Is Alexander Povetkin's lack of physical strength a huge cause for concern for his fight against AJ?

i dunno, Inoue recently fought someone who had a 5" height advantage and 20+ pound advantage over him, and that went fairly well. Skills can overcome size

But, AJ KO within 6, i think Price is a bigger puncher than AJ, but AJ isnt as scared to throw his punches, and if Price did that to Povetkin, AJ will take him out

 

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A fraud? So explain to us all u great font of boxing wisdom u exactly why AJ regularly seeks advice from him? Especially considering his profile now too... All the fighter's he could reach out to, yet he continually looks to WK. Why doesn't he call you instead?

 

Like Povetkin KTFO over Takam when Joshua needed the help from the referee to get a British stoppage against an old version of Takam.

 

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Are you 15? Any would class fighter at HW has a credible chance of knocking out anyone else .As I said this is not body building the referee should stop AJ hugging and holding as this is against the rules of boxing not body building! Pov problem is age not a lack of bulging muscles .I think AJ is China chopped if pov connects we may find out!

 

AJ`s jab will keep Povetkin on the outside the same way Wlad`s did, Pov had no jab.

 

Parker is way more skilled than Povetkin.

 

He has comparable physical strength to Talam, but with a bit more power and skill. Should be one of Joshua's hardest fights.

 

AJ has far more skill than Povetkin, he`ll bab his head off and is very hard to hit with hooks because he holds his right hand high (apart from the Whyte bout) Povetkin is wide open.

 

His lack of what? This thread just lowered my IQ.

 

My God, you are really obsessed with Povetkin. Having him on your dp as well. Christ!

 

Wlad's jab didn't keep Povetkin on the outside often, which is why he had to clinch so much whenever Povetkin did get inside the jab, which was a lot of the time.

AJ has a worse jab than Wlad and worse movement, if he was facing the Povetkin Wlad fought he'd be forced to into a fighting more at Povetkin's range. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing as Joshua unlike Wlad has an inside game, can block and counter on the inside as we saw vs Takam and he has that big uppercut to punish Povetkin whenever he tries to duck inside.

Now against the current Povetkin who stands on the outside too much not doing enough, Joshua might very well keep Povetkin at a distance for longer periods by utilising his jab.

 

hte issue is obviously tank, not strength, at nearly 38, hes guanteed to gas over 12 rounds.

Especially for a man his size - if he was a little smaller, he would fare better.

 

The hugging and mugging was actually a blessing in disguise for Povetkin. It saved him a huge embarrassment in the form of a devastating and scary KO in front of his fans. Trust me, had Wladimir had a flashback to pre 2004, Povetkin would have been out of there in less than 5 rounds, but instead Wladimir decided to give him a slow but brutal pounding in front of his fans.

 

Joshua may have a worse jab than Wlad but he does have something much more important that's gonna pose a hug problem for Povetkin, (an uppercut). If povetkin decides to get aggressive and come at Joshua like he does his previous opponents, he's gonna walk into something.