Comments Thread For: Povetkin Hopes To Once Again Blast Whyte Out in Dramatic Fashion

[LoadedWraps]

Povetkin should apply the same pressure by always moving forward like he did in the first fight.
He should watch out for Whyte left jab which was successful in the first fight.
Mentally, Povetkin is on top as he goes into the rematch.

It should be a great fight! I can't wait.

[Roberto Vasquez]

Povetkin failed a drug test that is why the Wilder fight didn't happen & no other reason. Fury beat Wilder & Klitschko in their own backyards. Hardly think he avoided anyone. He was obligated to fight Wilder a 3rd time or vacate. Breazeale actually was in the top 3 of the WBC & won a final eliminator over Eric Molina to get his shot. Let's not forget Whyte turned down a title shot at Joshua & refused to go to Bulgaria to fight Pulev in a IBF final eliminator after Hearn lost the purse bid. Hughie Fury took the fight instead being the next ranked opponent. Povetkin got popped a second time shortly after he was reinstated before an eliminator with Stiverne. That was a fight he could have easily won (Stiverne was done)& put himself in the mandatory spot again for Wilder. Povetkin dropped the ball failing 2 drug tests & it cost him his chance at Wilder twice. Nobody to blame but himself.

When you see that Fury's 3rd best win is against Derek Chisora and that he is approaching the end of his career. You'd have to be some mad fan-boy to say he never avoided anyone. Fury pretty hasn't fought 90% of people in the current top-20 for a start.

Look at Derek Chisora's opponents - a guy at a similar stage in his career but Chisroa is ranked somewhere between 12-15 and you'll realize that Fury's opponents should be at least twice as good as those.

Whyte seems to be fighting a top-10 opponent every fight so why bring him up? He's not meant to be on Fury's level but yet he is fighting consistently higher opposition.

The top 3 of the WBC means nothing. Breazeale has only beat Molina. Breazeale is ranked outside the top 20 at the moment.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Chemical Warfare III: Povetkin v Whyte has a better ring to it :-)

I like that. That works.

Yeah! me too I said the same thing and it was dangerous fight for Whyte although i said it was 60/40 in his favor. Loads of people on here were saying it was a non-fight and that Povetkin was finished.

People need to realize that these are the fighters that Wilder and Fury avoid, so you know they are dangerous. Fighters like Breazeale weren't even in the top-10

Whyte did land twice as many punches as Povetkin so he was kind of dominating tho. But Povetkin was still in the fight - he always lands his big punches no matter what.

PEDvetkin won me some money thanks to everyone overlooking him.

[joe strong]

When you see that Fury's 3rd best win is against Derek Chisora and that he is approaching the end of his career. You'd have to be some mad fan-boy to say he never avoided anyone. Fury pretty hasn't fought 90% of people in the current top-20 for a start.

Look at Derek Chisora's opponents - a guy at a similar stage in his career but Chisroa is ranked somewhere between 12-15 and you'll realize that Fury's opponents should be at least twice as good as those.

Whyte seems to be fighting a top-10 opponent every fight so why bring him up? He's not meant to be on Fury's level but yet he is fighting consistently higher opposition.

The top 3 of the WBC means nothing. Breazeale has only beat Molina. Breazeale is ranked outside the top 20 at the moment.

I’m 46 in a week & am hardly a fan boy. I’ve been around here a long time & would say I am one of the more unbias posters on this site considering my favourite boxers were Frans Botha, Neven Pajkic, Andrew Golota & Johann Duhaupas... i just watch fights & really don’t have any favourites these days...

[Roberto Vasquez]

I’m 46 in a week & am hardly a fan boy. I’ve been around here a long time & would say I am one of the more unbias posters on this site considering my favourite boxers were Frans Botha, Neven Pajkic, Andrew Golota & Johann Duhaupas... i just watch fights & really don’t have any favourites these days...

fanboy doesn't mean you are young. It means someone who is a fan of a boxer and is blind to any facts that may point to that boxer not being the best boxer ever.

There were a lot of Wilder fans on this site who suddenly went very quiet when he lost.... That's another reason fan boys suck - as soon as their guy loses they jump ship.

I was a Fury fan but as soon as I saw him fighting bums while claiming to be the best HW of the era - I got on his case. This is Fury's chance (now the Wilder fight is off) now to show us he is a legit fighter - so let's see who his next opponent is. Will it be a top-10 opponent or someone useless?

[Combat Talk Radio]

fanboy doesn't mean you are young. It means someone who is a fan of a boxer and is blind to any facts that may point to that boxer not being the best boxer ever.

There were a lot of Wilder fans on this site who suddenly went very quiet when he lost.... That's another reason fan boys suck - as soon as their guy loses they jump ship.

Same happened with Choco (Srisaket), Manny (Floyd), Golovkin (Carnelo), etc. But that's par for the course when you have these fighters that the networks keep hyping.

It's the exact reason that we need to see fighters tested - really tested - by fighters that are a threat to them. Because the fans that just leave the cut weren't really fans.

But the flip side is when you got guys like Carnelo and Spence who keep getting their hands raised against top tier opponents and winning belts over and over again, there's a group of people that just want to see them lose.

[hugh grant]

Best povetkin 9 out of 10 times lol that's what whyt e said.
Got off to bad start then whyte would have to win next 9, no pressure then?

[Oshio]

At 41, Povetkin is still a credible opponent and could give any top 5 problems especially within the first 5 rounds. Anyone who takes him to 7 and above knocks him out. To have drawn the much younger and hotblooded Michael Hunter amazed me though

[_Rexy_]

Talking to his corner in between rounds Povetkin asked what was going wrong.
It wasn't going to plan obviously.
He was eating jabs from White, and of course he didn't see the punches causing the knockdowns.

No, that's not what happened at all. That's not what he said to his trainers, and if you paid attention to the fight, you'd see he was setting up that uppercut from the opening bell.

Whyte walked into a trap and paid for it.

[YoungManRumble]

Probably spent half his time learning how to defend uppercuts finally then gonna get iced by a left hook or sneaky overhand right