Povetkin v Price. Why is this fight happening?

[Thomastearns]

Best of luck to David Price this Saturday, but I can't remember the last time a fight seemed so one-sided beforehand.

The only slim hope for Price might be that this time nothing is expected of him, absolutely nothing.

[boxing_rocks]

Povetkin was a backup in case Parker would pull out. Price is paying the price for that

[ldlamb]

There are 20 fights a week that are more one sided.

[Kalan]

It's happening because they think they've aged Povetkin enough.... Just like they aged Luis Ortiz...

Povetkin is possibly next in line for Joshua or Wilder if they don't fight... He's old enough and hasn't looked devastating.

Give him a name who's easy to look good against .... and then hype the fight to the quasars.

[Best Coast]

An easy patsy for Povetkin while lining him up as the next challenger for AJ. Very common move of putting the intended challenger on the undercard.

[SenorPipino]

Either Price or Povetkin can be in line for a Joshua fight, depending who wins.

If Price springs the upset of the year, then Price vs Joshua in the UK becomes huge.

Hearn can't lose with this one.

Current odds have Povetkin a whopping 20-1 favorite. He's -700 to win by KO, so no one expects Price to last.

Price is a puncher if nothing else but he's a long shot to get a KO at +1000. He's an even bigger long shot to score a decision at +4000.

The overs /unders line is 4.5 rounds with unders favored at -160.

Will the fight go the distance? If you say No, put up -1000. And if you somehow believe it goes the route, you get back +600.

An obvious uphill struggle for Price, according to the oddsmakers.

[Stuarty]

Povetkin is or will be a mandatory for one of AJs straps plus he's good to have on the card as back up for Parker incase of any injuries etc... Price was asked if he fancied it and to his credit he jumped at it but he's gonna get a spanking! I'd love to see Price iron him out but it's not gonna happen.

[Lennox]

There are 20 fights a week that are more one sided.

and probably as many as 200. Povetkin v Price would be in the top 5% of competitive fights relative to ranking places.

[brian13]

Povetkin i believe is in a strong position for being AJ's IBF mandatory. Putting him on the undercard gives SKY and the other broadcasters valuable coverage and also gets him familiar with the audience watching the fight.

[keirw]

Price seems like a decent guy and although it would be nice to see him get at least one good win in his career, I can't help but worry that if he wins this it could put him in line to face either Joshua or Wilder.

They would be closer to public executions than fights, and nobody wants to see that.

But then the chances of Price even coming close to winning on saturday are about as slim as it gets. So I probably shouldn't worry too much.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Price needs to just go out throwing huge shots. His only chance is to catch Povetkin cold with those heavy hands. But it's a slim chance indeed.

[HeavyHitters]

I hear they are allowing Price to go in wearing headgear, so the fight may last 2 or 3 rounds.

[gilgamesh]

It's happening because....

1. They want Povetkin to get dominant win in front of a U.K. audience

2. Price is the perfect mark as he likely won't last 3 rounds, and Povetkin will win in "Spectacular" fashion

3. After he achieves this dominant win Povetkin is on the short list of Joshua victims, and if they can't work out a bout between Joshua vs Wilder. Then it'll be Joshua vs Povetkin by years end.

[chinarich]

Price looked hesitant and refused to commit himself against Sokolowski so you can’t even give him the proverbial punchers chance against Povetkin...

[Thomastearns]

Price seems like a decent guy and although it would be nice to see him get at least one good win in his career, I can't help but worry that if he wins this it could put him in line to face either Joshua or Wilder.

They would be closer to public executions than fights, and nobody wants to see that.

But then the chances of Price even coming close to winning on saturday are about as slim as it gets. So I probably shouldn't worry too much.

Sad, but true. This fight works for Povetkin, it works for Hearn, but it doesn't work for Price.
At this level, and in front of the whole world watching, this is a shocking mismatch. I hope this gets stopped as early as possible if David is in any trouble. We are here to watch a fight, not a ritual sacrifice.

