Comments Thread For: Whyte vs. Andy Ruiz in Serious Talks, But Povetkin is Frontrunner

[Sid-Knee]

Povetkin and Hunter fought to a draw. Povetkin is 40. Hunter is 31. Why choose the the older guy? Because "he doesn't move."

December 7, 2019:

Dan Rafael
ESPN

Heavyweights Alexander Povetkin and Michael Hunter battled to a fierce draw in a world title elimination bout in the co-feature of the Andy Ruiz Jr.-Anthony Joshua rematch on Saturday at Diriyah Stadium in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.

They were fighting to become one of the mandatory challengers for the winner of Saturday's main event, but neither could claim the spot after a hard-fought and highly competitive bout.

Hunter, a former cruiserweight world title challenger, went right at Povetkin at the opening bell looking for an early knockout. He rattled Povetkin with an early right hand and made it a rough round.

In the second round, Hunter, who is trained by former heavyweight world champion Hasim Rahman, continued to go after Povetkin, whom he nailed with a straight right hand that sent Povetkin into the ropes. Povetkin responded by landing a heavy right hand in the final seconds of the round.

Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs), 40, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist, landed a powerful left hook that caught Hunter on the chin along the ropes and nearly dropped him in a big fifth round. They rocked each other in the close seventh round. Hunter (18-1-1, 12 KOs), 31, of Las Vegas, a 2012 U.S. Olympian, clipped Povetkin with a right to the body that hurt Povetkin, who spent the rest of the seventh round looking to tie him up.

Hunter had a big 11th round when he hurt Povetkin with a left hand to the body and followed up with two right hands that rocked Povetkin along the ropes and forced him to tie him up. Hunter later nailed Povetkin with a right uppercut in a dominating round.

There were several close rounds that could have gone either way, although Hunter dominated in terms of the CompuBox statistics. He landed 140 of 558 punches (25%), while Povetkin landed 95 of 393 (24%).

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They wouldn't be able to sell the Hunter fight on PPV. It would be Whyte's worst numbers if they tried that. Povetkin is a name. Hunter isn't. Stands to reason if you're not biased and don't have an agenda.

[Sid-Knee]

Further proof of Eddie’s lack business skill is presented. Does Eddie believe that he is adding luster to the Whyte vs Povetkin fight by bringing up more desirable and compelling fights like Ruiz that are never be made?

You see them do this all the time. Yeah AJ is fighting Pulev but we are sending Wilder a massive deal to disrupt Fury 3!!!

It is like I have this gorgeous 2003 Aston for sale but guess what we may get the shipment with a 2020 any day now.

It’s just not working, if anything it just draws attention to the fact that you are buying a 17 year old car he never intends to deliver the more fresh 2020. From there, you realize you don’t really want to buy that 2003. However had he shut up, you may have been okay just owning an Aston Martin.

And... Dillion Whyte has to be the most pathetic HW assistant pimp in the sport. Everything from opponents to media attention is on a hand me down basis from AJ. I wouldn’t be surprised if Joshuas jock strap hadn’t been passed down to him at sometime. Barely any original comp just AJ leftovers. DW’s ready to take the hit to keep AJ from a loss. The guy must not have any dignity what so ever? Now it looks like he will be third behind Usyk and AJ.

Still the same old reject, hey? Haha.

They're sending the coward Wilder a 50/50 offer for after they've both fought their next opponent. The worthless madness you just wrote is nothing but poisonous and delusional madness that you can never back up and get proved wrong on every time. So here's to another year of you having Matchroom and the UK live in your head rent free. And lose every time.

Ruiz has been sent an offer, but he's just got rid of his trainer and doesn't seem interested in fighting any time soon. So it won't be him. But he may surprise us by taking the offer and getting down to business with his new trainer. Or, you can pretend that Ruiz isn't the one who isn't interested and blame Eddie and one of his fighters like you always do with your insecure projections.

Stay being defeated by us. It's all you're good for you bunch of weirdo cowards. Stay being obsessed by daddy.

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Agree. Fight won't happen. Whyte shouted about AJ last year and dropped his nuts when the contracts arrived.

He almost died fighting wach, and chisora. That's the limit of his ability

You shouldn't think so lowly of your hero in Parker. Yeah, he's a hype job who's mentally weak and has no real fight in him, but you should give him at least a bit of credit for getting dominated by AJ and hanging in there with Whyte till the end but still losing.

Just wait until Chisora gets his hands on Parker. More fun for me and more misery for you. Haha.

[Sid-Knee]

When did he ever look good?

Never.

They would need to find another Lucas Browne to make him look good. Fighters that bad aren't easy to find, eddie had to go all the way to Australia to find that one.

Better than Parker has ever looked, or will ever look. Even when Parker and the ref cheated by hitting his bum opponent in the balls repeatedly to bring his guard down in New Zealand to get a corrupt stoppage he looked like hot garbage.

Don't worry though, they'll be another New Zealander to come along in 10 years that you'll hype again only to be spanked by the Brit. You have all that misery to look forward to. Haha.

[Sid-Knee]

I disagree.

I think Whyte's plan all along has been to try to inherit a belt by being promoted from interim status.

He was ordered to fight Pulev in an IBF eliminator, refused.

He was ordered to fight Ortiz in a WBC eliminator, refused.

He was offered the chance to fight Breazeale to jump into Breazeale's mando spot, refused.

He was offered the Joshua rematch for the belts, refused.

He's hoping Wilder takes the cowardly Franchise belt like Canelo and Loma did.

He knows if he fights Joshua or Wilder, he'll get knocked out faster than he did against Joshua the first time. He's a fat repeat cheater that doesn't move his head and got floored against pillow-fisted punchers like Parker and Rivas.

All lies...

Pulev was for less money in Bulgaria when Whyte could have a fight for more money against a higher ranked fighter in Parker at home.

Whyte had no problem with fighting Ortiz for mandatory status. All he asked for was a straight shot at the coward Wilder afterwards. he refused. Wilder even sent Whyte a text telling him he'd make him wait 2 years for his shot if he became mandatory. Even when he did, the WBC removed him from that position and put Fury there when they should have waited until the case was resolved like the law states. They, and Haymon, once again made sure to keep him away from Wilder like they have done for years now.

The Brezeale situation was another case of keeping Whyte away because the fight was a couple of weeks away when offered and he wasn't even in camp training. They worked it so someone else could take the mandatory to keep him away again. That's why that shlt with Brezeale/Molina happened.

Wilder refused his biggest payday for the fight a few years back and asked for ridiculous money for the fight in 7 Mill even though his biggest payday was 1.5 Mill. He gave a price to Hearn he thought he would never offer. But guess what? Hearn did offer the 7 Mill only for Wilder to keep on running like the biggest coward in history that he is.

So stop with the lies, slander and propaganda Americans keep pushing from their asylum of freaks.

[Jkp]

I disagree.

I think Whyte's plan all along has been to try to inherit a belt by being promoted from interim status.

He was ordered to fight Pulev in an IBF eliminator, refused.

He was ordered to fight Ortiz in a WBC eliminator, refused.

He was offered the chance to fight Breazeale to jump into Breazeale's mando spot, refused.

He was offered the Joshua rematch for the belts, refused.

He's hoping Wilder takes the cowardly Franchise belt like Canelo and Loma did.

He knows if he fights Joshua or Wilder, he'll get knocked out faster than he did against Joshua the first time. He's a fat repeat cheater that doesn't move his head and got floored against pillow-fisted punchers like Parker and Rivas.

He didn't just get offered AJ fight. He got given signed contract for the fight twice, and even uses same promoter as AJ. What sort of coward runs from a guaranteed shot at 4 world titles?

Unbelievable.

[Jkp]

Still the same old reject, hey? Haha.

They're sending the coward Wilder a 50/50 offer for after they've both fought their next opponent. The worthless madness you just wrote is nothing but poisonous and delusional madness that you can never back up and get proved wrong on every time. So here's to another year of you having Matchroom and the UK live in your head rent free. And lose every time.

Ruiz has been sent an offer, but he's just got rid of his trainer and doesn't seem interested in fighting any time soon. So it won't be him. But he may surprise us by taking the offer and getting down to business with his new trainer. Or, you can pretend that Ruiz isn't the one who isn't interested and blame Eddie and one of his fighters like you always do with your insecure projections.

Stay being defeated by us. It's all you're good for you bunch of weirdo cowards. Stay being obsessed by daddy.

Great to see you have recovered from the humiliation of AJ being beaten around the ring by the obese Mexican cruiserweight. Hope u enjoyed his awful scared performance in his last fight. Imagine how terrified he will be when he fights a proper sized heavy weight that isn't morbidly obese with stumpy arms.

[Detroit29]

Well Well Well...Now this ought to be good. Both fighters can load up on banned substances and it will be okay with the UKAD. 😆 And Hearn, the UKAD and VADA will go into damage control once the news breaks..

[Sid-Knee]

Great to see you have recovered from the humiliation of AJ being beaten around the ring by the obese Mexican cruiserweight. Hope u enjoyed his awful scared performance in his last fight. Imagine how terrified he will be when he fights a proper sized heavy weight that isn't morbidly obese with stumpy arms.

This is about the 15th time you've said this to me. But hey, you're a weirdo like Sy in the movie "One hour photo". You clearly strike me as the kind of person who sleeps with a knife and has pictures of peoples family all over your wall.

You send shivers down my spine. How anyone could get to your level is beyond me. Too creepy for words.

[Fire4231]

Still the same old reject, hey? Haha.

They're sending the coward Wilder a 50/50 offer for after they've both fought their next opponent. The worthless madness you just wrote is nothing but poisonous and delusional madness that you can never back up and get proved wrong on every time. So here's to another year of you having Matchroom and the UK live in your head rent free. And lose every time.

Ruiz has been sent an offer, but he's just got rid of his trainer and doesn't seem interested in fighting any time soon. So it won't be him. But he may surprise us by taking the offer and getting down to business with his new trainer. Or, you can pretend that Ruiz isn't the one who isn't interested and blame Eddie and one of his fighters like you always do with your insecure projections.

Stay being defeated by us. It's all you're good for you bunch of weirdo cowards. Stay being obsessed by daddy.

Lol...Welcome back Sidknee Boxing scene’s durable crash dummy. We missed beating you down Mr. Roboto.

Is Eddie sending another one of those 8-9 figure Instagram deals? That’s probably the wave of never’s future. Dazn must be struggling Eddie couldn’t pay his phone bill to just call Shelly.

Oh that’s right Wilder is currently in the biggest fight on earth with Fury? Maybe Instagram is the only way a small outfit like matchdoom can get team Wilders attention.

Let’s just say we don’t believe you, Eddie or AJ. Just prepare for that massive dud of a fight with Pulev!!! What a nail biter that will be? Maybe Eddie should get some Internet Debate team members to headline the card?