What do people see in Alexander Povetkin?

"In particular, being as they both beat Wlad and Povetkin was completely dominated by him"

Had Povetkin fought a 41 year old Wlad rather than a 37 year old Wlad with the officials strongly on his side rather than strongly against him, it's entirely feasible he'd have won. And whatever Povetkin's demerits, I can't see him losing to Andy Ruiz. I also find it unlikely that a 40 year old Joshua would have avoided a loss to Hunter or beaten top 5 ranked contender Whyte, especially if he had to climb off the floor to do it.

Last time I checked the consensus was that Povetkin is better than Joshua. I think it's a fair position. I'd sooner put Povetkin in with Wilder than Joshua in with Wilder, for instance.

 

Huck had been stopped by Steve Cunningham and got a robbery "win" over Lebedev in Berlin before Povetkin.
Lebedev did better than Povetkin against Huck

Huck couldn't beat 40 plus Euro leveller Firat Arslan and won by another robbery. Couldn't beat Ola Alafobi in the remacth and barely beat him in the rubber.
Got ironed out by Glowacki.

Huck wouldn't last two rounds against Anthony Joshua

 

Good points, I updated my piece on Byrd's Vitali win based on your post:

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/byrds-win-over-vitali-facts-and-analysis.716100/

 

Getting on a plane to fight a guy in his backyard and turning around when the PEDs test comes up dirty isn't ducking.

 

You people do know that even the greatest of fighters have off nights, right? And if they still pull a win, that's a good thing? Just seeing if some of you folks really follow the sport.

 

I don't accept the official explanation. Team Wilder kept him away from any and all serious threats prior to 2018.

 

I’m sure they spiked Povetkin’s Gatorade too.

 

Do you think Wilder was a clean affleet?

 

Is that casual racism?