Comments Thread For: Alexander Povetkin Gets Off The Floor, Brutally Blasts Dillian Whyte in Five

[kushking]

Maybe now Shytes army can go back to hitching their wagon to AJ. Shyte had always been a C level fighter with above average power & awful stamina & he is a complete cheat & fraud which I think got him kod easier (because Roids damage the body & brain)

[techliam]

Maybe now Shytes army can go back to hitching their wagon to AJ. Shyte had always been a C level fighter with above average power & awful stamina & he is a complete cheat & fraud which I think got him kod easier (because Roids damage the body & brain)

Don’t get the hate really

The same people who hype the hell out of Luis Ortiz who has literally beaten nobody

Yet Whyte who actually has recognisable names on his resume gets trashed

Which is it? Either Ortiz gets trashed too, or Whyte gets the Ortiz hype treatment

[jonnyc420]

Defended the lineal - don't make me laugh. Is Lineal doing mandatories now? Was Wallin one? Pianeta? Schwarz? Get out of here with him defending a lineal championship!

By the way. Lineal... not a belt.

And debatable whether he even held it prior to Wilder. Or even now. That's how credible the lineal title is.

Much more credible than belts that have 3 champs in every division. The ignorance of children like you is hilarious. Broken just by the name Fury. Undefeated, held every belt in the division and defended his title. Is Whyte undefeated? AJ? Wilder? Nope just Fury. Have any of them held every belt in the division? Not even Klitschko can claim that. Most decorated HW in the last 15 years like it or not. Is that not true? Yes or no will suffice.

[kushking]

Dillian whyte is another Michael Grant style hype job. Only the Hearn jizz guzzlers were in denial. Without the PEDs, he was never anywhere near a top 20 heavy. The shame is - Chisora, Parker, Rivas were robbed of victories by this disgraceful cheat. Those guys could have made more money. They deserved it. Whyte has a highlight reel humiliation tonight, but his cheating has caused damage to careers.

This is all true☝️

[techliam]

Defended the lineal - don't make me laugh. Is Lineal doing mandatories now? Was Wallin one? Pianeta? Schwarz? Get out of here with him defending a lineal championship!

By the way. Lineal... not a belt.

And debatable whether he even held it prior to Wilder. Or even now. That's how credible the lineal title is.

Who disputes the HW lineage now? I can’t find a single major org that tracks lineage dispute the current lineage

You said the highlighted for a reason so I’d like to hear that

[NearHypnos]

The difference between a champion and not. Povetkin has always been a smaller HW fighting in an era of giants. I don’t know why people thought this would go any different if Whyte didn’t stop him. Povetkin has carved himself quite a nice career in this era. Povetkin has been dropped, beaten by much larger men, but never broken or deterred.

Those KDs weren't anything. He’s got top of the food chain HW experience for damn near ten years now. It’s not by accident. I’ve always held him in high regard. So a little bias here.

Barring a KO, it’s hard to imagine a man Povetkin’s size or very near it beating him, even at this age

[Toffee]

Much more credible than belts that have 3 champs in every division. The ignorance of children like you is hilarious. Broken just by the name Fury. Undefeated, held every belt in the division and defended his title. Is Whyte undefeated? AJ? Wilder? Nope just Fury. Have any of them held every belt in the division? Not even Klitschko can claim that. Most decorated HW in the last 15 years like it or not. Is that not true? Yes or no will suffice.

Fury most decorated? No he's not, unless you're counting drugs rulings against his name.

When did this 'separately held different belts' award come in? If Ruiz picks up the WBC down the line does he enter the HoF?

Lineal can be credible. It just so happens that if Fury holds it right now then it's not. It was when he beat Klitschko. No doubt. But somehow retiring twice, getting banned for drugs, hitting the coke, beer and kebabs and then coming back to fight bouncers and street sweepers affected its standing. If you can be the lineal champion while on the piss and then fighting bums, well, it's not worth much is it?

Now I should be clear, I'm actually a Fury fan. And you'll be surprised to hear that dates back to before he fought Wlad or Wilder (which he puts me in a small group on NSB).

But the current Fury. The one, after the multiple retirements and stripping of titles, needs to do more than beat the most limited HW Champion in history.

He'd need to beat the concensus number two. And if we can't reach a consensus on who that is, he'll need to beat both.

He beat Wilder. And needs Joshua.

[Timur78]

Can't ever discount the power, it's a great equalizer.

I watched at weigh ins White snubbed Povetkin's handshake, and between rounds wound refuse to touch gloves. Not that he's obliged.

But when Povetkin knocked him out, then he shook his hand.

Povetkin looks shot, but his technique and punch power still makes him dangerous, even at 40.

[pollywog]

Parker?? Lol no need to bother with him.

He's as credible a world champ as anyone doing the rounds at the mo!!!.

...and at 30, still has a lot more to give than Povetkin, Whyte, Chisora, Usyk, Joyce and Wilder

Patience is the key. Oilskin's time will come again!

[NachoMan]

The UK commentators were horrible. They had Povetkin written off right from the start and had him completely underestimated.

Yeah they did. Apart from Rd 4, I thought he was looking pretty decent.