Round-by-Round: Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte II - 27 March 2021

[stujones]

According to CompuBox, Alexander Povetkin landed just eight punches in four rounds against Dillian Whyte compared to 57.

In the third round he didn't land a single blow.

wow covid povetkin had a shocker

Yet he was always dangerous and always right in the fight!

[dookus]

Sad to see the brilliant “Dark Trade” man towing the company line.

It was mate. Though to be fair my guess is that it's more about his clearly-stated attachment to Whyte rather than towing the company line... at least I hope that's the case!

But it's the journalists responsibility to give a balanced, objective view as much as possible. I suppose its the way society going these days: you cannot trust the media to give a balanced view.

Depressing, innit? At least the rampant misinformation does make winning at the bookies easier

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Povetkin's Ability To Perform Was Greatly Affected By COVID, Says Manager

Dmitry Ivanov, manager of former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, says his boxer was still suffering the effects of the coronavirus when he stepped in the ring for last month's rematch with Dillian Whyte.

Back in August of 2020, Povetkin recovered from two knockdowns to score a brutal one-punch knockout in the fifth round.

A rematch was set for November, but it was postponed when Povetkin was hospitalized with COVID-19.

The two sides were targeting January for a tentative date, but that scenario was ruled out when Povetkin needed additional time to recover from COVID. He required an additional admittance to the hospital to receive proper treatment.

The second fight received a rescheduled date of March 27.

In the second fight, Povetkin was only a shadow of himself.

He had little to no balance, there appeared to be no coordination with his punches, and he was moving in slow motion.

The fight lasted four rounds, before Povetkin was dropped hard and his corner threw in the towel.

Povetkin, now 41-years-old, has reached the end of the road for his career.

Ivanov felt his boxer never fully recovered from the COVID battle.

"I am not a medical specialist, but, in my opinion, the coronavirus has not been fully studied, in particular from the point of view of the consequences [to the body after having it]. Therefore, it is difficult to say just how much this disease affected the preparation and the fight itself," Ivanov said to Vasily Konov.

"I believe that it greatly influenced the functional ability and physical state [of Povetkin], as well his ability to concentrate, pay attention and his reaction time. In my opinion, all of the functions that Povetkin had were now in more of a sleep mode."

Ivanov is not alone in his opinion.

In the aftermath of the fight, World Boxing Council [WBC] President Mauricio Sulaiman felt Povetkin had displayed the obvious effects of his battle with COVID.

[mickey1975]

JimJim said this weeks before the fight.

[margaret thatcher]

i mean the reports were all there ahead of time talking about his struggle with it, multiple hospitalizations and pronounced symptoms.

they just did a bit of a hyping/smooth over job that he was fine now but it was obvious he wasnt gonna be. and then you consider that despite winning the first fight he still looked shaky, it obviously wasnt gonna work out well for him

punch stats had him landing 8 punches the entire f@cking rematch, which looked about right. he was a shadow even of his previous 41 year old version. dood struggled even just walking to the ring

[dookus]

i mean the reports were all there ahead of time talking about his struggle with it, multiple hospitalizations and pronounced symptoms.

they just did a bit of a hyping/smooth over job that he was fine now but it was obvious he wasnt gonna be. and then you consider that despite winning the first fight he still looked shaky, it obviously wasnt gonna work out well for him

punch stats had him landing 8 punches the entire f@cking rematch, which looked about right. he was a shadow even of his previous 41 year old version. dood struggled even just walking to the ring

His ringwalk alone prompted me to stick money on Whyte 1-4

[Boxerbeetle]

Matt Christie mentioned on the BN podcast that he’d asked Robert Smith about Pov’s pre-fight medicals, and was assured that he’d been thoroughly examined and nothing was identified.

Which does beg the question - what exactly is the value of these medicals if they can’t pick up something as obvious as this? Pov could barely walk ffs, and it seemed common knowledge on here that he’d been struggling massively post-Covid.

[KiwiRider]

Matt Christie mentioned on the BN podcast that he’d asked Robert Smith about Pov’s pre-fight medicals, and was assured that he’d been thoroughly examined and nothing was identified.

