Nolan was old and slow. I don't know if he ever has been better, but you could see that he didn't even have the tools to be a capable sparring partner in that shape. It wasn't what Povetkin did, Povetkin even *missed* a lot of his jumped in right hands that were probably Atlas idea of how to spook Klitschko ("slip the jab under and jump in for overhand right"). If he can't find Nolan with that, how does he want to find a 6'6" athletic guy with this ? It was what Nolan couldn't what made the fight a mismatch. Brian Minto would have been 10 times the threat.