Comments Thread For: Roman Karmazin: Povetkin is Too Small for a Heavyweight

[SN!PER]

Looks like this guy has no idea what's he talking about.

[Ryn0]

he just can't beat Wlad
FWIW, he was beating everybody else for the most part
thought before guys like him and Chambers should downsize to CW
might still be a good move for him if he could possibly do it
there's not gonna be a Wlad rematch, he needs to do something
if he stays at HW, he's stuck being somewhere below the top spot
he didn't mind milking a fake WBA belt before though, so whatever

I don't know he looks like he is a very thick guy, put on a bit of muscle as well. He might be small but I can't imagine him squeezing any lower than a few pounds below what he is now.

[TheGreatA]

Povetkin isn't small, he probably just wasn't eating the right things or doing enough training.

Right now he looks very solid between 225-230 pounds.



Compared to a few years ago:

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He's too vertically small to reign as heavyweight champion. He's running on boxing fundamentals alone and we saw how far that got him VS Wlad who physically toyed with him.

There's also a possibility that despite being a better boxer than Wilder (et al) and having just as much muscle mass, he just won't be able to get past the range disadvantage.

People were disappointed that he didn't walk through "smaller" Huck... Well they're basically the same size...

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

Am I the only one that feels that Povetkin would have had a great shot at a KO with Wladamir if it wasn't for all the .......I don't even know what to call it because it was like holding and leaning or laying on Povetkin. Total bull**** fight. The ref should have gotten suspended and investigated. I don't trust that ref from PR (Luis **bron) and my family is from PR so F**k that ref! I usually support Wladimir but I'm mad at him for that fight. He robbed us of what could have been a great boxing match.

If the ref does his job then Povetkin can definitely compete at heavyweight.

I do know believe that he would be the favourite going into that fight.

Only prime Vitali and MAYBE ( and that's big one) prime David Haye would beat this Povetkin. If Haye fights this Povetkin after his (possible) comeback he would get knocked out and I think he knows it.