Which does beg the question - what exactly is the value of these medicals if they can’t pick up something as obvious as this? Pov could barely walk ffs, and it seemed common knowledge on here that he’d been struggling massively post-Covid.

Yeah exactly
Lot of money on the line, and enough people to tow it.

[gregregegg]

fornicate I wouldent mind seeing those medical reports. I had a decent bit of money on POV by first half knock out. Made that bet knowing he would be faded sure, but the value was there.
I did assume though to be fighting he would have to be healthy enough to walk to the ring... which quickly became clear he wasn’t.

[KiwiRider]

fornicate I wouldent mind seeing those medical reports. I had a decent bit of money on POV by first half knock out. Made that bet knowing he would be faded sure, but the value was there.
I did assume though to be fighting he would have to be healthy enough to walk to the ring... which quickly became clear he wasn’t.

It was common knowledge about the 2 hospitalisations.
That in itself is a red flag.
For sure Povetkin was dangerous right up until he was seeing birdies.
So worth a conservative flutter.

[brilo33]

its boxing they can find a doctor to pass anything if needs be , has pov got long covid he looked out of sorts , but there been many fighter fought with flu what ever, its fighting if your 10 pints deep dont matter get on with it

[gregregegg]

fornicate I wouldent mind seeing those medical reports. I had a decent bit of money on POV by first half knock out. Made that bet knowing he would be faded sure, but the value was there.
I did assume though to be fighting he would have to be healthy enough to walk to the ring... which quickly became clear he wasn’t.

It was common knowledge about the 2 hospitalisations.
That in itself is a red flag.
For sure Povetkin was dangerous right up until he was seeing birdies.
So worth a conservative flutter.

Yea I knew he was crook. But getting7/1 on first 6 and 10/1 ona first 4 round ok seemed worthy. Still don’t hate the bet, but dunno if he looked like he passed a medical...

[brilo33]

fornicate I wouldent mind seeing those medical reports. I had a decent bit of money on POV by first half knock out. Made that bet knowing he would be faded sure, but the value was there.
I did assume though to be fighting he would have to be healthy enough to walk to the ring... which quickly became clear he wasn’t.

It was common knowledge about the 2 hospitalisations.
That in itself is a red flag.
For sure Povetkin was dangerous right up until he was seeing birdies.
So worth a conservative flutter.

Yea I knew he was crook. But getting7/1 on first 6 and 10/1 ona first 4 round ok seemed worthy. Still don’t hate the bet, but dunno if he looked like he passed a medical...

7/1 on the first 6rds great price also whyte came out early to fight bouns ,if a fit pov was fightingting who knows

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Winner of the Whyte / Povetkin signed boxing gloves - 338/2021

After the successful night of boxing at the Europa Sports Park on Saturday 27th March, the Gibraltar Sports and Leisure Authority recently carried out a draw to select the winner of the “Rumble on the Rock” Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin signed boxing gloves.

The draw for the signed gloves took place on Thursday 22nd April at the Bayside Sports Complex. GSLA’s Matthew Reoch and Shane Martinez coordinated a live draw on Facebook in the presence of other GSLA Senior Management, which saw Steven Anthony Gordillo as the lucky winner.

The draw was organised to attract attendees to undertake a COVID-19 test eight to ten days after the boxing event, as a way of providing valuable information to Public Health Gibraltar on the spread of the virus in an enclosed area during this pilot event.

All necessary COVID-19 measures were put in place at the event by the Ministry of Sport, in conjunction with the Safety Advisory Group and the Director of Public Health. The event proved a great success, as no positive cases were detected post event.

Total number of persons swabbed by MMS prior to the event = 602

Total number of persons swabbed at the drive thru post event 8/10 days after = 333

% of possible total = 333/602 = 55.3%

The Minister for Sport, the Hon Steven Linares, held a presentation award in his office and said: “Congratulations to Steven Anthony Gordillo on winning the pair of boxing gloves signed by both Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin. Thank you to all those who ensured their eligibility for this wonderful prize by taking the time to attend the post event swab”.