Povetkin vs. the rest (Wladimir Klitschko is banned from this thread)

valuev kayo's him
chagaev ud's him
ibragimov md's him

give him 10 more fights though and he'll beat anyone

 

Except for Wlad I`d say that Povetkin could beat them all.

 

I think he'd lose to Valuev and to Haye.

 

I think he loses to virchis as well.

 

He probably would lose to everyone of them, he might beat Gomez or Maskaev, Povetkin was exposed in sense against Chambers, as nothing more than above average Heavyweight contender.

 

He'd struggle with Chagaev's counterpunching southpaw style

He'd struggle with Haye's faster hands and straight right, based on last night. If Chambers had Haye's power he'd be counting ceiling tiles

A few of the others would be close. I'd prefer to see him progress slowly

 

any fighter that can box and move well will give him major problems. that would help neutralize his workrate. i think sultan would outpoint him w/his mayweather potshoting style. other than that i think he does quite well h2h. he can outwork most of the top 10hws. chagaev and valuev aren't active or mobile enough.

limited power punchers like peter and virchis will surely test his unproven chin or in peter's case, the back of his head those are difficult fights to call but rather exciting. hate to say it, but peter has improved enough technically to beat povetkin. peter also moves pretty well to for a big man.

 

I think Povetkin, while I dont like him one bit, is favourite against pretty much all of these guys. I picked Chagaev to beat him however, I surprise myself in actually having a high opinion of Ruslan. Quite a skilled and clean all round type of fighter.

 

I would also pick Haye, Peter and Maskaev (the punchers) to beat him if his chin seems weak. He has not really been in there with a banger yet.

 

haye could knock him out. he is fast and powerful, povetkin already had problems with chambers rights, he hasn't fought a puncher yet. big mistake from him not fighting a couple of punchers first before he steps up to the biggest puncher wlad.

 

Povetkin beats Thompson and Gomez.

 

At present he would lose to most but given 4 or 5 fights against good opposition he may well still dominate. Most of those guys have been exposed in one way or another and the one thing Povetkin needs is experience at the level those guys are on before getting chucked in the deep end.