Round-by-Round: Alexander Povetkin vs. Christian Hammer - 15 December 2017

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Coverage hasn't yet started on Sky Sports..

Anyone going to be watching this live?

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WBO #2, IBF #12 super Featherweight Evgeny Chuprakov (19—0, 10 K0) edged Pablo Manuel Ojeda (14-4, 10 KOs) over ten close rounds to win the WBO Inter-Continental title.

Unbeaten WBO #7, WBA #9, IBF #11 ranked cruiserweight Yuri Kashinsky (15-0, 14 KOs) stopped Minnesota’s Al Sands (20-3, 16 KOs) in round two of a WBO Oriental title fight.

[Deno1986]

Is the undercard on TV anywhere? I see SS start coverage at 6.30pm.

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Is the undercard on TV anywhere? I see SS start coverage at 6.30pm.

Russian TV

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In an upset Friday, cruiserweight/heavyweight journeyman Yuri Bykhovtsev of Belarus added another victim to his hit list.

Bykhovtsev spoiled the record of Russian heavyweight Gasan Gimbatov (3-1, 2 KOs) after a timid six-rounder on the Alexander Povetkin-Christian Hammer undercard in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Gimbatov looked sluggish and unwilling to deliver damage to his opponent, who was sharp and looked much better than his negative record suggests. Scores were 58-56 and 58-56 for Bykhovtsev (10-14-3, 5 KOs), and 58-56 for Gimbatov. Bykhovtsev, who was stopped just once in his career, ended a winless streak (0-7-1).

Overweight Georgian Tornike Puritchamiashvili came at a career-high 314 pounds, but was able to last the six-round distance with powerful Russian Evgueny Romanov. The winner controlled every minute of every round and won 60-54 on all three scorecards.

Romanov is now 7-0 (4 KOs), while his Georgian foe fell to 10-7 (6 KOs).

Romanov has a distinctive win, achieved during an amateur period of his career. He knocked out Deontay Wilder, now an undefeated knockout artist and the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, early in 2008.

Heavyweights Zamig Atakishiyev, an Azerbaijan native and resident of Turkey, and Ukrainian German Skobenko fought to a six-round draw to open up Friday’s card. Both combatants retained their undefeated records.

Atakishiyev is now 4-0-1 (2 KOs). Skobenko has exactly one more draw as a difference: 4-0-2 (1 KO).

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LIVE!

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Even the undercard is very very good

[handsofstone]

I thought Povetkin looked a bit meh against Rudenko last time out, won every round, dominated and hurt him a few times but he had no 2nd gear or urgency, Hammer's a bit hit and miss, sometimes looks durable, sometimes looks chinny, he done well to recover against Price before stopping him, Fury boxed his ears off and I imagine Povetkin will too, its just whether Povetkin can be arsed to go for the KO, surely he will get Hammer out of there

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Pavel Malikov (13-0, 5 KOs) continued his upward roll with his second consecutive split decision, this time over undefeated upset-minded Columbian Deiner Berrio (20-1-1, 10 KOs) to acquire a vacant WBO interim Intercontinental lightweight title.

IBF #8 and WBA #13 Malikov was coming off a hard-fought victory over Japanese Daiki Kaneko. Berrio, meanwhile, was fighting for the second time in Russia after upsetting well-known gatekeeper Rustam Nugaev in May. This fight was once again very tight with neither fighter getting a clear upper-hand. Berrio was mostly aggressive but particularly ineffective in the first four rounds with his wide swings, which were unable to land cleanly onto Malikov's jaw. However, he threw many more punches than Malikov, who remained resilient under fire. Malikov came back with some shots of his own in the third but Berrio was quite sound defensively.

The pattern changed considerably in the fifth, as Berrio decided to work as a counterpuncher and had some mild success in doing so. However, in the sixth, Malik

ov landed a picturesque right bomb, which wobbled the Colombian badly, though he was able to retain his composure under heavy fire. The seventh and the eighth were quite even, and in the ninth the guest fighter scored his biggest success, when Malikov was briefly dropped on a major right hand. It wasn't an overwhelmingly hard shot, more of a stumble, but referee Semen Stakheev started his count despite this fact.

Both combatants fought it to the end in the tenth round and even after a bit. Scores were: 96-93, 95-94 - for Malikov, and 93-96 - for Berrio.

[Andrew]

Just turned it on.

Is hammer being trained by Joe Gallagher ?

All he is doing is walking forward with a high guard not throwing punches,

[TheLeprechaun]

Hammer is just here for the payday by the looks of it.

I don't think he's going to make it the distance

All povetkin so far

[TheLeprechaun]

Dave Parris looks like he shouldn't be in the ring. Isn't he too old to work in the UK?

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Povetkin will be taken the distance here. 120-108/107

[TheLeprechaun]

Parris about 3 rounds late with that point deduction

[TheLeprechaun]

Povetkin will be taken the distance here. 120-108/107

A lot of his stoppages have come in the second half of fights. He will keep the pressure on Hammer

[TheLeprechaun]

Hammer shipped a good left hook at the end of the 8th

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lol wessex is taking some of my posts in this thread and posting them in the thread he made

[TheLeprechaun]

Hammer is totally here for the money. Hasn't tried to win at all, just wants to make it to the final bell. It can be hard to stop these kinds of guys.

[Pukka Cheese]

Hammer is shite

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Hammer is shite

Landed a decent hook

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lol wessex is taking some of my posts in this thread and posting them in the thread he made

He's so sad. I noticed them comments and was thinking I'm sure I seen them comments on here.

[Boxerbeetle]

What’s happening now? Not able to watch currently.

[TheLeprechaun]

What’s happening now? Not able to watch currently.

End of 11th. Hammer just spoiling his way to the bell. T Rex Povetkin can't get him going but has won every second of the fight.

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Hammer has offered to touch gloves more times than mosley did vs Pacquiao

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Hammer spoils his way through the 12th.

Just thumped his chest and acted like he won the fight