There must be plenty of feather fisted opponents out there for David to rebuild his confidence against - Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury to name but two. Go back 5/6 years after he'd easily disposed of John McDermott (who gave Tyson Fury trouble twice), Audley Harrison, and Matt Skelton, all seemed to be going so well. The trouble was he wasn't learning much from those fights, and his flaws were not being shown up, let alone being worked upon.

He's still a relatively fresh 34 year old and this seems like an unnecessarily desperate attempt at a final throw of the dice. Yes his confidence has totally gone now but once upon a time his potential couldn't have been far short of Wladimir Klitschko's.

[oogiebe]

I hear they are allowing Price to go in wearing headgear, so the fight may last 2 or 3 rounds.

LMFAO!!! Is that where we're heading?! lol!

[oogiebe]

This fight can also be a snorer with Povetkin winning a lackluster decision. Price could play the survivor and use his length to keep distance and hold on inside as not to be ko'd. I hope this is not the case, but everyone being so very certain may make this a contrarian call. (not me though!!!!)

[Mexi-Box]

They're trying to make the Povetkin/Joshua fight a bit bigger. Not sure if Price is with AJ's promoter, though. Would make a lot more sense if he is.

[Luis Fernando12]

Price seems like a decent guy and although it would be nice to see him get at least one good win in his career, I can't help but worry that if he wins this it could put him in line to face either Joshua or Wilder.

They would be closer to public executions than fights, and nobody wants to see that.

But then the chances of Price even coming close to winning on saturday are about as slim as it gets. So I probably shouldn't worry too much.

Sad, but true. This fight works for Povetkin, it works for Hearn, but it doesn't work for Price.
At this level, and in front of the whole world watching, this is a shocking mismatch. I hope this gets stopped as early as possible if David is in any trouble. We are here to watch a fight, not a ritual sacrifice.

There must be plenty of feather fisted opponents out there for David to rebuild his confidence against - Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury to name but two. Go back 5/6 years after he'd easily disposed of John McDermott (who gave Tyson Fury trouble twice), Audley Harrison, and Matt Skelton, all seemed to be going so well. The trouble was he wasn't learning much from those fights, and his flaws were not being shown up, let alone being worked upon.

He's still a relatively fresh 34 year old and this seems like an unnecessarily desperate attempt at a final throw of the dice. Yes his confidence has totally gone now but once upon a time his potential couldn't have been far short of Wladimir Klitschko's.

Alexander Povetkin vs Anthony Joshua is probably a bigger mismatch in my opinion in favor of the much bigger Anthony Joshua.

Alexander Povetkin is:

1) Extremely small for the current heavyweight division. Especially compared to the much taller, muscular and the physical specimen in Anthony Joshua

2) Extremely old, nearing age 40 and is 10 years older than the in-prime Anthony Joshua.

3) Has been in multiple tough fights and is becoming less and less durable from all the mileage and damage he has sustained from his past fights.


David Price, at least holds a significant size, height, reach, weight and probably also a power advantage over the much smaller and weaker Povetkin.

This fight looks more dangerous against Povetkin than vice versa. And I'm not even too confident that Povetkin will even win this. He may win by decision, or by late stoppage if Price gets tired in the later rounds. But Price is extremely dangerous for someone as small and weak as Povetkin

[jamamb]

christain hammer is 6'2, cant punch much, and lost every round to povetkin, yet even he still kod price

[Mexi-Box]

Price seems like a decent guy and although it would be nice to see him get at least one good win in his career, I can't help but worry that if he wins this it could put him in line to face either Joshua or Wilder.

They would be closer to public executions than fights, and nobody wants to see that.

But then the chances of Price even coming close to winning on saturday are about as slim as it gets. So I probably shouldn't worry too much.

Sad, but true. This fight works for Povetkin, it works for Hearn, but it doesn't work for Price.
At this level, and in front of the whole world watching, this is a shocking mismatch. I hope this gets stopped as early as possible if David is in any trouble. We are here to watch a fight, not a ritual sacrifice.

There must be plenty of feather fisted opponents out there for David to rebuild his confidence against - Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury to name but two. Go back 5/6 years after he'd easily disposed of John McDermott (who gave Tyson Fury trouble twice), Audley Harrison, and Matt Skelton, all seemed to be going so well. The trouble was he wasn't learning much from those fights, and his flaws were not being shown up, let alone being worked upon.

