Quote Originally Posted by palmerq View Post
Quote Originally Posted by ykdadamaja View Post
I wrote this thinking about Povetkin in particular. I just don't think he can do it. I really don't think he can do it. Sure, he nearly decapitated Duhappas and mugged Wach, but can he really reach a good big guy?
povetkin is 6 foot 2. so he is a bit bigger than 6 feet or under, but anyway he could certainly beat parker and would be in with a very good chance of beating wilder. I wouldn't give him 0 chance of beating joshua either but povetkin is pretty open to a jab and getting hit straight down the middle(isnt great at moving his head), so I would think joshua would land something big and blow him up at some time. You make a good point though as povetkin is a talented fellow who has had a good career, 2 time euro amateur chamapion, world amateur champ and olympic gold he held the fake wba title too for a while but his biggest(haha) problem would be the height of his opposition, you could also out that down to his fighting style too though. Povetkin could easily win a world title, maybe two but I doubt he would be undiputed champ.. it is possible for someone povetkins height to be undisputed champ though, certainly not easy but being smaller and around 220 lbs has some advantages at heavyweight in my opinion(it is very difficult to fuel 250 lbs of muscle for 12 rounds ), I also thing really good big guys are pretty rare, for every joshua, wlad/vitali you get a load of dimentrenkos, wachs and valuevs :S


but all of that is not what is holding povetkin back, he does have a bad habit of failing drug tests :S(although I think the first one might have been very hars)
I know, but Povetkin still looks like a small 6 ft 2 too. Sorta like Dokes who looked closer to the 6ft mark than he did the 6 ft 3 mark. Guys who are not giants, by any stretch.