Alexander Povetkin vs. Christian Hammer RBR

Yeah consistently ducking anyone who hasn't been exposed.

 

I still have to sit down and watch that fight in full.. But my gut feeling too was that Hammer is a little better, still in the same tier though... Throw Rudenko in that group as well.

 

Just a reminder that there is boxing on S4C now (Channel 134 on Sky) with English commentary.

 

EBU Women's Title fight, Lee Haskins and Craig Kennedy in action.

 

And he STILL would be Wilder's best opponent to date, let that sink in....

 

Yeah. Won't argue there. I forgot about Fury in all honesty. He's really destined to become this era's Bowe unless he stages a miraciolous turnaround with this comeback.

I'd rate Chagaev, Chambers(the prime version was a solid contender), Huck, Takam and Perez all over Stiverne in all honesty. Who like I said won the belt only due to Klitschko retiring and then beating Arreola X2 - he was never anything special as evidenced by his life and death struggle with an ancient Austin and earlier defeat to King. Could you possibly argue that Povetkin wouldn't have beaten Arreola X2 or Stiverne to win the title? No way obviously.... Since Wilder's won the belt Povetkin's run has been more or less equal to his despite not holding one himself. I don't see how a convincing argument can be made for rating Wilder or Parker over Povetkin based on what he's done in the last 10 years.

He doesn't really have a crowning achievement, Chagaev might well be it... But is that really any worse than Ruiz Jr. or Stiverne? That's just politics/circumstance.

 

No lol....

 

Bingo....easily too

 

Povetkin's wins this year alone match anything that Wilder has ever accomplished, Rudenko and Hammer are very comparable to Duhaupas and Stiverne.
His win over Larry Donald is better than anything Wilder has done.

 

I'd bet old Chris Byrd, or prime Eddie Chambers, or Ruslan Chagaev would box ears off of any version of Bermane Stiverne.