Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
Luiz Ortiz has been very overrated. His resume is awful except for Jennings. He fought an opponent in his pro debut in his 18th pro fight. Tony Thompson was good in his late 30s, but he was a faded age 45 when he fought Ortiz. Monte Barrett was well over 40 and a full decade past his prime.

Povetkin has fought much better opposition. He went the distance with a still-prime Klitschko. His only other loss, when he was himself past prime, was to Joshua. Both prime Klitschko and current Joshua are much better than Wilder, who twice stopped Ortiz.

Nobody here disagrees that Povetkin's resume is superior to Ortiz's. But my question to you would be comparing Michael Hunter's resume versus Bryant Jennings, the former an opponent of Povetkin's and the latter an opponent of Ortiz. Jennings may be washed up and on his way out now, but when he fought Ortiz he was just off a UD loss to Wlad and a decision win over Mike Perez just before that. He entered the Wlad fight as the #2, 3, and 4 ranked (WBA, WBO, and IBF respectively) ranked heavyweight in the world. Hunter by contrast, had done absolute jack at heavy before his split decision draw vs Povetkin. Which is why I don't see using Jennings, Hunter, or Perez for that matter to advance arguments about Povetkin's resume vs Ortiz. Not even Byrd, who was just a washed up shell of himself when he faced the young, hungry Povetkin. What's your take on this................. Freedom?