Better Career Resume Wilder or Povetkin

Povetkin by far.

 

Povetkin looks in the rear view mirror and sees a tiny little speck fading into the distance, flapping its arms like a windmill

 

Whilst true, they were both far more proven - with better wins to their names as well as having caused upsets against serious champions.

Or in short - he was less shopworn, they were more proven.

I'd rank beating those two higher.

Ortiz was definitely slicker than Whyte, but that was never what Whyte was about... At the same time, Whyte would fight anyone and was desperate to get a title shot at any cost.

On top of that, Whyte was ranked top 5 on the basis of resume and achievements, even though he was never a classy or refined boxer... A lot like Wilder in that sense, except Wilder got ranked on the basis of holding a belt whilst Whyte had a much deeper resume.

There's arguments you could make in both directions in terms of H2H, but I tend to weight things heavily based on resumes and Ortiz being slick against bang average fighters doesn't convince me he'd have been good enough to be slick against significantly more proven fighters (eg: Whyte).

As I said before, you could leave Whyte out of the discussion and Povetkin would still have the better resume - but for me he's a clearly more valuable win, especially given Povetkin was old and faded at the time.

I would say clearly a better win for anyone than Ortiz was for anyone at that point... To each their own I guess.

Taking all this together, I don't really see much argument for Wilder having the stronger resume - and Wilder having run a mile from Pov on extremely shaky arguments just ices the cake.