Anyone watching the Povetkin fight?

well?

 

Has it started?

 

Povetkin won, UD, but it was a difficult fight for him.

 

i'm back on track 7-3

 

dsimon writes:

Having been a fool myself a bit of advice: When posting a decision an alert like "spoiler thread" is in order. Most recent fights have been pretty easy to pick, and this one was no exception.

 

fat eddie chambers landed more cleaner shots throughout, but the bigheaded russian won because fat stopped punching

 

haha...yeah the russian had a head the size of a voltswagon, it was crazy.

 

119-109?

I think Eddie was doing well up until the 6th on, but I gave Eddie 1,3,4,5,8 I'm surprised at how lopsided the decision was even though Povetkin clearly won and adjusted well late in the fight.

 

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Chambers is a heartless bum. He easily could have won that fight. Bitch wouldn't let his hands go but when he did he landed.

 

I refuse to watch heavyweights anymore, so no I didnt see the fight, nor do I EVER care to.

 

Has Povetkin ever won a UD over Eddie Chambers??

 

Undefeated Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin (15-0, 11 KOs) became the mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko with an impressive twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten "Fast" Eddie Chambers (30-1, 16 KOs) in a world title eliminator on Saturday at the Tempodrome in Berlin. Povetkin was much busier early and landed the heavier punches, but when he counterpunched, the technically sound Chambers landed some very clean shots. Povetkin picked up the pace as the bout progressed and outworked Chambers by a wide margin in the middle rounds. Chambers had a good round nine. Entering the championship rounds, you could clearly hear Chambers' co-trainer Buddy McGirt urge his fighter "You've got to get him out of there. You've got to dig down deep." It was Povetkin, however, who closed strong, bringing heavy pressure in rounds eleven and twelve to clinch a 117-111, 119-109, 116-112 win.

http://www.fightnews.com/

 

Wlad will murder both of them. Povetkin gets hit way too easily and his power seems overrated.

 

That was a classic moment in fb history.

"Vasquez TKO!"

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Well, I'm just about over it. haha

I was impressed with Povetkin's stamina and Chambers' accuracy tonight.

I thought Chambers could have gotten more rounds (or not) depending on how effective everything seemed at ringside.

And wtf was up with Papa and Max calling him Povyetkin? If that is the correct pronunciation, it sucks. It better be the correct way, though, because it was too annoying for them to get a free pass and they are too smart to get the Atlas pass for pronunciation mistakes.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_On6VSDxALA

Thats the youtube link for the first part of the fight, 8 parts in all, full fight.

 

Nah, it is easy to look impressive fighting in spurts. Also I don't think he stopped fighting for nothing. Povetkin adjusted well and his body shots made Chambers think twice before punching in the late.Oh, and Max Kellerman is a racist piece of shit

 

WHat did Kellerman say this time????

 

both of these guys fought well and did good for what they are. Chambers is good for 4 rounds of fast hands and sharp counters/leads. Povetkin is tough as shit, and uses thudding shots and activity to win. He looked good in the second half of the fight, and I think he has the tools to do good things in the division

 

He looked shattered at the end, really tired.

 

For the first half of the fight he kept talking about how Chambers was outboxing Povetkin "but you never know with German promoter" (2nd round I think). He also mentioned twice how Chambers "outclassed" Povetkin close when the fight was dead even. If This is the reason he has kept talking about "German decisions", I am beginning t understand.

Did anyone else think punchstats were way off tonight? They showed Chambers landing almost more than he threw in the early parts

 

Par for the course as far as Kellerman is concerned.:doh:

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3216321

BERLIN -- Alexander Povetkin won a unanimous decision against American Eddie Chambers on Saturday, taking control in the final two rounds.

Povetkin (15-0, 11 knockouts) earned a title fight against IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, assuming the Ukrainian gets by WBO champion Sultan Ibragimov in their unification fight next month.

Chambers (30-1) won the first three rounds, tagging the Russian with left jabs and following with straight rights that snapped back his head.:laughing:

But Povetkin, a huge hero in Russia, threw flurries of punches that began to slip through Chambers' gloves to climb back into the fight.:laughing: He never let up on the pressure.

"I'm absolutely disappointed," Chambers said. "I didn't do what I set out to do, but he was very strong."

The judges ruled for Povetkin 117-111, 119-109 and 116-112.

The 28-year-old Povetkin stopped former IBF and WBO champion Chris Byrd in his last fight in the elimination tournament,:dunno: and the 25-year-old Chambers won a decision against Calvin Brock on his side of the bracket.

"This fight was harder, much harder than earlier, technically especially," said Povetkin, whose right eye was swollen. "It was a complicated fight."

Chambers couldn't get his jab working against the Russian in the middle rounds as Povetkin's corner repeatedly told its fighter to throw three-punch combinations.

In the ninth round, Chambers charged back into the fight by stinging Povetkin. But the Russian didn't leave him a chance in the final two rounds.

"Mentally, maybe, I lost my concentration," Chambers said. "A lot of it depends on my jab. My corner kept telling me to do it, but I couldn't get it right."

While Chambers was raised in a rough Pittsburgh neighborhood and turned professional at 18, Povetkin was going through the Russian amateur school and put together a glittering career before fighting for money.

He won the world title, as well as Athens gold, and finished 125-7 as an amateur with all his losses avenged. He also has worked out with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and was wanted by all of the world's top promoters when he turned pro.

While he considers Klitschko the best heavyweight in the world, Povetkin had some defensive deficiencies exposed by Chambers.

"I will have to do a lot of work on myself before I fight Wladimir Klitschko," he said

 

Povetkin looked very hittable indeed. And it was a fairly difficult fight for him, but mainly because Chambers is such a negative bastard, he was overly defensive.

I still think Povs is a pretty good fighter, but he doesn't stand much of a chance against Wlad.

 

I should stop using the term 'overrated' as loosely as I and virtually everyone else does, but I don't think Povetkin "Is the future" aslong as Wladimir is around, he's unfortunately on the path to the wrong bloke, feed him to Maskaev and then you've got two 'worthy' champions, making a "less shitty division" theoretically,.....but I don't think it will stop Americans from bitterly wailing the term, the truth is, aslong as European fighters hold heavyweight titles or are significantly involved, it will be 'weak' aslong as it lasts, but I certainly can say one thing, this division is clearly better now, than it was back when Byrd, Ruiz and Brewster, 3 Americans, were holding titles..

 

Thats about the size of it, Pardner.

 

dsimon writes:

yes and I am doing my part to be the only distinguished one in this regard!::

 

:nono: !!!...his religion and people suffered a great historical injustice in Germany, cut him some fucken slack, he can say what he likes.

 

Yeah, he looked pretty tired throughout but he showed a real willingness to fight and punch through it. The broadcast crew's comments during the fight - about how tired Povetkin looked in the corner, yet how well he fought during the rounds, which was completely opposite with Chambers - were very reminiscent of the commentary during Lewis-Holyfield II.

 

I was more surprised that Max was actually in the HEART of Nazi Germany,more than his typical sucking of black cock and his talking down of Euro fighters::

But as for the fight,it was a good fight. I'd never want to watch it again,but it was enjoyable. One thing you can say about both guys is none of them can really crack an egg with their punches. Each guy got hit with the other guys monster punches,and neither was ever hurt or shook up.

Povetkin has crazy stamina,which is why I think his power is lacking. Vlad would DESTROY either of these guys though,with little or no problem:bears: