Anthony Joshua didn’t quite seem like himself throughout the week before his fight against Alexander Povetkin. According to promoter Eddie Hearn, the huge heavyweight champion had every reason to feel a bit off before beating Povetkin by seventh-roun...
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What fans take into a fight can color how they perceive the realities that unfold. Saturday’s heavyweight clash between titlist Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin was happening under an obvious cloud. The majority of boxing fans wanted to see Josh...
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Although his organization was not involved in the fight, World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was very proud of the performance of Alexander Povetkin of Russia. Povetkin (34-2, 24 KOs), who is the mandatory challenger under the WBA and WB...
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Anthony Joshua doesn’t deny that Alexander Povetkin can punch. The former WBA heavyweight champion clearly was dangerous during their title fight Saturday night in London. Joshua contends he wasn’t “hurt,” however, when Povetkin caught him with a thr...
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Joshua, Povetkin Fight Photos Gallery - Unified WBA ’super', IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua retained his titles with a vicious seventh round knockout over mandatory WBA challenger Alexander Povetkin in front of another huge crow...
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Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin admitted that IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was the stronger fighter in their showdown on Saturday night at Wembley in London. Before a crowd of 80,000 fans, Povetkin was putting in a solid ef...
Working behind a steady jab (8 landed/24 thrown per round), Anthony Joshua found his range in round seven and closed the show by landing 11 of 17 power shots. Alexander Povetkin had a 43-37 edge in power landed before the end came. 43 of Povetkin's 4...
By Keith Idec - Alexander Povetkin was dangerous at times Saturday night, but Anthony Joshua ultimately did what he has done to all but one professional opponent. The hard-hitting British superstar dropped Povetkin twice in the seventh round and stop...
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Joshua, Povetkin Scorecard Live BoxingScene - Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua hit the scales nearly two stones heavier than Russian opponent Alexander Povetkin as the two weighed in for Saturday's title fight at Wembley Stadium. (photos by...
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Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) defends his IBF World, WBA Super World, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles against Alexander Povetkin (34-1, 24 early) at Wembley Stadium on Sky Sports PPV on Saturday night in what he hopes will continue to be a long run o...
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Odds-makers, most fans and the vast majority of experts don’t consider Alexander Povetkin too big of a threat to upset Anthony Joshua on Saturday night. Povetkin’s promoters get the sense, however, that Joshua’s handlers and Joshua himself realize th...
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The dust barely settled around the biggest fight of this year between pound-for-pound stars Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on Mexican Independence Day this past weekend in Las Vegas, the boxing world is preparing for another robust event...
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