how many days till AJ has to fight POVETKIN---

[dickbelden]

AJ's mandatory ?

[Boxing Writer]

Don't worry, AJ will gladly fight him next. Povetkin is taylor made for AJ. Uppercut will finish him.

[DrDuke]

Povetkin must be given that opportunity. If not, why had all those promises been made and why Povetkin had been taken to the UK for the build-up mismatch?

[Enlightened-One]

Povetkin must be given that opportunity. If not, why had all those promises been made and why Povetkin had been taken to the UK for the build-up mismatch?

Povetkin was employed as substitute to replace Parker if the Kiwi had to withdraw for any reason.

It also gave Matchroom an opportunity to familiarise Povetkin's name to casual fight fans in the UK, as it would help market a future bout between Povetkin and Joshua.

[Luis Fernando12]

Don't worry, AJ will gladly fight him next. Povetkin is taylor made for AJ. Uppercut will finish him.

AJ's power has been exposed to be grossly overrated now. He couldn't even cleanly KO a chinny old Wladimir Klitschko who was knocked out in his younger days far more brutally by much smaller boxers than Anthony Joshua. Yet, despite Joshua landing his best uppercut on a 41 year old Wladimir Klitschko (after pulling his head down illegally), Wlad still wasn't knocked out and was still standing on his feet.

Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker fights also prove how overrated Joshua's power is. Alexander Povetkin knocked prime Carlos Takam out unconscious. Yet, Anthony Joshua didn't even come close to achieving this same feat against an even older and a more declined version of Carlos Takam.

Joseph Parker also ate Joshua's punches and uppercuts without any problems either.

Alexander Povetkin has never been KO'ed in his entire combat sport career, despite 2 decades of competing. That involves participating in 200 + kickboxing + amateur boxing + pro boxing bouts combined. Joshua is unlikely to KO Povetkin if he couldn't even KO Wladimir Klitschko who has a far weaker chin.

I'm not saying Povetkin is going to KO Joshua either. But you're either grossly underestimating just how durable Povetkin is, or overestimating Joshua's punching power or both if you think Joshua is just going to go in there and finish Povetkin that easily.

The fight likely goes the distance!

[DrDuke]

Povetkin must be given that opportunity. If not, why had all those promises been made and why Povetkin had been taken to the UK for the build-up mismatch?

Povetkin was employed as substitute to replace Parker if the Kiwi had to withdraw for any reason.

It also gave Matchroom an opportunity to familiarise Povetkin's name to casual fight fans in the UK, as it would help market a future bout between Povetkin and Joshua.

That's true. And now it's time to make it.

[Boxing Writer]

Don't worry, AJ will gladly fight him next. Povetkin is taylor made for AJ. Uppercut will finish him.

AJ's power has been exposed to be grossly overrated now. He couldn't even cleanly KO a chinny old Wladimir Klitschko who was knocked out in his younger days far more brutally by much smaller boxers than Anthony Joshua. Yet, despite Joshua landing his best uppercut on a 41 year old Wladimir Klitschko (after pulling his head down illegally), Wlad still wasn't knocked out and was still standing on his feet.

Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker fights also prove how overrated Joshua's power is. Alexander Povetkin knocked prime Carlos Takam out unconscious. Yet, Anthony Joshua didn't even come close to achieving this same feat against an even older and a more declined version of Carlos Takam.

Joseph Parker also ate Joshua's punches and uppercuts without any problems either.

Alexander Povetkin has never been KO'ed in his entire combat sport career, despite 2 decades of competing. That involves participating in 200 + kickboxing + amateur boxing + pro boxing bouts combined. Joshua is unlikely to KO Povetkin if he couldn't even KO Wladimir Klitschko who has a far weaker chin.

I'm not saying Povetkin is going to KO Joshua either. But you're either grossly underestimating just how durable Povetkin is, or overestimating Joshua's punching power or both if you think Joshua is just going to go in there and finish Povetkin that easily.

The fight likely goes the distance!

Joshua had a lot of problems in landing clean punches against Takam and Parker, because both were fighting in the survival mode. Why people give Povetkin a benefite of doubt saying he didn't KO Rudenko and Hammer because they were fighting in the survival mode but not for Joshua? Especially considering that Takam and Parker are much better fighters than Rudenko and Hammer. Povetkin won't be trying just to survive against AJ, he will come to win and he will get hit with clean punches. Even David Price hit him with good power punches in rounds 1 and 3, so Joshua definitely will hit him more.

[DrDuke]

Joshua had a lot of problems in landing clean punches against Takam and Parker, because both were fighting in the survival mode. Why people give Povetkin a benefite of doubt saying he didn't KO Rudenko and Hammer because they were fighting in the survival mode but not for Joshua?

How was Parker surviving, if he had thrown more, than Joshua?

Povetkin won't be trying just to survive against AJ, he will come to win and he will get hit with clean punches. Even David Price hit him with good power punches in rounds 1 and 3, so Joshua definitely will hit him more.

Povetkin's chin is very good. And Povetkin himself will definitely land on Joshua, while Joshua's ability to take that is more questionable.

[Luis Fernando12]

Don't worry, AJ will gladly fight him next. Povetkin is taylor made for AJ. Uppercut will finish him.

AJ's power has been exposed to be grossly overrated now. He couldn't even cleanly KO a chinny old Wladimir Klitschko who was knocked out in his younger days far more brutally by much smaller boxers than Anthony Joshua. Yet, despite Joshua landing his best uppercut on a 41 year old Wladimir Klitschko (after pulling his head down illegally), Wlad still wasn't knocked out and was still standing on his feet.

Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker fights also prove how overrated Joshua's power is. Alexander Povetkin knocked prime Carlos Takam out unconscious. Yet, Anthony Joshua didn't even come close to achieving this same feat against an even older and a more declined version of Carlos Takam.

Joseph Parker also ate Joshua's punches and uppercuts without any problems either.

Alexander Povetkin has never been KO'ed in his entire combat sport career, despite 2 decades of competing. That involves participating in 200 + kickboxing + amateur boxing + pro boxing bouts combined. Joshua is unlikely to KO Povetkin if he couldn't even KO Wladimir Klitschko who has a far weaker chin.

I'm not saying Povetkin is going to KO Joshua either. But you're either grossly underestimating just how durable Povetkin is, or overestimating Joshua's punching power or both if you think Joshua is just going to go in there and finish Povetkin that easily.

The fight likely goes the distance!

Joshua had a lot of problems in landing clean punches against Takam and Parker, because both were fighting in the survival mode. Why people give Povetkin a benefite of doubt saying he didn't KO Rudenko and Hammer because they were fighting in the survival mode but not for Joshua? Especially considering that Takam and Parker are much better fighters than Rudenko and Hammer. Povetkin won't be trying just to survive against AJ, he will come to win and he will get hit with clean punches. Even David Price hit him with good power punches in rounds 1 and 3, so Joshua definitely will hit him more.

I never claimed Povetkin was some monstrous puncher. So him not knocking out Hammer and Rudenko is understandable to me.

Joshua is a muscular, 240+ pound and a 6 foot 6 super heavyweight. What excuse does he have of not being able to KO much smaller opponents like Takam?

Meanwhile, Povetkin is a pudgy / chubby blown up cruiser weight at 6 foot 2, 220 pounds and is nearing age 40. So what if he couldn't KO his much bigger sized opponents? He has a legitimate excuse unlike Anthony Joshua!

Wladimir Klitschko didn't come to survive against Joshua and Joshua still couldn't cleanly KO Wladimir Klitschko who has an extremely suspect chin. The fight was arguably stopped prematurely whilst Wlad was blocking every punch from Joshua whilst leaning against the ropes.

In fact, in Joshua's 21 fights, he never KO'ed a single opponent unconscious or cold like how Povetkin knocked out Johan Duhaupas and Carlos Takam. That's how overrated Joshua's punching power really is! Of course he hits plenty hard. But not as hard as his record suggests and some of his fanboys seem to suggest. And I can assure you that Joshua doesn't hit anywhere near as hard as a prime Wladimir Klitschko (who Povetkin went 12 rounds against whilst coming forward and attacking for full 12 rounds and still taking a beating from Wlad).

Anthony Joshua isn't knocking out Alexander Povetkin. Unless the fight is stopped on cuts or on a premature stoppage (like against Carlos Takam).

It's more likely Povetkin stops Joshua due to Joshua gassing, rather than Joshua knocking out Povetkin. Otherwise, the most likely outcome is that this fight lasts the distance as it did against Parker and should've against Takam. And Parker didn't come to survive. Parker landed plenty of punches, especially to the body. Whilst Joshua was holding incessantly.

[Boxing Writer]

AJ's power has been exposed to be grossly overrated now. He couldn't even cleanly KO a chinny old Wladimir Klitschko who was knocked out in his younger days far more brutally by much smaller boxers than Anthony Joshua. Yet, despite Joshua landing his best uppercut on a 41 year old Wladimir Klitschko (after pulling his head down illegally), Wlad still wasn't knocked out and was still standing on his feet.

Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker fights also prove how overrated Joshua's power is. Alexander Povetkin knocked prime Carlos Takam out unconscious. Yet, Anthony Joshua didn't even come close to achieving this same feat against an even older and a more declined version of Carlos Takam.

Joseph Parker also ate Joshua's punches and uppercuts without any problems either.

Alexander Povetkin has never been KO'ed in his entire combat sport career, despite 2 decades of competing. That involves participating in 200 + kickboxing + amateur boxing + pro boxing bouts combined. Joshua is unlikely to KO Povetkin if he couldn't even KO Wladimir Klitschko who has a far weaker chin.

I'm not saying Povetkin is going to KO Joshua either. But you're either grossly underestimating just how durable Povetkin is, or overestimating Joshua's punching power or both if you think Joshua is just going to go in there and finish Povetkin that easily.

The fight likely goes the distance!

Joshua had a lot of problems in landing clean punches against Takam and Parker, because both were fighting in the survival mode. Why people give Povetkin a benefite of doubt saying he didn't KO Rudenko and Hammer because they were fighting in the survival mode but not for Joshua? Especially considering that Takam and Parker are much better fighters than Rudenko and Hammer. Povetkin won't be trying just to survive against AJ, he will come to win and he will get hit with clean punches. Even David Price hit him with good power punches in rounds 1 and 3, so Joshua definitely will hit him more.

I never claimed Povetkin was some monstrous puncher. So him not knocking out Hammer and Rudenko is understandable to me.

Joshua is a muscular, 240+ pound and a 6 foot 6 super heavyweight. What excuse does he have of not being able to KO much smaller opponents like Takam?

Meanwhile, Povetkin is a pudgy / chubby blown up cruiser weight at 6 foot 2, 220 pounds and is nearing age 40. So what if he couldn't KO his much bigger sized opponents? He has a legitimate excuse unlike Anthony Joshua!

Wladimir Klitschko didn't come to survive against Joshua and Joshua still couldn't cleanly KO Wladimir Klitschko who has an extremely suspect chin. The fight was arguably stopped prematurely whilst Wlad was blocking every punch from Joshua whilst leaning against the ropes.

In fact, in Joshua's 21 fights, he never KO'ed a single opponent unconscious or cold like how Povetkin knocked out Johan Duhaupas and Carlos Takam. That's how overrated Joshua's punching power really is! Of course he hits plenty hard. But not as hard as his record suggests and some of his fanboys seem to suggest. And I can assure you that Joshua doesn't hit anywhere near as hard as a prime Wladimir Klitschko (who Povetkin went 12 rounds against whilst coming forward and attacking for full 12 rounds and still taking a beating from Wlad).

Anthony Joshua isn't knocking out Alexander Povetkin. Unless the fight is stopped on cuts or on a premature stoppage (like against Carlos Takam).

It's more likely Povetkin stops Joshua due to Joshua gassing, rather than Joshua knocking out Povetkin. Otherwise, the most likely outcome is that this fight lasts the distance as it did against Parker and should've against Takam. And Parker didn't come to survive. Parker landed plenty of punches, especially to the body. Whilst Joshua was holding incessantly.

Povetkin was hurt more than once by Marco Huck, who isn't amongst the hardest hitting cruiserweights. I agree that AJ doesn't hit as hard as Wladimir Klitschko, but he defiinitely hits much harder than Huck.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Don't worry, AJ will gladly fight him next. Povetkin is taylor made for AJ. Uppercut will finish him.

AJ's power has been exposed to be grossly overrated now. He couldn't even cleanly KO a chinny old Wladimir Klitschko who was knocked out in his younger days far more brutally by much smaller boxers than Anthony Joshua. Yet, despite Joshua landing his best uppercut on a 41 year old Wladimir Klitschko (after pulling his head down illegally), Wlad still wasn't knocked out and was still standing on his feet.

Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker fights also prove how overrated Joshua's power is. Alexander Povetkin knocked prime Carlos Takam out unconscious. Yet, Anthony Joshua didn't even come close to achieving this same feat against an even older and a more declined version of Carlos Takam.

Joseph Parker also ate Joshua's punches and uppercuts without any problems either.

