Comments Thread For: Photos: Povetkin Lands Overseas, Eyes WBA Title Shot

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Team Povetkin arrived in America to continue his preparations for a high-profile tests in the nearest future. WBA #2 ranked heavyweight (21-0, 15 KOs) and the only Russian ever to get an Olympic gold medal in the super heavyweight division will conduct a three-week training camp under the guidance of Teddy Atlas.

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[Rip Chudd]

This guy's lone achievement outside of the olympics will be being ranked high by the WBA. Scared to death of Wladimir this guy is.

[Tobi.G]

3 week training camp?? What is that? Is he fighting in 3 weeks or what? If not why doing a 3 week training camp?? OMG Atlas does everything wrong! Better find a oppoenent asap or the camp will be useless!

[BostonGuy]

Povetkin has to be one of the most protected fighter in the heavyweight division of recent memory. He went from being a highly touted prospect/contender to a guy who's more or less irrelevant to the mix....

[paulf]

3 week training camp?? What is that? Is he fighting in 3 weeks or what? If not why doing a 3 week training camp??

Povetkin has been out of the ring since last fall and is probably very rusty and out of shape. This camp is probably just to get him a little more fit and to shake the rust off. He's been out with a hand injury and I'm sure Atlas wants to see if he's ready to do a real camp/fight after the layoff.

And the WBA is a joke. Wlad has the chance to finally pull all titles into the Klitschko family, but if the WBA pulls this, there will *still* be a non-Klitschko champ. Smh.

[The Hammer]

The WBA is the worst of several bad sanctioning organizations.

They should have made a decision that Chagaev fight someone for an interim title months ago, when the Wlad-Haye fight was announced, but as usual they procrastinate. They permitted Guillermo Jones to take two years without defenduing his cruiserweight title.

Sometimes I think that some senile old man runs the WBA.

The de****able Teddy Atlas has made a mockery of Povetkin's boxing career.

[Random1]

If I'm understanding the quote correctly, they're saying straight out that they'd just as soon not fight Haye OR Wlad, but rather "somone else" for the regular title.

[ShoulderRoll]

Atlas knows that it takes time to properly groom a fighter. That's why he isn't looking to just throw Povetkin to the wolves against a Klitschko.

Not until he's ready.

[Ravens Fan]

Atlas knows that it takes time to properly groom a fighter. That's why he isn't looking to just throw Povetkin to the wolves against a Klitschko.

Not until he's ready.

This is a joke, right?

[ShoulderRoll]

No, it's not. Why rush him out there to get his butt kicked by a Klit before he's ready? Just for the payday?