Alexander Povetkin vs Eddie Chambers

Originally scheduled for ten rounds, shortened to eight rounds for the Fox Sports telecast.A quiet slow motion cautious defensive heavyweight bout, with Chambers slowly coming forward mostly wearing rabbit ears in front of his face. Washington moved around the edge of the ring in circles, with the ring not being cut off. Chambers was unable to penetrate Washington's defenses with his overhand right hand. Washington, with clear height and reach advantage, was a bit busier throwing jabs, but the count of punches landed was not significant for both fighters. Rather, Washington simply looked busier while he missed 406 punches! Chambers landed 42 of 156 punches thrown, roughly one in four punches landed. Clean bout, no fouls, almost no holding, and no power punches of significance. The rounds appeared very close. Washington won them on the volume of punches thrown, and won seven or eight rounds by an average of three or four more punches landed per round. The crowd booed the bout for lack of heavyweight action. One judge gave Chambers one round.

Gerald Washington vs Eddie Chambers

Tomasz Adamek 45-2 (28 KOs) vs. Eddie Chambers 36-2 (18 KOs)
Adamek entered as the #3 heavyweight contender by The Ring Magazine. Chambers, who had not fought in over 16 months and just once in two years and three months, was unranked by the same publication.
At 202 lbs., Chambers was fighting at the lightest weight of his professional career.
Chambers entered as a 1.7/1 betting underdog.
B.J. Flores scored the bout 115-113 in favor of Chambers.
Cap Roberts scored it 114-114 a draw.

Alexander Povetkin vs Eddie Chambers

Gerald Washington vs Eddie Chambers

Tomasz Adamek vs Eddie Chambers

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