He's still a relatively fresh 34 year old and this seems like an unnecessarily desperate attempt at a final throw of the dice. Yes his confidence has totally gone now but once upon a time his potential couldn't have been far short of Wladimir Klitschko's.

Alexander Povetkin vs Anthony Joshua is probably a bigger mismatch in my opinion in favor of the much bigger Anthony Joshua.

Alexander Povetkin is:

1) Extremely small for the current heavyweight division. Especially compared to the much taller, muscular and the physical specimen in Anthony Joshua

2) Extremely old, nearing age 40 and is 10 years older than the in-prime Anthony Joshua.

3) Has been in multiple tough fights and is becoming less and less durable from all the mileage and damage he has sustained from his past fights.


David Price, at least holds a significant size, height, reach, weight and probably also a power advantage over the much smaller and weaker Povetkin.

This fight looks more dangerous against Povetkin than vice versa. And I'm not even too confident that Povetkin will even win this. He may win by decision, or by late stoppage if Price gets tired in the later rounds. But Price is extremely dangerous for someone as small and weak as Povetkin

Unless Povetkin ages dramatically, you are dreaming. Povetkin will give AJ hell. Only reason Klitschko made it look easy was because he cheated the entire fight. Any rational viewer could easily see that Klitschko deserved disqualification.

[jamamb]

christain hammer couldnt stop costa junior or 40 year old zine benmakhlouf, but he stopped price, in the mid rounds

[Luis Fernando12]

Sad, but true. This fight works for Povetkin, it works for Hearn, but it doesn't work for Price.
At this level, and in front of the whole world watching, this is a shocking mismatch. I hope this gets stopped as early as possible if David is in any trouble. We are here to watch a fight, not a ritual sacrifice.

There must be plenty of feather fisted opponents out there for David to rebuild his confidence against - Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury to name but two. Go back 5/6 years after he'd easily disposed of John McDermott (who gave Tyson Fury trouble twice), Audley Harrison, and Matt Skelton, all seemed to be going so well. The trouble was he wasn't learning much from those fights, and his flaws were not being shown up, let alone being worked upon.

He's still a relatively fresh 34 year old and this seems like an unnecessarily desperate attempt at a final throw of the dice. Yes his confidence has totally gone now but once upon a time his potential couldn't have been far short of Wladimir Klitschko's.

Alexander Povetkin vs Anthony Joshua is probably a bigger mismatch in my opinion in favor of the much bigger Anthony Joshua.

Alexander Povetkin is:

1) Extremely small for the current heavyweight division. Especially compared to the much taller, muscular and the physical specimen in Anthony Joshua

2) Extremely old, nearing age 40 and is 10 years older than the in-prime Anthony Joshua.

3) Has been in multiple tough fights and is becoming less and less durable from all the mileage and damage he has sustained from his past fights.


David Price, at least holds a significant size, height, reach, weight and probably also a power advantage over the much smaller and weaker Povetkin.

This fight looks more dangerous against Povetkin than vice versa. And I'm not even too confident that Povetkin will even win this. He may win by decision, or by late stoppage if Price gets tired in the later rounds. But Price is extremely dangerous for someone as small and weak as Povetkin

Unless Povetkin ages dramatically, you are dreaming. Povetkin will give AJ hell. Only reason Klitschko made it look easy was because he cheated the entire fight. Any rational viewer could easily see that Klitschko deserved disqualification.

The size difference is ridiculous though. It's like putting in someone like Kell Brook against someone like Sergey Kovalev. How the hell does Povetkin overcome the sheer physical size, strength and power disadvantage?

Anthony Joshua is like a totally different creature / animal altogether, compared to anybody Povetkin has ever fought before.

[Bard of Boxrec]

This fight looks more dangerous against Povetkin than vice versa. And I'm not even too confident that Povetkin will even win this. He may win by decision, or by late stoppage if Price gets tired in the later rounds. But Price is extremely dangerous for someone as small and weak as Povetkin

I can only conclude that you're not too familiar with David Price.

[oogiebe]

"small and weak" Povetkin...you can't be serious.