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

[Boris Johnson!]

ruiz is 400lbs atm, povetkin has a needle in his ass, povetkin is the harder fight because he'll be at 100% not 50% like andy

[TMLT87]

Both very good fights. Whytes overall level of competition has been pretty solid for years considering how much he flies under the radar compared to the bigger names.

[Shadoww702]

ruiz is 400lbs atm, povetkin has a needle in his ass, povetkin is the harder fight because he'll be at 100% not 50% like andy

Pretty much! PEDvetkin is shooting up and Ruiz is trolling all you can eat taco shops

[VislorTurlough]

Outcome depends on whether Hearn payoffs to UKAD and BBBoC allow RxDillian to dope up for fight night

[PRINCEKOOL]

This means that the fight will be against Povetkin.

Andy Ruiz Junior when motivated can beat 97% of the heavyweights in the game.

I will be shocked if Andy Ruiz Junior vs Dillian Whyte is made next etc What a performance that would be if Dillian Whyte could beat Andy Ruiz Junior via stoppage.

[MDPopescu]

ruiz is 400lbs atm, povetkin has a needle in his ass, povetkin is the harder fight because he'll be at 100% not 50% like andy

... Eddie Hearn doesn't want even a 450 Ruiz in front of White...

[PRINCEKOOL]

Both very good fights. Whytes overall level of competition has been pretty solid for years considering how much he flies under the radar compared to the bigger names.

Dillian Whyte may not be a better fighter that Tyson Fury, but he arguably has a better resume overall.

[VislorTurlough]

Whyte resume is like Margarito after the first Cotto fight. Every W needs to be reappraised because he’s a drug cheat. And even doped up he got gift Ws vs Parker, Rivas and first Chisora

[Bronx2245]

... Hearn will get Povetkin into this... much older and smaller...

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%).

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/28237459/michael-hunter-alexander-povetkin-fight-draw-dillian-whyte-wins-decision-return

[Fire4231]

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.