I'm worried about Povetkin

Good post and a lot to be agreed with


But beat any HW in history?

 

"I think that at his prime he could have defeated any heavyweight in history"



What's a Prime Povetkin? the one who Wlad jabbed his face off and pushed him over to a wide decision win in 2013?

lol

 

We will have to agree to disagree here

Povetkin fought AJ in 2018 so not really far off 2017

Lewis bullies him im afraid

But yeah the Whyte fight you raise good concerns

 

Ref took the biscuit but still he lost

If he that great he would have found a way

 

Possible

 

Watching Wlad get manhandled in the clinch and up close by AJ and Fury was justice.

Big Stiff Idiot

Useless dosser.

Floyd, Ward, Ali etc all fighting men about the same size or bigger than them clinching is one thing...but Wlad who is much bigger is ergh!

 

There's nothing much to add to your post, tbh. It's obvious that povetkin is on his way down, and that today he's a worse fighter than he was yesterday, and that tomorrow he will be a worse fighter than he's today. That's unavoidable, and every fighter will have to go through that, since father Time forgives noone.

I will miss him when he retires. I'm a fan too. I really enjoy watching him fighting.

 

Povetkin will be ripe for the pickings after he stops Whyte a second time. Deontay needs a route back to the title, if Fury refuses the Alabama prince his rematch. The bomb squad will be closely monitoring the Russian's performance in his next fight.

 

Ali clinched smaller men the same as wlad, it’s undeniable

 

Considering that he’s never held a real world title in an era where the talent in the heavyweight division is extremely weak, I wouldn’t say that he’s anything special in a historical sense. He’s a good fighter, but if his pro career had begun 15 years earlier, you’d have never heard of him.

The only title he’s ever held was a so-called “regular” WBA title after Wlad was elevated to “Super Champion” by the organization. When he actually fought Wlad for the real title, he lost by 119–104(!) on all three cards. How in the hell do you lose a 12-round fight by 15 points?

When you look at his best wins, they came over a 39 year-old Hasim Rahman, two guys who were heavyweights in name only (Chris Byrd and Eddie Chambers), and Ruslan Chagaev. Oh, and he beat Fury too…oops, that was Tyson’s cousin Hughie.
And On boxrec he is listed 20th on the all time heavyweight list.....how? I don't know. But one thing for sure , this is extremly undeserved, wich makes him the most overrated thing god has ever created.

 

He beat dillian whyte as a crippled pensioner though. Whyte was seen as number 4 in the division.