Is Povetkin's bad luck in getting title shot a result of him ducking Wlad for years?

Povetkin's bad luck stems from being in an era, where he had to content with ATG Wladimir Klitshcko and other elite / top giant super heavyweights (6 foot 4+ inches in height and 240+ pounds in weight). There's no shame in that! He was never going to be the absolute best in such heavyweight eras anyway to begin with. Nor would any other boxer shorter than 6 foot 4 inches in height. Anyone who thought he would, are / were totally wrong to begin with and are probably delusional!

Being a top 5 heavyweight I guess is as good of an accomplishment Povetkin could've possibly ever acheived, considering his physical limitations. I don't see any other short heavyweight in the last decade having a more successful career at heavyweight. So for that alone, he gets my due respect and credit.

 

Povetkin should never have fought Wladimir Klitschko in the first place. The dude's a bloody midget / ant, compared to Wladimir Klitschko. The size discrepancy is as great as the size difference between Sergey Kovalev and Manny Pacquiao. Or maybe even greater. But very few people would ever want them two to fight each other and most will complain the size difference is too much when it comes to them. But when it comes to a small heavyweight vs a giant super heavyweight, people have no problem accepting it as if it was a legitimate and a credible match up. Logic is lost!

Wladimir Klitschko already has an insurmountable advantage in size compared to Povetkin. I don't see why Povetkin having only an age advantage by being just a few years younger is supposed to be so 'shameful'.

Maybe it's shameful that Wladimir Klitschko couldn't totally squash the astronomically smaller sized Povetkin like a bug? Why couldn't he, since he had such a significant size advantage?

 

It was Teddy Atlas held that Povetkin back against Wlad claiming he wasn't ready. Povetkin got rid of him soon after and then sought out Wlad as the WBA mandatory.

 

Wlad is much better than Lennox Lewis in my opinion. You're correct! And Povetkin at least never lost to the likes of Larry Donald, John Ruiz, middleweight James Toney and Chris Byrd. Losing to an all time great once is far better than having multiple losses to journeymen / non all time greats.

And I think Povetkin is the best heavyweight shorter than 6 foot 4 inches.

 

you are talking about weight difference.

You are ignoring proportions, which is the basis for the weight classes. You think weight classes are arithmetic progressions. They arent, as they go up, they get larger in range to match proportions. This would explain a lot of your posts, now I think about it - you completely ignore reality of what is there in front of you concerning weight classes.

 

He didn't fight Wladimir for a while because Wladimir was too good for him.

Joshua/Wilder/Parker/Haye/Stiverne didn't fight Povetkin because Povetkin was and is too good for them.

 

True.

 

Yep full circle.

 

And wlad 3:16 said "i just whooped your ass"

 

But from a financial point of view Wlad should be grateful to Povetkin, he earned $17,4 million, if this this fight happened earlier, then Wlad certainly would have earned less.

 

I don't think contenders can be accused of "ducking" champions.

If a contender refuses to take a fight with the champion that's a compliment to the champion. The contender is admitting he's not ready to step up and challenge the champion. It only boosts the champion's standing.

Ducking is when a champion avoids a contender.

 

OK, whoah, Povetkin DID fight Klitschko and got a whalloping. An unfair beating, some would say, given the way the ref allowed Wlad to tie him up tighter than Oscar's fishnet stockings. I like both these guys, but when Wlad turns it into a snorefest by grabbing the opponent every two seconds, he becomes a painful fighter to watch.