Alexander Povetkin vs. Marco Huck
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| Total Punches | Povetkin | Huck |
|---|---|---|
| Landed | 172 | 165 |
| Thrown | 561 | 468 |
| Pct. | 31% | 35% |
| Jabs | Povetkin | Huck |
| Landed | 41 | 79 |
| Thrown | 213 | 266 |
| Pct. | 19% | 30% |
| Power Punches | Povetkin | Huck |
| Landed | 131 | 86 |
| Thrown | 348 | 202 |
| Pct. | 38% | 43% |
Alexander Povetkin 229 lbs beat Marco Huck 209 lbs by MD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2012-02-25
- Location: Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Referee: Luis Pabon
- Judge: Stanley Christodoulou 116-112
- Judge: John Coyle 116-113
- Judge: Philippe Verbeke 114-114
- World Boxing Association Heavyweight Title (regular title) (2nd defense by Povetkin)
- Promoter: Sauerland Event
- Ring Announcer: Roman Roell
- Aired On: ARD
Notes
- Alexander Povetkin 23-0 (16 KOs) vs. Marco Huck 34-1 (25 KOs)
- Povetkin entered as the No.3 heavyweight in the world according to The Ring Magazine. Huck, who was fighting for the first time as a heavyweight, was unranked by the same publication.
- At 229 1/4 lbs, Povetkin was 26 pounds heavier than any opponent Huck had faced in his professional career to date. At 209 1/2 lbs., Huck was 11 pounds heavier than in his previous bout four months earlier.
- Huck entered as a 2.5/1 betting underdog.
- Povetkin was trained for the bout by Alexander Zimin after normal trainer Teddy Atlas was unable to attend camp. Atlas claimed that "when Friday Night Fights is in season, he can’t and won’t take time off to do training camps overseas. He says that Team Povetkin was made aware of this non-negotiable, and agreed to it. But then they surprised him by asking him to come to Russia to train Povetkin for this Huck scrap." He said he was not able and the Povetkin camp proceeded with the bout. Atlas claimed that he would not watch the fight. [1]
- Among those in attendace were Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Arthur Abraham and Dereck Chisora.
- Povetkin admitted in the post-fight interview that he expected the fight to be easier than it was and could not explain his rapid tiring midway through the bout.
- Atlas later said he scored the bout 8-4 in favor of Huck and questioned the legitimacy of the match feeling that the referee Luis Pabon overly-injected himself into the fight, saved povetkin at times and kept Huck from fighting on the inside.
- The fight generated an average 6.3 million viewers on Das Erste, at the time the highest recorded number for a boxing match involving Povetkin.