Povetkin vs. Chambers

I've been impressed with Eddie Chambers as far as his skill set goes. His fighting style is very reminscent of former Heavyweight contender Jimmy Young. He waits patiently and boxes from the outside. I won a small chunk of change on him when he defeated Calvin Brock not too long ago. Fundamentally, he is as sound as they come.

His weakness? Size, obviously. At 6'1 and 215 he resembles too much like the heavyweights of yore. How big of a weakness his lack of size is will tell in the years to come.

Another weakness I detected is that he is a hair too patient. He is a points only fighter and does not really push the issue. He goes into third gear, takes the lead, and stays there.

Povetkin, on the other hand, I have not seen much of aside from various youtube clips. He stopped a now faded Chris Byrd. The Byrdman is tough as nails though and for Povetkin to stop him with such minimal professional experience is impressive. It was hard to gauge how good Povetkin is from the fight as Byrd has slipped considerably. From what I can tell, Povetkin is both aggressive and patient. He does not fight like someone who has only 14 bouts experience and I can only surmise he has a huge wealth of amateur experience.

Based on the clips I've seen of Povetkin and what I've seen of Chambers, I slightly favor Chambers. But the bout is taking place in the Russian's adopted home country of Germany. Big problem.

So we'll have to go with Povetkin by the slimmest of margins.