Povetkin makes Ring Magazine's top ten.

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  1. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Has any heavyweight done this in just 14 fights?

    [url]http://thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html[/url]
     
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  2. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    joe louis, leon spinks...
     
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  3. Drew101

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    Ali might have been rated in the Top 10 following his fight against Daniels. He was certainly rated after defeating Lavorante.
     
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  4. janitor

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    We might be seing somethig here.

    He can beat any of the beltholders outside of Wlad right now for my money.
     
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  5. Jack Dempsey

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    Tyson maybe?
     
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  6. janitor

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    Behave
     
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  7. Langford

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    top ten ring in 14 fights? That is very, very rare and a great accomplishment.
    thanks for the post.
     
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  8. mattdonnellon

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    stan ward, Lavorante...
     
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  9. Mendoza

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    IMO, Povetkin deserves a top ten ranking as he has not only lived up to the early hype, but proved it by taking many tough early fights.



    I get the feeling that the major media powers in boxing are getting ready to embrace Povetkin who should be able to draw in the same group of fans who liked Marciano and Holyfield. Povetkin is not Lewis or Klitschko, and let's be honest here there are some in boxing who never liked the super sized & super skilled big men who win their fights without risking much.



    One of the best boxing writers out there who doesn't play favorites and actually watches all the fights had this to say about Povetkin before the Donald and Byrd fights.


     
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  10. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Good post z

    I am not a fan of the current heavyweights, however Alexander is easily my favourite heavy out there. I feel with more experience, he'd be able to blow Wlad away. And he's better then either IGgy or Ruslan. Very good fighter with a fine chance of being an atg.
     
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  11. ChrisPontius

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    How is he gonna blow Wlad away? He doesn't have the punching power to do that. If you want to see the difference between their punching power, watch their fights against Bostice. Wlad decked him and knocked him out with a few single punches, Povetkin needed a lot of hard blows in a row before the referee stopped it.

    Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying he can't beat him, just that i doubt he will blow him away.
     
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  12. dmt

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    sorry, perhaps i exxagerated. I meant to say he could potentially beat Wlad
     
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  13. ChrisPontius

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    Agreed there. It would be a great fight, nice clash of styles.
     
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  14. Langford

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    here's the classic angle on things.

    Povetkin, if it was in his best interest to do so (which its not) could probably scale back about 15-20lbs. If he was on a stricter training regime that prepared him for longer fights or fights that he would be in mainly with smaller guys, or guys of his same size. He also seems to have done some strength/size training (compare amateur with his more recent bouts weights).

    So lets say without the added pounds, he is not much different than your Joe Louis or a little taller version of Jack Sharkey. If he has great heavyweight success, would you be more inclined to say that someone of the 200lb weight class would not be too small to compete with the super heavyweights of the last 15 years?

    It seems to me that if he his knocked out by Wlad, people will say, "guy was just not big enough" and it would go the other way.
     
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  15. OLD FOGEY

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    It is rare. Louis, Spinks, Ward, and Lavorante have been named. Both Victorio Campolo in 1929 and Big Boy Brown in 1942 also.

    Clearly, this type of precociousness does not necessarily indicate long term success.
     
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