http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/no...des-confidence-ahead-wladimir-klitschko-clash I mean click that link and check out the amazing size difference between Wlad and Chambers. It's ridiculous.
That's almost like telling Bernard Hopkins to fight Timothy Bradley. No matter how good Bradley is, he won't have a chance against that large of a size difference.
I'm not saying Wlad is a joke but he's vastly overrated simply because he has such a huge, natural size advantage over his opponents. I mean what other weight class has such disparity? It doesn't exist. Since when does anyone at any lower weight class get credit for beating someone 30 lbs lighter? People were bashing DLH for "cherry picking" Pacman but this is "cherry picking" to another level. Pacman actually weighed more than DLH on fight night.
The size of Wlad helps, but isn't everything. Look at Mike White. Or that hairy monster Valuev. Wlad's lost to smaller fighters and it's not like we haven't seen smaller HWs become ATGs before.
Most will agree that once you hit 200+ pounds the size disparities get less and less significant. If it weren't so, Valuev would have a 100% knockout ratio.
Of course it isn't EVERYTHING but it's a huge obstacle to overcome. I know he's a pretty athletic person for a guy his size but i think that Chambers and Povetkin are superior fighters P4P.
I agree that the higher you go up in weight, the lesser the significance in size difference but we aren't just talking about a few lbs here. Chambers weighed in at 209 and Wlad at 244. 36 freaken lbs. And this is at the highest level. And please don't mention some zombie fighters who are similiar in size to Wlad. They are tomato cans. If we are to compare two "elite" HWs, and one guy has a 36 lb weight advantage, how can the smaller "elite" HW expect to beat the much bigger "elite" HW? At this level, that is such a huge advantage/disadvantage.