Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder: I Want Alexander Povetkin as Soon as Possible

[Nomadic]

That's good to go, lets not drag this on for a whole year.

[Pigeons]

Hopefully a contract is signed this month. Biggest fight in boxing for me. Put it in primetime on CBS, NBC, or FOX.

[SN!PER]

in your honest opinion, do you really think Wilder will get past Povetkin easily?

It won't be easy, but he can win if he is disciplined.

He has to box even better than he did against Stiverne. A long jab, hand speed and volume, foot movement will wear down Povetkin and win the rounds.

Povetkin must train speed, get light and fast on his feet, and cut the ring off well so he can fire his big shots at close range.

[Strive 4 Truth]

povetkin is overrated and is really a bloated cruiserweight i say bermaine stiverne KO's povetkin i've seen a couple of his fights and he's like a ruslan provodnikov no thrills just a come forward heavybag and with wilder not havin' ANY amateur background i STILL say he KO's povetkin in around 8 or less.
wilder may not have the footwork he knows how to use that jab and is way more aggressive than klitchko and IF he lands that right hand FLUSH povetkin is gonna get KO'd and be on a boxing meme

A lot of ifs in that statement.

[Strive 4 Truth]

It won't be easy, but he can win if he is disciplined.

He has to box even better than he did against Stiverne. A long jab, hand speed and volume, foot movement will wear down Povetkin and win the rounds.

Povetkin must train speed, get light and fast on his feet, and cut the ring off well so he can fire his big shots at close range.

Is that not the basic game plan for any fighter!?

[Strive 4 Truth]

Not the guy you're quoting but I believe so. All he needs to do is stay at range. Wilder's reach alone puts him at a great advantage. Povetkin likes his high guard and Wilder will unload.

All he needs to do? Gonna take a lot more then that guy. Povetkin is much smarter then these last fill ins. Wilder will actually be tested, mentally and physically.

[SN!PER]

Is that not the basic game plan for any fighter!?

Most of Povetkin's opponents aren't very mobile. He has the power and chin, but lacks the speed of a David Haye or even Szpilka. If Wilder boxes him, he's at a huge disadvantage. He must be in exceptional athletic condition to win.

[Drunken Cat]

Outboxed? lol. All he pretty much did was avoid wilders right hand like the plague and graze him with wild shots. Also got got hit with some big right hands before getting sparked. Povetkin doesnt even have the headmovement of spilka styles make fights i really think the povetkin fight is even easier the spilka was.

Do you watch boxing?

Did you see the fight?

Spilka was outboxing him.

You must have been blinded by Wilder's jizz in your eyes.

[Drunken Cat]

I dont know i just think povetkin is an easier fight for wilder than most ppl think it is. Wilder is too big for him i think povetkin might end up chasing him like stiverne and getting outjabbed all night long.

Wilder is just tall. They are about the same weight.

6'2 isn't small, either. Being tall is just one component, it isn't an automatic advantage.

Tall guys also tend to be more susceptible to being knocked down. Perhaps something to do with center of gravity.

[Drunken Cat]

povetkin has NOWHERE near the footwork of spilka and spilka got alot of that from ronnie shields AND he was a SOUTHPAW and nowhere near the head movement that spilka has yall are overrating povetkin

They have different styles. The point is that Wilder has yet to impress, and was yet again exposed in his last fight.

And Povetkin would beat Spilka, I have little doubt.