Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-22, great start between Alexander Povetkin and Mike Perez: it gets three stars.The 2004 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist and former Wba world champion Alexander Povetkin entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 28-1-0 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced #1 Wladimir Klitschko (=Klitschko vs Povetkin), since then he has fought twice beating Manuel Charr (=Povetkin vs Charr) and Carlos Takam (=Povetkin vs Takam).
His opponent, the Cuban Mike Perez, has an official record of 21-1-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year drawing with Carlos Takam (=Perez vs Takam) and losing to Bryant Jennings (=Jennings vs Perez); ‘The Rebel’ Perez came back to win in 2015 defeating Darnell Wilson (=Perez vs Wilson). Povetkin vs Perez is valid for the WBC Silver heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-05-22
Where: Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: WBC Silver heavyweight title
Povetkin’s previous fight: Alexander Povetkin vs Carlos Takam
Perez’s previous fight: Mike Perez vs Darnell Wilson
Povetkin’s next fight: Alexander Povetkin vs Mariusz Wach
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When the ref allowed the fight to continue, Perez was in Wonderland.
I wonder what Povetkin vs Wilder will be like!
Horrible ref.
didnt get Perez to step forward. Which he couldnt. Thankfully Povetkin didnt really connect again.
Povetkin is the best real HW.
IE not SHW. I would like to see him in with Wilder. Though I do not see Haymon allowing that to happen.
Excellent knock out in a very short fight. The punching power of Potvekin looks incredible since the few times he connected his punches all were devastated for the Cuban fighter. He looks also as a very technical fighter because in this short time he out-boxed Perez who is very good and a gifted left hand technical fighter.