Alexander Povetkin is he over rated?

Experience means nothing in this situation. Styles, abilities, and age do. Byrd is done at this point. The last time he looked good was when he fought Holyfield and in his comeback fight on ESPN this year he looked like ****. The "beaten and fought FAR better competition" argument is used a lot on ESB and is almost always insignificant. If you do want to talk about experience, this up and coming young fighter has a lot of experience when you compare him to other prospects after 13 fights because of his great amateur career. Povetkin fights like an experienced fighter and most importantly, he always looks calm/relaxed in the ring.. a rare thing for prospects. But once again, experience means almost nothing when talking about this match. Just look at what Povetkin is bringing into the ring these days and what Byrd is.. then look at how their styles match up. Povetkin KO Byrd.

 

No he's not over-rated. He's not even close to his prime.
Barring injury I suspect he will be undisputed HW Champ in 3 years.

 

Jerry Quarry - is that the guy who won Olympics and was the most dominant amateur super-heavy in the recent memory? Oh... he did not? He just turned pro at 19... Why are you comparing him to Povetkin then?

 

By beating Byrd, he will have beaten the fighter that many claim is Wlad's biggest win to date.

 

It would be best if you refrained from posting in this thread again; as your every post exposes your ignorance.

 

VG, I think you're basing the AP as Quarry analogy on size. That is, AP is relatively undersized compared to current HWs like JQ was in his era. I'm not disagreeing on that point. But APs career is a big question mark, we know what Quarry did - and did not. :think Also Quarry was more of a counter puncher, especially vs the bigger HWs. I have seen little of AP, but he seems more of a swarmer type. AP has risen fast - let's see what he can do in his next 2-3 fights.

 

Worked quite OK for two other gold medalists - Lewis and Klitchko. Audley is a head case, which is definitely not a problem with Povetkin. Povetkin at amateurs is better then all three IMO.

Stating that such a degree of amateur success is not an indication of talent is beyond stupid - it is funny.

 

Hell no, who can you find in this HWT era has fought all the dangerous fighters he fought so early in his career and ALSO participate in this tournament?
He's rated fine and I believe he's a future champion for sure.