This pic shows just how small Povetkin really is...

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  1. CutThroatFade

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    https://mobile.twitter.com/Tyson_Fury/status/689714953461325824

    Tyson Fury's true height is 6'7" or 6'8". Hughie is 6'6". Povetkin is billed at 6'2" but he's barely 6'0" going by this picture.

    Deontay would have a huge size advantage although I'd still favour Povetkin. Povetkin would have ZERO CHANCE IN HELL of beating Tyson Fury though. He wouldn't land a glove.
     
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  2. gmurphy

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    povetkin looks really old in that pic
     
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    Wilder > Fury
     
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  4. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    the picture is from a poor angle
    povetkin is 6.2
    tyson is 6.9 so povetkin as with wilder is not going to look that tall
     
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    Wilder TKO 6 and Povetkin rushed back to Russia for a 3D printed Jaw transplant.
     
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    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    I can't see the photo....jpeg the thing not a twitter tweet.
     
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  7. CutThroatFade

    CutThroatFade Rangers FC Full Member

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    I can see the photo and I'm not going to jpeg ****.
     
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  8. lepinthehood

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    Don't need to read the replies. He's relatively short but it don't matter. He is a solid 220-230lb fighter.
     
    lepinthehood, Jan 20, 2016
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  9. lepinthehood

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    In punching power only.

    Seriously fury wouldn't have lost a round s szpilka

    Furys skill and ring IQ is ten times wilders
     
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  10. Sandokan32

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    I today´s era of heavyweights, you need to be at least 6,4" to be elite.
     
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  11. RememberingC.S.

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    Povetkin is very small for this division. He looks like Tyson's son, in that pic. Not only in height, but in frame too.
     
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    Looks like a welterweight v heavyweight.

    When Wilder fights Povetkin (if), he probably won't get much props if he wins by the doubters. This is because of his height and reach advantage but also because Povetkin will probably be 37 years old when they fight.

    It's a huge fight for Wilder, a fight he would have to win, but more because if he loses, then he will not live it down.
     
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