Even if Povetkin loses, he should stay around

There’s still decent fights out there for him if he still wants to fight, even if he loses this. I think if he loses has to accept the fact is not going to be getting title fights against Fury and Joshua but still plenty of fights he could have, against the likes of Usyk, Chisora, Ruiz, Wilder, Parker, Pulev Ortiz etc.. But he’s 40 and has made decent money and realistically won’t be able to compete at the top level if he can’t beat Whyte, I mean he couldn’t even beat Hunter in the last fight. Depends how much desire he has to still be a fringe contender or eventual gatekeeper.

Not sure what NSB was? Non-Stop Boxing

Interesting. Carnelo fails a PED test = gets castrated, NSB refuses to acknowledge his #1 status over it. Fury once failed a PED test = gets castrated, NSB keeps bringing it up. PEDvetkin fails multiple tests including one before a Wilder fight = NSB applauds this man and wants him to keep fighting. Can't make it up. Not sure what NSB was? But Povetkin was cleared for the wilder fight, it was agreed that the substance was taken while it was still legal to take. The second one , which I think was a year later from memory - was a substance which didn’t quite make sense - body building I think - and was a minimal quantity that may not have had an impact. There is obviously always a shadow cast now but personally I like to give people the benefit of the doubt - it’s not like the Miller situation. Canelo and Fury have been allowed just to get on like it never happened to be honest, Whyte has had a lot more stick on here - it’s more down to the opponent and people using it as a reason to talk about it to suit their narrative than anything else

Let’s see how he performs first as when you get older it can sometimes only take one fight to look old. His previous performances have not been ones suggesting he should retire just yet though. Remember how poor Klitschko was against fury but then came back in much better shape two years later versus Joshua - I know he retired then but there are many other examples.

Yeah, why not? Heavyweight is pretty weak anyway... Yes, if old crew retires, it will be even worse.

Let him fight old ortiz a battle of old uns. If wilder loses to fury, he might want povetkin

Why not? His fights are usually fun, would love Ruiz fight.

Yeah, why not? Heavyweight is pretty weak anyway...

I really want to see Povetkin vs Wilder, especially since Fury proved the Povetkin strategy of taking the fight to Wilder works.

Povetkin is one of those guys that have fully proven they belong to top 10. From 2013 till now he beat the whole bunch of gatekeepers and fringe contenders. Even if he loses I still wanna see his old ass fighting guys like Ruiz, Ortiz, Charles Martin, maybe even Wilder. Povetkin is one of the most proven heavyweights, no need to retire at all. I agree, really I don't want to see guys retire before they really want to, and who ever really wants to? Cats act like losing later in your career somehow degrades your resume, I disagree.

I agree. Povetkin has plenty left to offer the heavyweight division. I’d love to see him in against AK or Andy Ruiz.

yea i wanna see the Ortiz fight before they retire.