Povetkin-Rahman, Pulev-Ustinov RBR & discussion thread

[The Hammer]

Here is today's fightcard:

http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=649483

These are 12 round fights:

Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO) vs. Hasim Rahman (50-7, 41 KO)
- WBA World heavyweight title

Kubrat Pulev (16-0, 8 KO) vs. Alexander Ustinov (27-0, 21 KO)
- EBU (European) heavyweight title
- IBF International heavyweight title
- IBF heavyweight eliminator for No.1 spot

Jack Culcay (12-0, 8 KO) vs. Mark Thompson (24-1, 14 KO)
- WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title


These three fights are 6 rounds:

David Graf (7-0, 6 KO) vs Martyn Grainger (8-5, 2 KO)
Pablo Sosa (2-2-1, 1 KO) vs. Enrico Koelling (debut)
Reda Zam Zam (26-1, 13 KO) vs. Ciro Ciano (7-8, 1 KO)


The BoxNation telecast will start at 11 AM Pacific/2 PM Eastern.

The EPIX telecast will begin at 1:30 PM Pacific/4:30 PM Eastern.

[Canelo Phresh]

do you have a legal stream

[Prince_Pugilist]

This will be a borefest. Povetkin is a chump.

[Daddy T]

more interested in pulev v fatso than paper champ v pensioner

[The Hammer]

more interested in pulev v fatso than paper champ v pensioner

Someone's "0" has got to go.

Pulev has excellent boxing skills after a long amateur career but lacks power, while Ustinov is slow but has never been even slightly hurt and hits hard.

The winner will be Wladimir Klitschko's IBF mandatory.

[The Hammer]

Enrico Kölling makes his pro debut on today's card.

At the 2012 Olympics he beat Christian Donfack Adjoufack from Cameroon then lost to Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla.

[BattlingNelson]

I'm glad that Zam-Zam gets some work. Hopefully he will get a titleshot in 2013.

[White_Knight]

do you have a legal stream

Let me know if someone provides a satisfactory answer to this question.

[The Hammer]

Sauerland plans a "triple attack" on Wladimir Klitschko:

- If Povetkin wins today, according to Sauerland he'll fight Klitschko in early 2013 as Wlad's WBA mandatory.

- If Pulev wins today, he'll be Wlad's IBF mandatory.

- Helenius will be back on November 10 and Sauerland will try to move him up in the WBO rankings toward a mandatory shot.

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[The Hammer]

do you have a legal stream

There is a legal stream on EPIX's website that only works in the US, and another on ARD's website but it only works in Germany.