Comments Thread For: Povetkin-Whyte Rematch Eyed For November 14 or 21, Says Hearn

[Toffee]

This was always a dangerous 50 50 fight for Whyte. A risk he did not need to take.

Respect to both me for being willing to do it again.
The audience will be larger. I suspect the $$$ will be larger also.
Wish more HW's had the ba11s to challenge themselves the way these two are.
Once again respect to both men.

Oh and does anyone know when Usyk is going to test himself against a HW with a pulse or is Chazz Witherspoon going to be the only HW on his resume before he gets a title shot?!?!

Once again respect to both Povetkin and Whyte.
May the best man win.

Agree with this. Two good fighters in the ring - it's what we want to see.

Rather than protecting their '0' a few fighters would be better off going into pick em fights. Rematches are big fights.

[Kannabis Kid]

The key here is to make the public believe you'd win the trilogy if it happened. AJ definitely did that.

Only to you Andy already showed he can hurt AJ not the other way around sounds like a good excuse when trying to avoid it though.

[NorvernRob]

Agree with this. Two good fighters in the ring - it's what we want to see.

Rather than protecting their '0' a few fighters would be better off going into pick em fights. Rematches are big fights.

Exactly. On this site fighters are criticised for avoiding each other, then criticised for taking risky 50/50 fights.

[Toffee]

Only to you Andy already showed he can hurt AJ not the other way around sounds like a good excuse when trying to avoid it though.

You think Joshua should rematch Ruiz?

[Kannabis Kid]

You think Joshua should rematch Ruiz?

They are 1-1 who won more decisively between the two?

[VatoMulatto]

That would not help his stock. He needs to finish Povetkin early and make a statement. If he wins by UD then nobody will consider him a legit contender for the title. He needs to get the job done in decisive fashion.

Go out there and beat the same man that put you to sleep just a few months earlier would be a statement. He'd prove his mentaly strong. He needs to get the W. That's all that matters. Trying to make a statement knocking out a fighter early who's only been stopped once in his career would not be a good game plan. Just get the "W" and move on from there.

[VatoMulatto]

I think this decision is going to come back to haunt Hearn. Whyte's chin is suspect under normal circumstances so I can't imagine that getting back in the ring less than 3 months after a brutal KO loss will be good for him.

Really? What makes you think he has a suspect chin??

[Toffee]

They are 1-1 who won more decisively between the two?

Boxing isn't women's tennis. It's not a best of three. Joshua went in as the champion, hence the rematch which he won.

And since you ask, it was Joshua. Completely outboxed him.

[Kannabis Kid]

Boxing isn't women's tennis. It's not a best of three. Joshua went in as the champion, hence the rematch which he won.

And since you ask, it was Joshua. Completely outboxed him.

I don't watch tennis so I don't give a damn about your example but I guess Gatti-Ward, Holyfield-Bowe, Ali-Frazier, Morales-Barrea, Vazquez-Marquez and so forth should've never happened either by your example.

Joshua got knocked out and quit doesn't get anymore dominating than that. Ruiz went in as the champion during the 2nd fight so what is your point? If that's the case then shouldn't Andy get the opportunity to try and "outbox" Joshua like Anthony did to him. It's 1-1 Andy had the more dominating win but it doesn't matter AJ is just holding those belts for the winner of Fury-Wilder, Ruiz will get another shot eventually.

[Silver Spear]

Go out there and beat the same man that put you to sleep just a few months earlier would be a statement. He'd prove his mentaly strong. He needs to get the W. That's all that matters. Trying to make a statement knocking out a fighter early who's only been stopped once in his career would not be a good game plan. Just get the "W" and move on from there.

He would not just be beating the man who beat him, he would be beating a 41 year old. How is that an accomplishment? Whyte needs to make a statement. He needs to do more than just win, he needs to show the other HW that he still means business and has what it takes to be at the top. Winning is one thing, how you won is another. Whyte needs to prove to his promoter, the fans, the boxing organizations that he is still a top contender. Losing to an old man in the fashion that he did is not a good look unless he comes back and proves it was a fluke. Look at what AJ did in his rematch with Ruiz. He did not convince a lot of people that he should still be regarded as #1.