Wlad is getting older, it is normal. He makes a hard sport for more than 20 years. Many man would be lucky to look like Wlad in his age about 37 years. Watch around how the most look. Fat and old. Wlad is looking very good and very athletic body.
Yeah, but he's still 37, and Povetkin has the age advantage. Add to that the fact that Povetkin also has the hometown advantage, and you have to admit there's a chance of an upset.
One is an undefeated, #1 Russian heavyweight, and Russians seems to care about pro boxing lately. The other one is the best boxer in the world. Enormous amount of money invested in the fight also helps.
Wlad, Vitali, Povetkin, Pulev and Fury are the best HWs. How can Wlad be the best if he never fought any of them and how can he be the best fighter in the world when he's been fighting unranked nobodies?
His lifts are very uninspiring, why is he doing low reps in preparation for a boxing match? I mean, surely he's going to have Wladimir the octopus lean on him constantly, but doing low rep bench press won't allow him to prepare for that, he's better off doing 225lbs to failure on 2-3 days a week, and focus on squats and other exercises which will allow him to push Wladimir off more effectively. I would not be surprised if we saw a very stiff Povetkin, lacking headmovement and just looking plain lethargic in there. Heavy lifts are not beneficial for his task at hand, sorry to say.