Comments Thread For: Lebedev: Povetkin's Knockout Punch Was Like a Young Mike Tyson

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This past Saturday night at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood, Alexander Povetkin of Russia won the interim world heavyweight championship of the World Boxing Council (WBC), after a sensation knockout of Dillian Whyte.
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Well, Povetkin did train with Teddy Atlas for a while.

[Damn Wicked]

Well, Povetkin did train with Teddy Atlas for a while.

Yes, I can never forget how Teddy continued to stall Povetkin from fighting Wladimir Klitschko. He would always say, "We're not quite ready for that fight just yet. One more fight and we'll have Povetkin polished and ready for Wladimir, and we will definitely win that fight." Jeez, how many years did Teddy's, "Just one more tuneup fight before we take the Wladimir fight" continue?? ....And then Povetkin finally fought Wladimir after Teddy eventually left Povetkin. It's almost as though Teddy was doing everything to stop Povetkin from fighting Klitschko.

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Yes, I can never forget how Teddy continued to stall Povetkin from fighting Wladimir Klitschko. He would always say, "We're not quite ready for that fight just yet. One more fight and we'll have Povetkin polished and ready for Wladimir, and we will definitely win that fight." Jeez, how many years did Teddy's, "Just one more tuneup fight before we take the Wladimir fight" continue?? ....And then Povetkin finally fought Wladimir after Teddy eventually left Povetkin. It's almost as though Teddy was doing everything to stop Povetkin from fighting Klitschko.

It's kind of like Rocky V, where Rocky didn't want Tommy Gunn to fight for the title until he had him completely polished.

Teddy just wanted Povetkin to be fully prepared and have a shot at actually beating Klitschko. Instead of just taking the money and losing.

[Earl-Hickey]

Yes, I can never forget how Teddy continued to stall Povetkin from fighting Wladimir Klitschko. He would always say, "We're not quite ready for that fight just yet. One more fight and we'll have Povetkin polished and ready for Wladimir, and we will definitely win that fight." Jeez, how many years did Teddy's, "Just one more tuneup fight before we take the Wladimir fight" continue?? ....And then Povetkin finally fought Wladimir after Teddy eventually left Povetkin. It's almost as though Teddy was doing everything to stop Povetkin from fighting Klitschko.

Well yeah because when Povetkin fought klitschko he got dropped 19 times and lost the widest decision known to man.

It was a fight Povetkin had almost no chance in so Teddy was probably hoping that at some point the belts would fracture.

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Not close but Atlas taught Povetkin tricks to pick his shots and set them up that he didn’t have in his early career .

Mikes uppercut took the soul out of you ,POV uses a shovel hook but like I said Mike Tyson would knock Whyte out today for the same reasons except he wouldn’t be getting out boxed like Povetkin or going down.

[LoadedWraps]

No doubt. Thing of beauty.

[Corelone]

Ranking knock outs by making people happy. This is up there with anything Tyson did.

[SaintNick]

Povetkin for President!

I vote Povetkin for President of Russia!

Or USA for that matter!

Down with *****!

Down with *****!

Povetkin Forever!

[tokon]

Well yeah because when Povetkin fought klitschko he got dropped 19 times and lost the widest decision known to man.

It was a fight Povetkin had almost no chance in so Teddy was probably hoping that at some point the belts would fracture.

That fight with Klutchko was an absolute disgrace. The amount of holding and clinching that Klit was continually doing without any penalty was an embarrassment.