Is Alexander Povetkin's lack of physical strength a huge cause for concern for his fight against AJ?

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Is Povetkin's lack of physical strength a huge cause for concern for his fight against AJ?

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  2. No (explain why)

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  1. Luis Fernando

    Luis Fernando Well-Known Member Full Member

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    After Povetkin was LITERALLY spared from getting squashed like a little, irrelevant and a nuisance bug / insect / fly that he is by Wladimir Klitschko where he looked like a 10 year old little girl against a 30 year old fully grown male adult or a turtle against a rhino in terms of the ASTRONOMICAL physical strength difference that was in display between Povetkin and Wladimir Klitschko. Or even looking like an average kid against a wild strong animal like a Gorilla in terms of the insanely lacking physical strength difference that he possessed compared to his superior lord, god and master in Wladimir Klitschko.

    Is it fair to say that the same applies against his other master and god and lord named Anthony Joshua? A real SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT specimen with bulging muscles? Should Povetkin and his fans be astronomically concerned about how astronomically lacking he is in terms of physical strength and functional muscles compared to the much stronger Joshua?
     
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  2. SnatchBox

    SnatchBox Boxing Full Member

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    I think height/reach is the biggest factor not weight. Both have the power to KO each other. AJ won't be trying to exhaust Povetkin using weight not his style. AJ likes to keep you at a distance.

    PEDcan has to try and find a way on the inside though, AJ will easily keep this fight long. Even Price clipped Sasha, AJ will cold clock em
     
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  3. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    That was the only way Wlad was able to defeat Povetkin since he doesn't posses an elite level skill-set and cheating is the only method of victory he has against a top level guy like Povetkin.

    If / when AJ fights Pov , he will defeat him without the use of any cowardly illegal tactics , simply because he has the skills to do so.

    King Kong dealt with Jennings far easier than Wlad did. Lets not forget about that.

    Furthermore , Helenius breezed through Samuel Peter , whereas Wlad once again could only use illegal back breaker tactics to win.
    I think its fair to say that this Wladameer guy was a total fraud , or just a HW version of Andrein Broners
     
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  4. _Scott_

    _Scott_ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Povetkin stops him but Joshua will duck him until he is 42 years old
     
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  5. Luis Fernando

    Luis Fernando Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I genuinely believe Joshua will literally walk right through Povetkin's punches. I seriously doubt Povetkin even possesses the required power to even put a dent on Joshua. At most, he may slightly tickle Joshua and that's it. It is an insane mismatch! I expect Joshua to literally break Povetkin's limbs, teeth, bones and give him permanent life damage after the fight where his life is cut short by multiple years. This is an ASTRONOMICAL mismatch of insane proportions if there ever was one.

    Povetkin just simply couldn't hurt Joshua and Joshua could literally destroy Povetkin permanently. Such is the difference in physical strength between the two.

    This is like a 5 year old little girl (Povetkin) vs a fully grown, 30+ year old professional power lifter (Anthony Joshua). Just by looking at these two's bodies, one can immediately tell how much of an insane joke it is to even put them in the same ring as each other or even in the same weight division. One is literally a fat, obese pudding (Povetkin) whilst the other is almost like a different animal / creature altogether with insanely greater functional mass, weight and physical strength.
     
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  6. Luis Fernando

    Luis Fernando Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Heavyweight division = physical strength and punching power. Skills have very little relevance in this weight division. Joshua isn't that skilled.

    Joshua didn't employ some other worldly skills to beat the smaller Takam. He simply walked through Takam's weak punches whilst landing his own hard punches = winning via the use of physical strength and punching power.

    You're kidding yourself if you think Joshua has some unheard skill set. The dude can't feint. He can't probe. He doesn't know how to set his punches up very well. He simply throws punches and overwhelms his physically weaker opposition.
     
  7. Luis Fernando

    Luis Fernando Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Like he stopped Christian Hammer?
     
  8. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Pov was Wlad best 'win'.

    All the other best guys he faced he lost to.. That tells you all you need to know.
     
  9. Luis Fernando

    Luis Fernando Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So what? Who is Joshua's best win?
     
  10. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Errrr bulging muscles huge strength!!!! This is boxing not body building !!! If pov can get at AJ without being hugged and leaning then Pov has more than enough power and speed to get the job done .muscles don't grow on chins .That Romania amateur that stopped AJ was six foot and about 200lb!
     
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  11. Luis Fernando

    Luis Fernando Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is an athletic contest and in the heavyweight more so than any other weight division in boxing, physical strength is arguably the biggest factor in deciding outcomes of bouts. And physical strength = an athletic attribute. Whether you like it or not! And in the heavyweight division, physical strength has greater importance than skills.

    Joshua wasn't even fully grown when he was stopped in the amateur ROFLMFAO. Right now, he is fully grown specimen that would arguably just walk right through weak hitting punchers like Povetkin and that Romanian bloke.

    You say IF Pov can get at AJ without being leaned and hugged on. Well, how does he avoid it, if he lacks the physical strength by astronomical amounts?

    Povetkin arguably doesn't even have the power to even hurt, never mind KO Joshua. At best, he may be able to tickle Joshua with his best punches due to how insanely weak he is physically.
     
  12. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Joshua doesn't clinch as much as Wlad, I doubt we'll see a repeat of the wrestling match in their fight, so the disparity in physical strength won't be such a big issue.

    Joshua is more likely to use his elbow not to lean down on Povetkin but to keep him from coming inside and try to keep him in mid range where he can punch with him.

    In the Parker fight, when Joshua tried this, Parker ducked under Joshua's left elbow to initiate the clinch, Povetkin won't do that, as long as he's in punching range.
     
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  13. houmzz

    houmzz Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not the lack of strength, he is strong, he can hang with Joshua. But the fact that he can fold under the Joshua's power.
     
  14. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm not a huge AJ fan (though he keeps improving) but a clean Povetkin isn't even legit in the top 20.

    AJ will murder him. It will be like a bull dealing with a pesky fly.
     
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  15. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    His age will be a factor here.
     
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