I think he edges Haye. Beats Quarry Beats one dimensional Ruddock Stops Cooney in a similar fashion to Price. My guess is the Tua of the Ibeabuchi fight could outwork Povetkin and win a close decision over Pov. I think Pov would find it quite hard to deal with Tua's power on the inside.
All of those guys at their Prime and best would give povetkin hell all night...some guys in here obviously isnt old enough to remember fighters like Cooney,Ruddock and Tua at their best.
This. I wonder when and how Povetkin became the GOAT HW. Last I checked, he was just another "also ran".
Gotta agree. Povetkin was quite good; no doubt. But the idea of him just breezing invictus throught five heavy contenders is crazy.
I doubt Quarry or Cooney would beat him. I think Haye at his best was good enough to beat him. People forget how good Haye was for a short period. Ruddock is about even. They'd go to the trenches like Ruddock's fights with Tyson. Either guy could get stopped. Tua would probably get outworked.
Yeah, I would've loved to have at least seen the Fury fight. Haye was right around Joshua and Willder's level, which I class as a step above Povetkin, but he burned out very quickly.