Alexander Povetkin has never been KO'ed in his entire combat sport career, despite 2 decades of competing. That involves participating in 200 + kickboxing + amateur boxing + pro boxing bouts combined. Joshua is unlikely to KO Povetkin if he couldn't even KO Wladimir Klitschko who has a far weaker chin.

I'm not saying Povetkin is going to KO Joshua either. But you're either grossly underestimating just how durable Povetkin is, or overestimating Joshua's punching power or both if you think Joshua is just going to go in there and finish Povetkin that easily.

The fight likely goes the distance!

Jesus. Where to begin with this post.

The way you describe it implies that Takam and Parker were eating shots all night and Joshua still couldn't stop them. They didn't, they kept decent defences and the damage to a minimum precisely because they were conscious of Joshua's power and didn't want to get hit with it.

Also Povetkin had some 'help' vs Takam ...

You might as well argue that Lewis had no power because he couldn't stop Mavrovic, or Tyson had no power because he couldn't stop Tucker, or Wlad had no power because he couldn't stop Ibragimov, etc etc etc.

Hey, Lewis couldn't stop the 'Much Smaller' Tua! What a feather fisted non puncher! Boxing just doesn't work like you think it does.

You also seem to be saying that since Povetkin has never been stopped he can't be stopped now, despite being badly rocked by David Price, showing diminished reflexes and employing the sort of style that involves him walking face first into Joshua's power shots.

Also, just for your reference, power in boxing isn't solely judged by someone's ability to 'knock people out cold' and it's absurd to say that if fighter A hasn't cold cocked someone as much as fighter B he doesn't has as much power. There are other factors at play, different fighters react to different shots in different ways, referees often stop fights before the point guys are knocked out cold, etc.

[Luis Fernando12]

Don't worry, AJ will gladly fight him next. Povetkin is taylor made for AJ. Uppercut will finish him.

AJ's power has been exposed to be grossly overrated now. He couldn't even cleanly KO a chinny old Wladimir Klitschko who was knocked out in his younger days far more brutally by much smaller boxers than Anthony Joshua. Yet, despite Joshua landing his best uppercut on a 41 year old Wladimir Klitschko (after pulling his head down illegally), Wlad still wasn't knocked out and was still standing on his feet.

Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker fights also prove how overrated Joshua's power is. Alexander Povetkin knocked prime Carlos Takam out unconscious. Yet, Anthony Joshua didn't even come close to achieving this same feat against an even older and a more declined version of Carlos Takam.

Joseph Parker also ate Joshua's punches and uppercuts without any problems either.

Alexander Povetkin has never been KO'ed in his entire combat sport career, despite 2 decades of competing. That involves participating in 200 + kickboxing + amateur boxing + pro boxing bouts combined. Joshua is unlikely to KO Povetkin if he couldn't even KO Wladimir Klitschko who has a far weaker chin.

I'm not saying Povetkin is going to KO Joshua either. But you're either grossly underestimating just how durable Povetkin is, or overestimating Joshua's punching power or both if you think Joshua is just going to go in there and finish Povetkin that easily.

The fight likely goes the distance!

Jesus. Where to begin with this post.

The way you describe it implies that Takam and Parker were eating shots all night and Joshua still couldn't stop them. They didn't, they kept decent defences and the damage to a minimum precisely because they were conscious of Joshua's power and didn't want to get hit with it.

Also Povetkin had some 'help' vs Takam ...

You might as well argue that Lewis had no power because he couldn't stop Mavrovic, or Tyson had no power because he couldn't stop Tucker, or Wlad had no power because he couldn't stop Ibragimov, etc etc etc.

Hey, Lewis couldn't stop the 'Much Smaller' Tua! What a feather fisted non puncher! Boxing just doesn't work like you think it does.

You also seem to be saying that since Povetkin has never been stopped he can't be stopped now, despite being badly rocked by David Price, showing diminished reflexes and employing the sort of style that involves him walking face first into Joshua's power shots.

Also, just for your reference, power in boxing isn't solely judged by someone's ability to 'knock people out cold' and it's absurd to say that if fighter A hasn't cold cocked someone as much as fighter B he doesn't has as much power. There are other factors at play, different fighters react to different shots in different ways, referees often stop fights before the point guys are knocked out cold, etc.

Yup, you're absolutely correct! Povetkin's defense, chin, punch resistance and power is 100x inferior to Takam's and Parker's.

Hence why Povetkin vs Joshua is a disgusting / gruesome mismatch which should be condemned for the poor and brave little Russian's health and safety of his livelihood. Otherwise, Povetkin would get gruesomely murdered, like a scene from a horror movie and he'd be pleading for his life to Anthony Joshua before his murder / slaughter occurs. And it'd depend on how merciful Joshua is going to be as to whether he will let him off the hook or not.

