By Jason Kim: Former WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KO’s) knows what he has to do to beat WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KO’s) on Saturday night and that’s to knock him out when they meet at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, in Hamburg, Germany. Rahman, 39, has gotten older, he’s put on a lot weight and lost a lot of what little speed he once had, but he can still punch like he did in his prime. The power is still there.
If you were to point to one area in the 33-year-old Povetkin’s game where he’s vulnerable, besides his conditioning, you’d have to say it’s his chin. Povetkin was staggered in his last fight by WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck, who moved up from cruiserweight to face Povtkin last February. If a cruiserweight like Huck had enough power to hurt Povetkin, then an eve bigger puncher like Rahman has more than enough power to do the same if not more.