alexander potvetkin..... UTTER TRASH........

Povetkin had a lot of potential, and then he met Teddy Atlas.

 

Titty-At-l- lass trained Michael Grant!

Povetkin beat Chambers.

 

Your avatar is garbage.

I think Povetkin is alright, nothing special.

 

He did win the gold medal.

 

It has been said before by some of the members of Ahunanya's camp on ESB that Povetkin is very deceiving.

He LOOKS like a run of the mill heavyweight but he is a bit faster, stronger and smarter than he looks.

I do not think he will get past either Klitschko because of the size disadvantages in particularly the reach. If there is any active heavyweight who can trouble Wladimir though, it's Povetkin.

Right now he is better than Chambers.

 

I don't think he's terrible, but I think his impressive amateur resume has overrated him a bit as a pro. I think he's fine, but nothing extreme. I'd say he's properly rated now. About two years ago on here he was the next Ali which was obviously a bit much. I don't think most people hold Larry Donald in high regard, Byrd was pretty well past it when Povetkin got to him and I think virtually everyone had Alex picked to win the tournament, wasn't much of a surprise. In fact the real surprise was Chambers doing such impressive work in the first few rounds of their fight before he just stopped altogether. Granted I'm a bit biased there as I think Chambers is being very overrated at the moment.

Either way, I certainly don't think Povetkin is trash. He's a solid fighter, good chin, decent power, good speed, good movement, seems smart enough. Nothing spectacular though, I wouldn't give him a chance against either Klit, and would favor Haye.

 

Kind of reaching on the pejorative nicknames at this point, aren't you?

 

Povetkin is extrem amateurish and it is too late to change it.

No chance against Wladimir.

Chambers is better than Povetkin and he takes his chance and steps into the ring with Wlad.

 

Hard to justify that last part really. Povetkin beat Chambers head to head. Wasn't really that close either.

 

gold medal keeps him from trash dept...but wins over 38 year old byrd, 40 something donald, an unproven chambers and not sure why u brought friday.....
been a pro for 5 years.... tyson had 19 fights his first year, bowe had 15...mercer was up there...i think people just look at the guy and think hes not serious about fighting...

 

And you might beat the Pillsbury doughboy.

At eating.

 

Tua is not done. Did you see Shane Cameron? Crazy Mutt

 

Exactly my thoughts. I am not going to dissect his wins over Byrd and Donald which in retrospect doesn't look half as good as they looked when he fought them (Byrd proved to be shot in his next fight, and Donald apparently just needed some retirement money). The main problem is that even if we can agree he fought decent (for someone with ~15 fights) opponents it all stopped after Chambers fight... basically, after he won his shot at IBF he does everything not only not to fight Wlad, but any decent fighter as well. It was more than 2 years ago, and from this time Chambers did enough to resurface and get shot at Wlad while Povetkin is still "not ready". If he is not ready now (~20 fights, 5 years as a pro plus more than decent amateur career) he'll never be.

BTW, I think prime Tua knocks him out easily. Comparing their fights with Byrd makes no sense since styles makes fights (and Byrd was shot anyway when he met Povetkin). Povetkin throws a lot of punches and his defence is average... but the problem with Tua was not if you are skilled enough to outbox him, but how long can you do it before he hits you. To beat him, one needed either perfect defence (Lewis, Byrd) or to be a monster like he was himself to fight him toe to toe (Ike). I think motivated Tua has good chance against Povetkin even today.

 

Well said. Povetkin should be viewed as top 5 guy right now.