Joshua vs Povetkin is an absolute mismatch and was well calculated by Eddie Hearn!

Povetkin won't be a walk in the park for AJ.

 

Could be worse he could have Breazeale as his mandatory, lol.

 

Nah , its a good fight and Joshua deserves credit if he goes out there and cleans his clock.

Povektin may have lost a step , but he's not shot . He still brings good technical ability and his very dangerous to trade with. He'll give Joshua a good test and his style will probably make for a great fight too.

 

At the very worst Povetkin is not worse an opponent for Joshua as Ortiz was for Wilder.

Luis Ortiz - Age 38
Povetkin - Age 38

Luis Ortiz - Not looked good in his last 3 performances against Martz, Allen and Scott, last looked good vs Thompson in 2016
Povetkin = Not looked good in his last 3 performances against Price, Hammer, Rudenko, last looked good vs Duhaupas in 2016

Luis Ortiz - Twice failed doping test, not looked good since being PED free.
Povetkin - Twice failed doping test, not looked good since being PED free.

If you're going to discredit Joshua beating an old, PED free Povetkin, I assume you'll trash Ortiz as an opponent too for Wilder.

 

based on povetkin last fight against price i expect a win by KO under 6 rounds for joshua

 

Povetkin is a 6 foot 1, blown up light heavyweight or at most, a cruiser weight. It's beyond embarrassing that people are worried about a natural sub 200 pounder (without any excess weight such as fat) being on PEDs when fighting against someone who is 240+ pounds with pure muscles and someone who is 6 foot 6 in height. When in reality, Joshua is the one who significantly outmatches the significantly smaller sized Povetkin in a mismatch. Irrespective of whether the smaller sized boxer is using PEDs. Unless the smaller sized boxer is able to become as big as Joshua by taking PEDs, all this PED talk should end.

In other words, let Povetkin take PEDs. As long as he remains smaller than Joshua and his speed doesn't significantly improve, PED will not have any effect on his punching power.

 

How on earth can you condone smaller fighters taking PED's to overcome a size difference. Should people with glass chins be allowed to walk into the ring with helmets, feather fisted fighters have plaster of paris hand wraps? How about fat fighters given breaks when they feel out of breath?

 

Given the last time Povetkin was supposed to fight for a title he was stitched up by false drug accusations and robbed of his moment in the sun by a trigger happy boxer just looking for the first chance to weasel out of handing over his belt, I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't go ahead unless the WBA is less corrupt over the WBC...

If it does go ahead I'd imagine Wlad 2.0 will use the same conservative tactics as he did with Parker... Wide UD to AJ...

 

And how an earth can anybody condone insanely smaller fighters who are outweighed and out sized by insane margins, to fight against significantly bigger opponents? As in the case between Povetkin and Joshua?

Do you seriously realize how comical and laughable this mismatch is? This isn't even a fight, but an insane mismatch where the health of the much smaller man is in grave danger. Even more than the danger the bigger sized fighter like Joshua would face, if he faced an insanely smaller sized opponent on PEDs.

So let's get this straight! You're okay with a smaller sized boxer facing a great risk to his health when fighting a much bigger sized opponent functionally. But you're not okay with a boxer on PEDs putting his opponent's health in equal danger, or at times, even less danger?

I really don't understand the logic. Is it health you're concerned about?

 

Tyson was an ancient heavyweight by modern standard. He wouldn't fit in in today's heavyweight climate. And when he faced the closest heavyweights to modern super heavyweights, he was exposed. The likes of Danny Williams and Kevin McBride exposed him massively.

Povetkin is literally a near obese, supposed 'elite' level fighter. Strip him off his fat, he is no bigger than your average cruiser weight. He has 0 business competing against absolute physical specimens and behemoths like Joshua and putting his health at insane risk. The only way this even becomes a fair fight, is if Povetkin is allowed to take PEDs that literally makes him as big as Joshua in terms of functional size. Otherwise, this is a nonsensical fight.

This is Alexander Povetkin, a fat, small, pudgy and chubby pudding:

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/...exander+Povetkin+Vs+Wladimir+5Zt5ygOpA3Tl.jpg

And this is Anthony Joshua. An insane physical specimen and a giant behemoth:

https://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/62/photos/336000/1284336.jpg

https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/867036050.jpg? w=748&h=493&crop=1

This is practically like a T-REX (Joshua) against a housecat (Povetkin). Such is the mismatch!

 

U have Povetkin on your profile pic and u hate him so much?