Originally posted by soul_survivor
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I mean, Povetkin fought an unbeaten Eddie Chambers when Povetkin was a Pro novice. This was the time when Povetkin still kind of fought like an amateur. I remember that fight, he fought his heart out throwing 80 punches a round and really really giving his all. I was very impressed with him.
Povetkin hasn't had an easy ride in the pros man, he's come up tough. Larry Donald, Ed Mahone - Solid gate keepers in his first whatever fights.
Then fights unbeaten top ranked opponent in Chambers only to take on a former champion Chris Byrd. Follows up with solid wins over Chagaev, Boswell and Marco Huck (however dubious you think that decision was). Then fights unbeaten Wawrzyk who wasn't much but was discussed as a potential Klitschko "stay busy" fight at the time.
He CLEARLY deserved a shot at Klitschko and has since followed his loss up with 3 really solid wins.
Povetkin is a top heavyweight man and he deserves respect for not being one of these guys with padded records.
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