Top 5 best Povetkin performances?

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  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Which would your 5 picks be for Povetkin best performances?
     
  2. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Byrd, Chambers, Takam, Perez, Charr.
     
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  3. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    5 Best:
    Chris Byrd
    Mike Perez
    Eddie Chambers
    Mahmoud Charr
    Andrzej Wawrzyk

    In no particular order. And honorable mention to the Anthony Joshua fight, even tho he lost it. The couple fights prior to this one, and also afterwards, Povetkin did not look all that good - but he looked pretty good against Joshua.

    5 Worst:
    Dillian Whyte II
    Marco Huck
    Wladimir Klitschko
    David Price
    Christian Hammer
     
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  4. BCS8

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    I'll tip my hat to his Chagaev and Hunter performances.

    Chagaev because he was a legit tough dude and at the top of his powers at the time. Not easy to beat a guy like that.

    Hunter because Povetkin was old and kind of shopworn going up against a young lion with momentum. Usually the older fighter loses those.

    Also knocking out a determined looking version of Price was not bad. David could crack hard and was always dangerous.
     
  5. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He looked amazing in the Duhaupas fight but he was juiced to the grills.
     
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  6. Kratos

    Kratos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Roided povetkin from the charr to duhaupas fight would have beaten most heavyweights, it was a crazy run lol
     
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  7. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Saw the Eddie Chambers fight a few months ago that one impressed me with Povetkin's workrate.
     
  8. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Povetkin ve Takam was an epic battle.
     
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  9. GlaukosTheHammer

    GlaukosTheHammer Boxing Addict Full Member

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  10. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    1) Whyte. To come from behind and deliver arguably the best HW one shot KO of the last 20 years. Yeah no doubt. He actually lifted Whyte slightly off the canvas with that uppercut.

    2) Takam. Awesome fight

    3) Perez. Looked awesome and ended it with a quick crafty right hook.

    4) Chagaev. Again dug deep to defeat a still VERY good fighter in Ruslan. Always thought prime Chagaev was a very underrated fighter. Woulda LOVED to have seen Ibragimov vs Chagaev!

    5) Chambers. Beating Chambers was no easy task back then.
     
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  11. fencik45

    fencik45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    every notable athlete on the planet is juiced to the gills.