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[Doc_Piptorious]

David Price vs Povetkin on the Joshua undercard apparently.

No chance of Price winning IMHO. Price will gas out after 4 rounds and lose by TKO/KO, same old story. Povetkin's only loss was on points to Wlad. Povetkin got a 'proper' KO win over Takam too, not a ****ty/controversial stoppage like Joshua's.

Price lasting four rounds might be a bit on the optimistic side. Povetkin might be 38 going on 39, but if he is focused and even at 75% of what he was 5 or 6 years ago then he will get Price out of there early imo.

Povetkin is very good at keeping fighters under pressure and he has decent power in both hands. And as we know about Price , two things he does not handle well are being made to work hard and being hit


Would expect Povetkin to have the ref stopping the fight in the 2nd or 3rd round.

[labourRed]

Price lasting four rounds might be a bit on the optimistic side. Povetkin might be 38 going on 39, but if he is focused and even at 75% of what he was 5 or 6 years ago then he will get Price out of there early imo.

Povetkin is very good at keeping fighters under pressure and he has decent power in both hands. And as we know about Price , two things he does not handle well are being made to work hard and being hit


Would expect Povetkin to have the ref stopping the fight in the 2nd or 3rd round.

It's more the latter he has an issue with i'd say... it's not the division for a glass jaw. I'm amazed he's still going but we all have to earn a living i guess.

[Chris]

Usyk is god. Great fight.

[Mr Darko]

Khan's opponent for April 21st at the Echo will be the Canadian Phil Lo Greco.

Great to see Matchroom/Hearn, Khan and Sky giving the fans the fight everyone wanted to see. Can't wait for the undercard.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Just waiting for the spiel from Khan/Hearns about how Phil Lo Greco is a real danager man in the division. No doubt aggressive, fast, a big puncher, and a threat to any fighter out there, but Khan is going to overcome him and regain his throne as the ruler of the division

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/OscarDeLaHoya/status/958078752738615297[/ame]

[RichC]

Let’s hope it doesn’t need scorecards this time around

[Doc_Piptorious]

Let’s hope it doesn’t need scorecards this time around

Yeah, letting Canelo's ma score the fight last time out was a bit much

[calvoboy]

Just waiting for the spiel from Khan/Hearns about how Phil Lo Greco is a real danager man in the division. No doubt aggressive, fast, a big puncher, and a threat to any fighter out there, but Khan is going to overcome him and regain his throne as the ruler of the division

They've gone for the "personal grudge match" angle instead - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/42876859

i remember when I used to actually admire Khan...

[Zapater]

What do we make of Eubank Jr - Groves? Initially I was thinking Eubank as Groves hasn't been that great in recent years (the Cox fight was good, but there are levels), his chin has looked a bit suspect in the past too. Eubank isn't the biggest super middleweight and now I'm starting to think that Groves might be too cute and sharp for him, particularly with his ability to see a punch and nail it. Both are good but flawed fighters not sure what I think. Generally my first thoughts are correct when picking a fight then second guessing yourself closer to fight night is around the hype.

[Doc_Piptorious]

What do we make of Eubank Jr - Groves? Initially I was thinking Eubank as Groves hasn't been that great in recent years (the Cox fight was good, but there are levels), his chin has looked a bit suspect in the past too. Eubank isn't the biggest super middleweight and now I'm starting to think that Groves might be too cute and sharp for him, particularly with his ability to see a punch and nail it. Both are good but flawed fighters not sure what I think. Generally my first thoughts are correct when picking a fight then second guessing yourself closer to fight night is around the hype.

My initial thought was that Groves will make things very uncomfortable for Eubank Jr until the later rounds, maybe hurting him along the way, before gassing badly and Eubank nicking a late decision in the eleventh or twelfth.



Second guessing myself might have me thinking that Groves is the biggest puncher that Eubank has faced, and whilst Groves is not a very heavy hitter he still hits hard enough in a second tier kind of way. Groves has also been in with a higher calibre of fighter than Eubank has, and has that experience of being put under pressure by better fighters. So that line of thinking might convince me that Groves could stop Eubank Jr.


But I will be sticking with my initail gut feeling. Eubank to win late or on points after Groves works him very hard for nine or ten rounds

[labourRed]

So you're unsure then.

I'd go with Eubank in 7-9 after over working him.

[Shaggy]

I have absolutely no idea, a real 50-50 fight imo. Can't wait. Anyone know what time they're due in the ring?

[RedReet]

Groves vs Eubank Jr will to be held this Saturday night - February 17.

The fight will take place at the Manchester Arena.

As has been the tradition with the World Boxing Super Series, ring walks are expected at 10pm.

[Shaggy]

Nice one mate