Re: Best I Faced: Nikolay Valuev
Posted: 10 Apr 2021, 18:30
on resume pov should certainly still be top 10, though he did look absolutely terrible last fight and at 41-42 and with 2 covid hospitalizations i think in reality its pretty much it for him, legs are gone.pound per pound wrote: ↑10 Apr 2021, 07:03Povektin is stil rated. Whyte avenged his loss to the old man which explains him being ranked where he is.Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑09 Apr 2021, 20:55 Povetkin was top 10 rated until 2 weeks ago so its not like this era is light years better.
The difference is in 5 through 20 now has competent fighters and 5 through 20 then were garbage
https://www.ringtv.com/ratings/?weightclass=272
What is Povetkin, 40 now? When was Ortiz last significant win, he's a granpdpa over 40 now too. Ruiz jr could be good if he wasn't a fatboy. Pulev was 39 when Joshua last gave him a title shot. Wilder hasn't won a fight in a year and will be 36 in a few months. He's done. Fury ( Who tested positive for PED's ) and Joshua live off their wins over a 39 and 41 yer old Wlad. That's the top of their resume.
Does anyone dispute the above?
This division is weak and I don't see any argument that the fighters in sports #5-20 are better now. Maybe they will be but the " champions " aren't interested in fighting the up and coming young talent from the 2016 Olympic class. They would rather stay in the country of old men.
although he could never reach the heights of beating 47 year old tony thompson like luis ortiz did, as our boi j rightly pointed out, he had a very solid career.