Huck vs. Povetkin on Saturday; winner could face one of the Klitschkos next

By Boxing News - 02/21/2012 - Comments

Image: Huck vs. Povetkin on Saturday; winner could face one of the Klitschkos nextBy Jason Kim: WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KO’s) faces his toughest test in quite some time on Saturday night against Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KO’s) at the Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Povetkin, 32, is the natural heavyweight facing the slightly smaller 27-year-old Huck, who is moving in weight from the cruiserweight for this fight to seek a bigger payday.

Huck wants to win the title and use it as bait to lure one of the Klitschko brothers. He’s had no luck in getting either of them – Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko – to take him seriously, but if he can win the WBA title, then they’ll have to take him seriously as an opponent. There will be too much money at stake for them not to take a fight with him. Povetkin is a far less appealing opponent for the Klitschko brothers because he’s from Russia, still lives in Russia and only fights in Germany as part of his contract with Sauerland. Huck, however, lives and fights in Germany and well liked. That’s the money fight for the Klitschkos if he can somehow best Povetkin.

Huck, 6’1″, isn’t going to be able to get away with trying to mow down Povetkin the way he’s done it in the cruiserweight division. Unlike most of the flawed opposition that Huck has faced at cruiserweight, Povetkin actually has skills and a ton of experience at the amateur level having captured a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics. Povetkin isn’t someone that Huck will be able to overpower by rushing at him the way ye typically does and he’s going to have to come up with some boxing skills if he wants to win this fight, because Povetkin will outwork him. Huck doesn’t throw a lot of punches. He’s kind of an Arthur Abraham type of fighter that fights in explosive bursts. He needs to rest between bursts. If he’s not able to rest, Huck tires out and gets really sloppy. That’s the key to beating him. But Povetkin will have to use his feet to catch up to Huck, because he likes to move around the ring in order to rest.



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