Povetkin is the guy who deserves to be a champion and I hope he'll fight Wilder soon. That WBC title belongs to Sasha, then unification fight with Wladimir.
Povetkin is one of the most overrated fighters on here. He can not fight tall men and is in limbo between cruiser and heavy. He would beat Wilder any time and Joshua at this stage in his career but not in 12 months. In shape Fury would box his ears off. Haye Povetkin is a fantastic fight style wise, would be a total shootout. Haye does very well against short men but like Povetkin struggles with height, again not a true heavyweight. If Haye fought Povetkin straight after the Chisora fight I would favour him for KO. Now he is totally irrelevant.
He can't fight tall men? Where they hell are you guys getting this from. Klitschko wasn't even a fight, it was an MMA sparring session. Klitschko should've been disqualified.
He is 6 ft 2 with average reach, not a particularly fast or good mover, just doesn't match up well against height. Which tall fighters has he beat? Even Haye was able to win a few rounds against Wlad and even wobble him (when he was being trained by Steward as well), yet Povetkin humbles him? No, 50/50 fight at best.
Povetkin is reaching 36 years of age, by the time he gets to Joshua, he would be 40 years old, Joshua would have an advantage then.