Povetkin is better than Ortiz

[Sid-Knee]

Do you realize Pedvetkin has literally never knocked out a fighter ranked as low as Bryant Jennings, Stiverne, or Ortiz?

Jennings was ranked in the top 4 and as low as #2 when he took Klitschko to a 12 round decision and scores of 116-111 on 2 judges cards.

Stiverne & Ortiz were ranked in the top 4 when Wilder beat them too.

The lowest ranked fighter Pedvetkin has fought recently was Takam 4 years ago and he was ranked like 10th lol.


Huck wasn't better than Cunningham who already stopped him, wasn't better than Adamek who beat Cunningham, wasn't better than Jones, or Glowacki who would later stop him as well. Huck got a gift decision to Ramirez, Olafabi, and Arslan.
The guy was the paper champion of cruiser and he took Pedvetkin to his limit, 0 wins over a HW btw.

Scott beat the 10 count and was composed, the ref waved it off anyway. He wasn't shot either, he was just outclassed.

Tony Thompson was still capable of beating 85% of the division including David Price whom Pedvetkin beat to earn a shot at AJ lmao. You keep trying to hype up these scrubs while downplaying the guys ranked ahead of them it's embarrassing.

Ortiz hasn't knocked out Stiverne or a fighter at his level either. So I have no idea where you going with this.

Jennings was ranked top 4 when he fought Wlad? Show me those deranged rankings that had this nobody that high?

Stiverne's ranking was bull**** as well. How do you get into the top 4 when your biggest win is against a bum in Arreola who should never have been in the top 10 either? What did Arreola do to be a top 10 fighter? These are American rankings of bull****. They're just sticking fighters wherever they want to paint a different picture to what reality states.

You're questioning who Povetkin knocked out, yeah? Who the hell did Ortiz knock out you idiot?

Cunningham wasn't even in the division when Huck fought Povetkin, so again, you're wrong. Neither was Adamek.

Do you know what, I've put up with your stupidity for far too long now. You're crazy deluded who doesn't even know what the **** they're on about. Bye.

[Mr Objecitivity]

Was Povetkin fat when he competed at Amateur level at Heavyweight?

Yes, he was! He's ALWAYS been fat, even from his professional boxing debut bout.

He's been carrying over 20 pounds of unnecessary / extra body fat / weight for years, which if he dropped, would've allowed him to make the cruiser weight or probably even the light heavyweight division.

Even Oleksandr Usyk is physically bigger in size than Alexander Povetkin. That should tell you all you need to know about how small a 'heavyweight' Povetkin is, when even a cruiser weight is bigger than him.

If Usyk carried anywhere near the amount of fat that Povetkin carries, he'd easily weigh 230+ pounds himself.

All of that is academic, because Povetkin is still arguably better than Luis Ortiz. Despite his shortcomings in size.

[Ajvar]

Pov takes ONE tough shot and is finished. Ortiz took punishment, knocked down, got up and almost finished opponent. And got up from canvas 3 times.
Povetkin is old and bony. Ortiz has meat around his chin and brain and can widthhold damage better. Ortiz is more dangerous.

[Ray*]

just shows you the continued poor state of the HW division when fans are arguing which 40 year old, that their favorite HW boxer beat, is better lol

Yeah not sure what’s going on with us boxing fans.

[Sid-Knee]

Yes, he was! He's ALWAYS been fat, even from his professional boxing debut bout.

He's been carrying over 20 pounds of unnecessary / extra body fat / weight for years, which if he dropped, would've allowed him to make the cruiser weight or probably even the light heavyweight division.

Even Oleksandr Usyk is physically bigger in size than Alexander Povetkin. That should tell you all you need to know about how small a 'heavyweight' Povetkin is, when even a cruiser weight is bigger than him.

If Usyk carried anywhere near the amount of fat that Povetkin carries, he'd easily weigh 230+ pounds himself.

All of that is academic, because Povetkin is still arguably better than Luis Ortiz. Despite his shortcomings in size.

If you think Povetkin was fat at the Olympics, then I think you need your eyes testing. He was trim and slender, not fat. He put on weight when he turned pro, but he is a natural Heavyweight. No way he's coming close to slimming his frame down to Lightheavy. He'd look like skeletor if he did and would be in no fit shape to fight.

[Mr Objecitivity]

If you think Povetkin was fat at the Olympics, then I think you need your eyes testing. He was trim and slender, not fat. He put on weight when he turned pro, but he is a natural Heavyweight. No way he's coming close to slimming his frame down to Lightheavy. He'd look like skeletor if he did and would be in no fit shape to fight.

What has to be taken into consideration, is that the current heavyweight division is a lot different from the past heavyweight divisions, including the past amateur heavyweight divisions.

The heavyweights today are MUCH bigger in size (weight, height and reach) on average than they were in the past. If you look at Povetkin, you'll find he's the smallest heavyweight today out of the other current top 10 heavyweights. His combination of height, weight and reach is smaller than that of any other top 10 heavyweight today.

And then you look at today's cruiser weights. Most of them are as big as Povetkin in terms of size. And some are even bigger.

These factors convinces me that Povetkin is much better off competing at cruiser weight, than at heavyweight TODAY. Especially considering he is smaller than all other top 10 heavyweight members and that most guys in the cruiser weight division are around his own size. He can get better competitive match ups in the cruiser weight division than at heavyweight against elite heavyweights like Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury or Wladimir Klitshcko.

I'm not claiming Povetkin can't beat good heavyweights. But my point is, at the elite / highest level, his lack of size will always be his downfall. Just like how Golovkin could beat some lower level light heavyweights like Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, Alexander Brand and etc. But his lack of size will pretty much always be his downfall at the highest level against elite light heavyweights like Sergey Kovalev, Artur Beterbiev, Oleksandr Gvozdyk and etc.