arum said. "If we make it, we'll pull Sam off the Nov. 13 and Dec. 5 cards he was supposed to be on." Povetkin-Peter could land on Jan. 23 and possibly be paired on Showtime along with a U.S.-based fight between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell, one of the Super Six Group Stage 2 bouts.

Quick observation: I would hate to see Povetkin upset by Peter and Peter to get a title shot against Wlad. I don't want to see another uncompetitive Klitshcko fight...

[Boxingwizard]

Per Dan Rafael:



Quick observation: I would hate to see Povetkin upset by Peter and Peter to get a title shot against Wlad. I don't want to see another uncompetitive Klitshcko fight...

I'd rather see Chambers vs Povetkin so there can only be one mandatory. If Povetkin wants a title shot without waiting too long, he might as well go for another belt because Wladimir will be fighting Chambers first. In the meantime Chambers will stay busy too, maybe against someone Oleg Maskaev.

[The_Demon]

war chambers!
he got it this time