Comments Thread For: Photos: Anthony Joshua, Alexander Povetkin - Go Face To Face

[Floydushka]

Povetkin's right hand knuckle is a scare.

[BLASTER1]

Ring Magazine Top Ten Heavyweights
(1) Joshua
(2) Wilder
(3) Povetkin
(4) Parker
(5) Ortiz
(6) Whyte
(7) Breazeale
(8) Miller
(9) Kownacki
(10) Fury

Joshua Has fought 5 of 9 top fighters in the division & that's not including Vlad Klits! Wilder has faced only one of the top ten heavyweights which was Ortiz! By the end of next year its possible you can add Wilder & Fury to that list to make it 7 of 9 for Joshua! So please tell me why people are claiming Joshua is afraid to fight Wilder? One guy has 20 pro fights while the other has 40 pro fights! How does the guy with 20 pro fights resume is 10x better than the guy with 40 pro fights? I know we live in a world that's full of hate but I recall those same so call boxing fans who's jump on Wilder's bandwagon was hating him 12 months ago! Everyone seems to be emotional when it comes to AJ/Wilder but if you sit your emotions to the side for a moment & check the facts, you will see there is no comparison when it comes to their careers! Men lie, women lie, numbers don't!

As if you dont know.
C'mon man everyone has ducked Wilder cause hes too good.
The same way AJ speaks quack.

[Blond Beast]

All I know is if it’s true that they were only giving Wilder a flat rate and no percentage, they didn’t want the fight. Make millions fighting big underdogs, makes sense. Even if they beat Wilder, Then what? Just better not lose first.

[Someone88]

This is a great fight! Cannot wait for it!

[Soultrane]

I saw odds for Povetkin via decision at 28-1 Those are Buster Douglas in Tokyo numbers.

I think I might drop some dough on it. You could get a years salary with that.

Here's my reasoning.

1) Common Opponents. Going back to the 2004 Olympics, Povetkin beat the crap out of Cammarelle, the Italian cop. In 2012, AJ faced that same Italian cop, who I guess works a beat in between the Olympics, and was given a gift. Takam. AJ made Takam look like the return of Holyfield. I don't think he could have knocked Takam out in 20 rounds, but again, the officials gave him a gift. Povetkin knocked Takam clean out, I mean he put him to sleep.

Wlad, I don't even count that... yes, if AJ just holds him the whole fight and leans on him, he'll win the decision, but if he does that, he won't be able to sell out even half of Wembley in April.

2) Styles. Yes, Povetkin is old. Yes, he must have slowed down, and yes he's off the juice (although don't discount that Ruskie scientists have come up w some new stuff that VADA doesn't even test for yet).

This would be a real disadvantage against a very fast guy, like Wilder. But against a relatively stationery guy with not much footwork, I see Povetkin being able to get to the side against AJ and smash him with those hooks. AJ has a 45 degree straight ahead game, Povetkin has a 180 degree game.

I think Povetkin would have beat Wilder pretty badly if that fight happened as planned, I don't think he could beat him in 2019 though. It would be roughly the same outcome as the Ortiz fight.

But, in this fight, against AJ, the biggest fight of his career, the whole Russian ppl behind him, he might outpoint AJ in a 12 rounder, maybe 7 rounds to 5.

Show me where I'm wrong....