What next for Alex Povetkin?

[jisi]

He should retire.

Povetkin had two times to box for the Championship. And he pulls out two times.

He is 31 years old. He should retire from pro boxing sport.

No one needs such a "contender"!!!

[King Koopa]

Valuev, Boystov, or Ustinov

Valuev and Ustinov would be immediate GREAT help in preparing for the bigger, taller, and longer Klitschko

Boystov I think would be a good bout, sure to end in KO, with two undefeated fighters

[nomadman]

Two words readily spring to mind here: Who Cares?

I was never that sold on Povetkin, though I thought he might have become a decent contender at least after his win over Chambers. But he ended up fighting a string of nobodies for two years instead, all the while being Wlad's mandatory, a position which it's now clear he never had any intention of honouring. And I don't pin the blame entirely at Atlas's door either. All this nonsense about not being ready was coming from Povetkin's camp even before Atlas took over, as was the endless stream of excuses, injuries and other delaying tactics. Povetkin never wanted to fight Wlad period, for the very simple reason that he knew he'd lose. Povetkin simply doesn't have the speed, power, aggression or unorthodoxness to trouble Wlad, and no amount of 'tune ups' or Tyson-esque head-bobbing (courtesy of Mr Atlas) is going to make a damn bit of difference. Which leaves Povetkin in the uneviable but entirely justified position of being a low-level contender getting on in years and having to work his way up the rankings again without, preferably, having to fight anyone with a pulse. Oh well.