Wilder is a ko waiting to happen

[kiaba360]

Povetkin is basically the only "short" (not giant) top heavyweight though. Everyone else including the up-and-comers is 6'4"+.

Glazkov, Cunningham, Tarver, Takam, Chagaev, Stiverne, Szpilka, Perez, and Jennings are all under 6'4. However, reach is what really matters, as Jennings/Cunningham has long arms for his height. The other guys don't have an 80-inch reach iirc.

[Scott9945]

Wlad is way more polished than Wilder

That's actually an understatement. They are two different classes of fighter.

[TripleGFightFan]

Joshua's gonna do it...and this new povetkin is scary so he might chin check wilder.

[umop-ap!sdn]

Easy to say in hindsight. Reality may have been different. Obviously Lennox is one of the greatest heavyweights ever, but the Golotas and Bowes of the world could have looked like plodding piles of **** against Wladimir.

Yah it's true but Lewis had far more able bodied Heavyweights to fight. Not just big men, but big men with skill. I highly doubt Klitchko has as good a career in Lewis's era as Lewis does. Would love to see how he would handle an inside fighting headbutting workaholic like Holyfield for example. Wlad's run is kinda similar to Larry Holmes own IMO because they were both in between waves. After the Great HW era of Ali, Frazier, Foreman etc we had the Holmes era of him and nobodies. Than we got the Era of Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe and their cast of solid contending heavies like Golota, Grant, Tua, Botha, etc. Than Wlads era came and he's had nobody to tango with that means anything. Now that his era is coming to its final lap, in the rear view mirror we have certified talented HW beasts like Wilder, Fury and Joshua on the come up to compete for control of the wheel plus solid contenders like Jennings and Stiverne keeping their names relevant as threats. Hopefully more HW's emerge in the next few years to add to the pool of talented BIG Heavies!

[SlySlickSmooth]

Guess you could say they're smart to let Wilder get 2, possibly 3, more fights in before the Russians force the Povetkin fight.

The French guy had calves 3 times as big as Wilder's legs and took plenty of flush shots. However hitting Wilder wasn't necessarily a problem at times. He just couldn't fight well and consistent enough against Wilder's stature.

[BWC]

Povetkin is going to spark him.

Povetkin is too short and stubby-armed to spark Wilder. Wilder will simply use his reach to pound Sasha into dust

[puro dinamita]

Hands down,chin high...it will end brutally very soon

couldn't agree more

[BOMB ZQUAD]

Povetkin is too short and stubby-armed to spark Wilder. Wilder will simply use his reach to pound Sasha into dust

And Wilder isn't open ever in the center lmao!

Povetkin has much more power than Johann, not to mention loves to get on the inside (center) where Wilder tends to leave himself open too often.

Wilder is the favorite IMHO, the athleticism, reach, height will be huge factors when Povetkin is up.

We'll just have to see how well Povetkin does againt a tall opponent like Wach, if completely walks through him then in no doubt Povetkin is gonna be the favorite

[MPX309]

How Wilder has gotten this far undefeated already is mind baffling.

[Outwest Exp 355]

There is some truth to what you're saying. Stiverne landed on him, but he was reaching with his punches and his feet weren't set because he constantly had to move to get into range. Wilder just shrugged them off and laughed at him because they were probably only 40% of Stiverne's close range power.

At the same time they are going to taste Wilders power. To me Wilder is vulnerable on the inside. If I were his trainer that would be my main focus.