What did Povetkin lack to make him champion?

[eco1]

You don’t win Olympic gold and lack mental toughness ,you can’t just enter an Olympic fight and win there’s a commitment from day one to win one early in ones life which requires toughing out very enduring body beatings day in and out For a long time . There’s not one gold medalists that hasn’t been fighting as a kid beyond AJ that I know of.

Or metal game?

I mean, sometimes he looses focus in fights and that is why he gets hit.

I like Povetkin and would love to see him win a belt.

[Zelda]

Fury, Wilder, and Joshua are big guys and it was/is difficult to get the belt from them. What Povetkin lacked is a smart manager and promoter who would have got him a title fight against Stiverne or Martin.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Povetkin has been around and he is one of the few remaining HWs from the 2000s. If Klit wasnt around, he could have been more relevant.

But ive always like Povetkin. When he was coming up in the ranks, i raved about the combination punches he threw for a HW.

Povetkin is dope

[BodyBagz]

Was never good enough.

[Marchegiano]

Stiverne tested positive for peds and Povetkin still agreed to fight so the only one that stopped that one was Stiverne so not sure how he stopped anything ? Stiverne got his title shot anyway somehow and that’s be they knew he was out of boxing for 2 years .

What’s Stiverne best win ?

I'm not sure what event you're referring to. You mean the post Wilder elim Pov ducked?