The best heavyweight to never hold a title

HistoryZero26 · Nov 15, 2024

MarkusFlorez99 said: ↑

No, but it existed and atp it's major. Mercer was a WBO world champ in the record books, even though it didn't have the status and recognition it does now.
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WBO gained that status because of an increased quality in the level of its title matchups.

Put to the test · Nov 15, 2024

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fencik45 · Nov 15, 2024

MorvidusStyle said: ↑

I think Povetkin was largely thwarted by Klitschkos controlling all the belts, Wlad with most and Vitali always delaying fights with injuries.
Even without the octopus cheating, Wlad probably still wins in a shootout but Povetkin has a better shot.

Then Stiverne gets lucky because he fights for the belt when Vitali finally went away. Povetkin in that position would almost certainly win the belt, quite possibly beat Wilder and then have a decent run.

However, Fury would also have likely beaten Povetkin unless he fooled around. Size difference is immense. So he would probably stop Povetkin dominating.

But back to Povetkin's actual path. He had a few more title opportunities but the Wilder fight was cancelled for traces of an over-the-counter drug and then he had to fight AJ pretty old. Those were winnable fights in his prime and the Wilder one was winnable then as well.

After that he beats Whyte in an elim then has to do it twice and this time has Covid fallout and can't perform.

So he was pretty unlucky, yeah.
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I agreed until the part about Fury beating Povetkin. Fury never beat anyone worth a damn who was anywhere near prime.

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