Anthony Joshua will KO Povetkin.

People hyping AJ way too much based off very little so far. It's like people have forgot about what happened to David Price.

AJ has fought nobody that was ever going to be a threat. Even Johnson his best win was a case of how long he would last not if he would win at all. AJ's next fight Whyte is the first opponent who has the tools to actually put AJ into a defensive posture and who is stepping into the ring and expecting to win. Some will criticize Whyte saying he is nothing, which is kind of true, he is untested but he did beat Minto faster than Parker, Whyte is a step up in level and type of opponent.

Hopefully Whyte is the first careful step in matching AJ more dangerously as his current opposition like Cornish are glorified punching bags for AJ. Hopefully next year, his 3rd year as a pro, we will see him face the next level of opponents like Thompson, Cunningham, Pulev or Stiverne. Then if all goes well go for the title in 2017.

But Povetkin now is a huge jump and too much to expect from a guy who is yet to be a pro for a full 2 years. Joshua may one day be at that level and does have the size and tools but that doesn't mean he can put it together and win.

 

Povetkin won his Gold without hometown gift decisions, Povetkin at 14-15 fights had won the IBF HW tournament, having beaten Larry Donald, Chris Byrd and fellow undefeated top prospect Eddie Chambers and was ready to fight Wlad, though drama queen Teddy Atlas held him back and regressed him in fact a few years.

Povetkin would take AJ into the deep water and drown him.

 

They should send Joshua over to the States to fight Jennings or Thompson. He would be going back home with his Glass Jaw shattered and in a box.

Joshua has fought absolutely nobody at this point.

 

Joshua is without doubt the front running HW prospect ATM.
Only people who are fans of other fighters will say different.
Not that he will definitely be the best of the current lot, but as of now he will be regarded as such by a large consensus.

I personally think Joe Parker gives him trouble with a slightly faster hands, and equally devastating combo punching.
Both are defensively question marks at this point.
Joshua's slight size advantage might end up being the equalizer between the 2.
Depends on how good of a jab Joshua ends up having.

Usyk is not to be counted out, and while less of a puncher than either man, he may well have the ability to outbox both men despite being a tad shorter.
He has already demonstrated that he can control a fight with his jab while Parker, and Joshua have mostly showcased they're great power, and combo punching.

But yeah. ATM the ball is in Parker, and Usyk's court to prove they are better.
Joshua is the consensus #1 prospect.

 

While I'll be the first to admit back in 93-94 I was sure Shannon Briggs, and Jeremy Williams were going to be the next big things, based on how fantastic they sometimes looked against the right opposition.
Williams was fast, and threw fluid Tyson like combos when with Rooney.
Against Dannel Nicholson he looked dangerous!
Plus he was taking tough fights, and in early 94 with just 14 fights was set to fight in his 2nd crossroads fight!
How many prospects have had 2 crossroads fights by the 15th fight?
Now Larry Donald put the breaks on the hype train, and he ultimately went on to fight Rid**** Bowe later that year.
Shannon Briggs? Also looked impressive!
There was even more hype for him by the time he headed to HBO at something like 25-0?
His record was more in line with Wilder's though, as he had no crossroads fights to show for, and tests. He fought a few tough journeymen though like Marion Wilson who no one knocked out, and Briggs won a 8 round dec.
We knew he could go 8 rounds, but like Wilder at the same point in his career we knew nothing of his resolve.
Then Darrol Wilson KO'd him the first minute he ran out of gas.
Not that both men weren't good fighters, but they never became Holyfield, and Bowe either.
The media can get very carried away with hype, and looking like a champ against journeymen does not always mean that a fighter will still do as well against top 10 opposition.

So by my examples from the past I see your point, but we have to hope for someone to be good.
It's always possible Parker, and Joshua are this generations Williams, and Briggs....I just don't think the division is deep enough like it was then though.
I just don't think there is quite as much talent, and parity that will suppress their rise.
In the 70's, and 90's to be the champ meant going through quite a lineup. I do believe if some of the top CW's jumped to HW we would see a similar talent level, but the current HW landscape is wide open below the top 3-5.

 

Did you even watch the fight? Wach control the whole fight with his jab. Before the KO it was 4-1 runds for Wach ....
What outboxing you are talking ? No such thing ...
Too bad Joshua - Wach failed, in that match we could understand how rly good Joshua is.