Hughie Fury is the younger cousin of Tyson Fury. He’s 24 years old with a 23-2 with 13 KO’s. He lost both of his “step-up fights” to Joseph Parker (in a close decision) and Kubrat Pulev (by a wide margin.) Other than Parker and Pulev, Fury has fought medicure level of competition. Fury is tall with and incredibly long reach and moves constantly as he walks three steps to his right, throws a jab, three steps to his left, throws a jab, backward two steps, then repeat. He has little real power as he doesn't commit to power punching. He has good defense and tries to control the action with movement and his jab. He has a very difficult style to deal with as he his a very wild, wide and windmill-like left hand. His biggest downfall is his throws too few punches and his first, second and third concern is avoiding punches.
Alexander Povetkin is 39 years old with at 34-2 record. He has been knocked out once by (Anthony Joshua) but has good power himself with 24 KO’s. Povetkin is like a “big Russian bear.” He is very aggressive, moves forward constantly and has quick short punches. He has big power in both hands and an exceptional left hook. He’s okay defensively, but dives in with his head when he throws punches. He can be hurt, as he was KO’d by Joshua and also down vs. David Price. In most fights, he wins because of his punching power or he just simply outworks his opponents.
Prediction:
Povetkin is a slight favorite and listed at -160. Povetkin is close to 40 and now fighting part time (last fought in September 2018.) Old fighters can “go at any time” but I think that Povetkin is well preserved and a stylistic challenge for Fury. I expect Fury to be “on his bicycle” the whole fight trying to avoid Povetkin’s power and counterpunching as Povetkin dives inside. Who knows, maybe Fury catches him with a windmill left and takes Povetkin out (I doubt it.) Anyways, expect a long fight as the over/under prop bet is 9.5 rounds with the over listed at -360. I like the over 9.5 rounds and Povetkin to win by late stoppage or decision.
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Hughie Fury is the younger cousin of Tyson Fury. He’s 24 years old with a 23-2 with 13 KO’s. He lost both of his “step-up fights” to Joseph Parker (in a close decision) and Kubrat Pulev (by a wide margin.) Other than Parker and Pulev, Fury has fought medicure level of competition. Fury is tall with and incredibly long reach and moves constantly as he walks three steps to his right, throws a jab, three steps to his left, throws a jab, backward two steps, then repeat. He has little real power as he doesn't commit to power punching. He has good defense and tries to control the action with movement and his jab. He has a very difficult style to deal with as he his a very wild, wide and windmill-like left hand. His biggest downfall is his throws too few punches and his first, second and third concern is avoiding punches.
Alexander Povetkin is 39 years old with at 34-2 record. He has been knocked out once by (Anthony Joshua) but has good power himself with 24 KO’s. Povetkin is like a “big Russian bear.” He is very aggressive, moves forward constantly and has quick short punches. He has big power in both hands and an exceptional left hook. He’s okay defensively, but dives in with his head when he throws punches. He can be hurt, as he was KO’d by Joshua and also down vs. David Price. In most fights, he wins because of his punching power or he just simply outworks his opponents.
Prediction:
Povetkin is a slight favorite and listed at -160. Povetkin is close to 40 and now fighting part time (last fought in September 2018.) Old fighters can “go at any time” but I think that Povetkin is well preserved and a stylistic challenge for Fury. I expect Fury to be “on his bicycle” the whole fight trying to avoid Povetkin’s power and counterpunching as Povetkin dives inside. Who knows, maybe Fury catches him with a windmill left and takes Povetkin out (I doubt it.) Anyways, expect a long fight as the over/under prop bet is 9.5 rounds with the over listed at -360. I like the over 9.5 rounds and Povetkin to win by late stoppage or decision.
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