This fight doesn't go more than a single round and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Joshua manages to finish off the brave little Russian in the first 30 seconds of the first round,

Seriously, Povetkin (or anybody his size) should never be allowed to face monstrous creatures and super heavyweights like Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury. They squash Povetkin like a little insect. Mismatches like these will resemble animal slaughters from slaughterhouses / meat houses. They will be gruesome sights. It's against human rights!

Povetkin should stay away from Joshua at all costs. If he knows what's good for him and if he cares for his livelihood.

[Bard of Boxrec]

I think you need to work on your sarcasm game because you're getting a little confused there. Maybe time for a lie down.

[asdfjkl]

AJ's power has been exposed to be grossly overrated now. He couldn't even cleanly KO a chinny old Wladimir Klitschko who was knocked out in his younger days far more brutally by much smaller boxers than Anthony Joshua. Yet, despite Joshua landing his best uppercut on a 41 year old Wladimir Klitschko (after pulling his head down illegally), Wlad still wasn't knocked out and was still standing on his feet.

Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker fights also prove how overrated Joshua's power is. Alexander Povetkin knocked prime Carlos Takam out unconscious. Yet, Anthony Joshua didn't even come close to achieving this same feat against an even older and a more declined version of Carlos Takam.

Joseph Parker also ate Joshua's punches and uppercuts without any problems either.

Alexander Povetkin has never been KO'ed in his entire combat sport career, despite 2 decades of competing. That involves participating in 200 + kickboxing + amateur boxing + pro boxing bouts combined. Joshua is unlikely to KO Povetkin if he couldn't even KO Wladimir Klitschko who has a far weaker chin.

I'm not saying Povetkin is going to KO Joshua either. But you're either grossly underestimating just how durable Povetkin is, or overestimating Joshua's punching power or both if you think Joshua is just going to go in there and finish Povetkin that easily.

The fight likely goes the distance!

Joshua had a lot of problems in landing clean punches against Takam and Parker, because both were fighting in the survival mode. Why people give Povetkin a benefite of doubt saying he didn't KO Rudenko and Hammer because they were fighting in the survival mode but not for Joshua? Especially considering that Takam and Parker are much better fighters than Rudenko and Hammer. Povetkin won't be trying just to survive against AJ, he will come to win and he will get hit with clean punches. Even David Price hit him with good power punches in rounds 1 and 3, so Joshua definitely will hit him more.

I never claimed Povetkin was some monstrous puncher. So him not knocking out Hammer and Rudenko is understandable to me.

Joshua is a muscular, 240+ pound and a 6 foot 6 super heavyweight. What excuse does he have of not being able to KO much smaller opponents like Takam?

Meanwhile, Povetkin is a pudgy / chubby blown up cruiser weight at 6 foot 2, 220 pounds and is nearing age 40. So what if he couldn't KO his much bigger sized opponents? He has a legitimate excuse unlike Anthony Joshua!

Wladimir Klitschko didn't come to survive against Joshua and Joshua still couldn't cleanly KO Wladimir Klitschko who has an extremely suspect chin. The fight was arguably stopped prematurely whilst Wlad was blocking every punch from Joshua whilst leaning against the ropes.

In fact, in Joshua's 21 fights, he never KO'ed a single opponent unconscious or cold like how Povetkin knocked out Johan Duhaupas and Carlos Takam. That's how overrated Joshua's punching power really is! Of course he hits plenty hard. But not as hard as his record suggests and some of his fanboys seem to suggest. And I can assure you that Joshua doesn't hit anywhere near as hard as a prime Wladimir Klitschko (who Povetkin went 12 rounds against whilst coming forward and attacking for full 12 rounds and still taking a beating from Wlad).

Anthony Joshua isn't knocking out Alexander Povetkin. Unless the fight is stopped on cuts or on a premature stoppage (like against Carlos Takam).

It's more likely Povetkin stops Joshua due to Joshua gassing, rather than Joshua knocking out Povetkin. Otherwise, the most likely outcome is that this fight lasts the distance as it did against Parker and should've against Takam. And Parker didn't come to survive. Parker landed plenty of punches, especially to the body. Whilst Joshua was holding incessantly.

You do realise that Takam is also around 240 pounds? And has been 250+ pounds in several of his fights actually?

