Wilder offers a totally different kind of offence. Can't compare the two at all. Povetkin used technical and boxing skill to get on the inside and land over the jab. Wilder tries to throw hooks through the guard.
Parker can still do well and be a contender in this division. He should have had better exposure in his earlier fights but can still learn. Whyte showed him the dark side of the fight business yesterday, and Parker will improve from it.
I don't think his power is beyond anything other Heavyweights have. He can use the haymaker better than others, but throwing proper punches I'd say there's a few Heavys out there that hit harder.
Cant be mad at Wilder. His support and fan base built him up to be some kind of boxing god when all he ever really did is go into every fight with a punchers chance and go for percentage.
A boxer manhandled him the way you expect that type of fighter to be handled.
About to make quite a controversial opinion here, but I think both struggle (not lose to) with Saunders. They won't want him for their next fight and IMO will both look for pretty routine victories to build momentum.
The plain and simple fact is AJ would be generating all of the money and interest in the fight outside of boxing regulars and NZ - which is a massive amount of the profits.
Parker would be lucky to be offered a few Mil over his average earnings.
It's a business at the end of the day, they're prize fighters.
Take the fight and beat the man if you want to be the man.
I think a lot of this is due to American fighters not looking to fight outside the USA unless they're after a belt. Fighters elsewhere will fight in different places to build their profile.
Skillwise he can give the top guys trouble, activity wise he is in a poor state and time is against him. If he beats Bellew he would still be a couple fights away from the big fights.
Only exception may be Fury, they could help each other get back where they need to be.