Marco Huck hopes to weigh 253lbs against Povetkin on February 25th

By Allen Fox: 6’1 ½” WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KO’s) will be moving up in weight on February 25th to take on WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KO’s) in a fight at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Huck, 27, has been fighting 200lbs in the cruiserweight division.

However, he’s now saying he hopes to weigh 253 pounds when he takes on the 6’2” 230 pound Povetkin on February 25th.

Speaking with the German news BILD, Huck said “I already weigh 235lbs. 253 is my goal for the title fight against Povetkin. Steak, steak, steak and a lot of noodles; They taste so good.”

That sounds like Huck doesn’t have his head on straight if he’s serious. He’s not tall and packing on that kind of weight is a recipe for disaster. While he does appear to weigh in the neighborhood of 215lbs after he rehydrates for his usual cruiserweight fights, putting on even more weight to fight a real heavyweight like Povetkin doesn’t sound like a good idea. Povetkin likes to wear his opponents down by throwing a lot of punches, and if Huck comes in too heavy, he’ll be forced to have to knock out Povetkin early or else risk getting worn down by him.

Povetkin has a great chin, so it’s highly doubtful that Huck will have any luck in knocking him out. Huck may be overconfident because of the weak opposition he’s been mowing down at the cruiserweight level. He’s faced only two really good fighters at cruiserweight – Steve Cunningham and Denis Lebedev – and he was knocked out by Cunningham and he won a controversial decision over Lebedev. Boxing fans almost unanimously thought Lebedev easily beat Huck by a lopsided decision. However, the fight was held in Germany where Huck is a huge star, so it’s not surprising that Lebedev wasn’t given the decision.

Huck and his promoters have shown no interest in tangling with Lebedev for a second time. Given how poor Huck’s opposition has been and how he struggled when he did fight two good opponents, I think he’ll have problems against Povetkin. And coming in to the fight weighing anything over 230lbs would probably be a really bad idea for Huck.

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