[Luis Fernando12]

Joshua had a lot of problems in landing clean punches against Takam and Parker, because both were fighting in the survival mode. Why people give Povetkin a benefite of doubt saying he didn't KO Rudenko and Hammer because they were fighting in the survival mode but not for Joshua? Especially considering that Takam and Parker are much better fighters than Rudenko and Hammer. Povetkin won't be trying just to survive against AJ, he will come to win and he will get hit with clean punches. Even David Price hit him with good power punches in rounds 1 and 3, so Joshua definitely will hit him more.

I never claimed Povetkin was some monstrous puncher. So him not knocking out Hammer and Rudenko is understandable to me.

Joshua is a muscular, 240+ pound and a 6 foot 6 super heavyweight. What excuse does he have of not being able to KO much smaller opponents like Takam?

Meanwhile, Povetkin is a pudgy / chubby blown up cruiser weight at 6 foot 2, 220 pounds and is nearing age 40. So what if he couldn't KO his much bigger sized opponents? He has a legitimate excuse unlike Anthony Joshua!

Wladimir Klitschko didn't come to survive against Joshua and Joshua still couldn't cleanly KO Wladimir Klitschko who has an extremely suspect chin. The fight was arguably stopped prematurely whilst Wlad was blocking every punch from Joshua whilst leaning against the ropes.

In fact, in Joshua's 21 fights, he never KO'ed a single opponent unconscious or cold like how Povetkin knocked out Johan Duhaupas and Carlos Takam. That's how overrated Joshua's punching power really is! Of course he hits plenty hard. But not as hard as his record suggests and some of his fanboys seem to suggest. And I can assure you that Joshua doesn't hit anywhere near as hard as a prime Wladimir Klitschko (who Povetkin went 12 rounds against whilst coming forward and attacking for full 12 rounds and still taking a beating from Wlad).

Anthony Joshua isn't knocking out Alexander Povetkin. Unless the fight is stopped on cuts or on a premature stoppage (like against Carlos Takam).

It's more likely Povetkin stops Joshua due to Joshua gassing, rather than Joshua knocking out Povetkin. Otherwise, the most likely outcome is that this fight lasts the distance as it did against Parker and should've against Takam. And Parker didn't come to survive. Parker landed plenty of punches, especially to the body. Whilst Joshua was holding incessantly.

You do realise that Takam is also around 240 pounds? And has been 250+ pounds in several of his fights actually?

I think AJ vs Povetkin is a mismatch. It won't even be remotely competitive. The fight ends in the first round!

[asdfjkl]

I never claimed Povetkin was some monstrous puncher. So him not knocking out Hammer and Rudenko is understandable to me.

Joshua is a muscular, 240+ pound and a 6 foot 6 super heavyweight. What excuse does he have of not being able to KO much smaller opponents like Takam?

Meanwhile, Povetkin is a pudgy / chubby blown up cruiser weight at 6 foot 2, 220 pounds and is nearing age 40. So what if he couldn't KO his much bigger sized opponents? He has a legitimate excuse unlike Anthony Joshua!

Wladimir Klitschko didn't come to survive against Joshua and Joshua still couldn't cleanly KO Wladimir Klitschko who has an extremely suspect chin. The fight was arguably stopped prematurely whilst Wlad was blocking every punch from Joshua whilst leaning against the ropes.

In fact, in Joshua's 21 fights, he never KO'ed a single opponent unconscious or cold like how Povetkin knocked out Johan Duhaupas and Carlos Takam. That's how overrated Joshua's punching power really is! Of course he hits plenty hard. But not as hard as his record suggests and some of his fanboys seem to suggest. And I can assure you that Joshua doesn't hit anywhere near as hard as a prime Wladimir Klitschko (who Povetkin went 12 rounds against whilst coming forward and attacking for full 12 rounds and still taking a beating from Wlad).

Anthony Joshua isn't knocking out Alexander Povetkin. Unless the fight is stopped on cuts or on a premature stoppage (like against Carlos Takam).

It's more likely Povetkin stops Joshua due to Joshua gassing, rather than Joshua knocking out Povetkin. Otherwise, the most likely outcome is that this fight lasts the distance as it did against Parker and should've against Takam. And Parker didn't come to survive. Parker landed plenty of punches, especially to the body. Whilst Joshua was holding incessantly.

You do realise that Takam is also around 240 pounds? And has been 250+ pounds in several of his fights actually?

I think AJ vs Povetkin is a mismatch. It won't even be remotely competitive. The fight ends in the first round!

Povetkin isn't Stiverne, I think it will go to distance.