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Whyte v Povetkin II Fight Thread

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  • #32
    PEACEBROTHER
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭PEACEBROTHER


    Think wardley tripped him and Molina hit his head on ground

    But agree wardley looked very average and Molina looked so uninterested and scared even once he got bit rough


  • #33
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    I fear a Deontay Wilder type grounding for Fabio wardley in his future. I don't think he has the ability to back up his arrogance.


  • #34
    megadodge
    Registered Users Posts: 5,282 ✭✭✭megadodge


    Bit of a shock on BT there with Willie Hutchinson being beaten by stoppage in the 5th.

    It was the first test for Hutchinson, who is skilled and was an excellent underage amateur, but he was beaten by a harder man.


  • #35
    squinn2912
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭squinn2912


    generalgerry wrote: »
    I fear a Deontay Wilder type grounding for Fabio wardley in his future. I don't think he has the ability to back up his arrogance.

    Eventually maybe but I don’t think he’ll ever meet Wilder. I think Daniel Dubois would give him an almighty hiding


  • #36
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    Ring walk for Dillian now. It's on. Some shock the last time, gonna be another toss of the coin this time.

    Dealer, deal the cards!


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  • #37
    x PyRo
    Moderators Posts: 8,700 ✭✭✭x PyRo


    Looking forward to this, think Whyte will KO him - and is much better than people give him credit for.


  • #38
    PunkIPA
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭PunkIPA


    Whyte looks like he means business. Big Povetkin fan too. He has that classic Eastern ice in the veins demeanour.


  • #39
    robwen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭robwen


    You'd love to see the Russian do it again but can't see past White


  • #40
    PunkIPA
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭PunkIPA


    Nice touch of class from Whyte with the Hagler tribute on his robe.


  • #41
    PunkIPA
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭PunkIPA


    robwen wrote: »
    You'd love to see the Russian do it again but can't see past White

    Genuinely conflicted as to who I want to see win :pac: I like them both.


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  • #42
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    Povetkin doesn't look right here


  • #43
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,554 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    normanoffside wrote: »
    Povetkin doesn't look right here

    Very disjointed


  • #44
    A Shaved Duck?
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭A Shaved Duck?


    Commentary instantly annoying..


  • #45
    PunkIPA
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭PunkIPA


    Have to respect Whyte's aggression here.


  • #46
    Joeseph Balls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,708 ✭✭✭Joeseph Balls


    Povetkin caught heavy there


  • #47
    carltonleon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭carltonleon


    Just don’t think that Whyte has the gas tank to go into the later rounds against the likes of Wilder Joshua Fury et all. I think he beats Povetkin but against the top boys he won’t have enough


  • #48
    A Shaved Duck?
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭A Shaved Duck?


    Povetkin looked very strange all fight..balance all over the place...fair play to white though.


  • #49
    Sandor Clegane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Sandor Clegane


    I don't think Povetin should be boxing.


  • #50
    x PyRo
    Moderators Posts: 8,700 ✭✭✭x PyRo


    Delighted for Whyte, lovely touch of class after as well. Top man, hopefully he builds from here.


  • #51
    Joeseph Balls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,708 ✭✭✭Joeseph Balls


    Why didn't Povetkins corner pull a stool out for him??


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  • #52
    Joeseph Balls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,708 ✭✭✭Joeseph Balls


    Sandor Clegane wrote: »
    I don't think Povetin should be boxing.

    Why? Age?


  • #53
    carltonleon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭carltonleon


    Povetkin needs to retire now.


  • #54
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    Povetkin's punch resistance is gone. I thought the same the last fight.


  • #55
    Sandor Clegane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Sandor Clegane


    Sandor Clegane wrote: »
    I don't think Povetin should be boxing.

    He looked all over the place tonight, like a drunk lad stumbling about..didn't look right to me.


  • #56
    MD1990
    Registered Users Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    Povetkin was hospitalized with Covid a few months.

    Not fully recovered.
    Any decent heavyweight would beat him tonight


  • #57
    duffman13
    Registered Users Posts: 8,945 ✭✭✭duffman13


    Povetkin was in an awful state from the start there, I hope he's OK. Genuinely seemed a totally different fighter than I've ever seen him before. Maybe age catching up or after effects of Covid. Hopefully that's his last fight though


  • #58
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,554 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Whyte’s jab is unreal. Great range and power..

    He was very aggressive, but also, defensively aware/savvy and astute...

    AP looked very clumsy the whole night..

    Needs to get out before he gets seriously hurt..


  • #59
    Joeseph Balls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,708 ✭✭✭Joeseph Balls


    Sandor Clegane wrote: »
    He looked all over the place tonight, like a drunk lad stumbling about..didn't look right to me.

    I thought it might be over early but I thought AP would have showed more. He's done now.


  • #60
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    You have to hand it Povetkin all the same, he could have just retired after the win and took his football away with him, but came back for a fight that he was most likely to lose. If ever a man deserved to have the Russian national anthem played while being saluted, it's him.

    Well done to Dillian, he must have been under some amount of pressure to win this. That must be a huge mental burden to carry in the weeks before the fight. Now just give him his damned title shot. You might not like that he doesn't look like AJ, or that he doesn't talk like Fury, but he deserves his go.


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  • #61
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    walshb wrote: »
    Whyte’s jab is unreal. Great range and power..
    He was very aggressive, but also, defensively aware/savvy and astute...


    #TeamBodySnatcher


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