Is Alexander Povetkin vs Anthony Joshua a gruesome / disgusting mismatch?

[Johnston]

AJ is too big, too fast, too skilled.

I can't see anything other than AJ bodybagging him

This is dillian whyte... The guy who lost to chisora

[lparm]

This is dillian whyte... The guy who lost to chisora

Conveniently didn't show every round after that.

[Johnston]

Conveniently didn't show every round after that.

Because that meant nothing. Point is he got hurt by the left hook, povetkin probably has the best lead left hook and it's not even close. Povetkin also has proven to be a harder puncher, and he's simply a better boxer then whyte. He couldn't even do much damage to Parker yet he's gonna put povetkin in a body bag? Please...Joshua is just waiting to get knocked out

[lparm]

Because that meant nothing. Point is he got hurt by the left hook, povetkin probably has the best lead left hook and it's not even close. Povetkin also has proven to be a harder puncher, and he's simply a better boxer then whyte. He couldn't even do much damage to Parker yet he's gonna put povetkin in a body bag? Please...Joshua is just waiting to get knocked out

Wlad is universally seen as one of the top 10 hardest punching hws ever and even though he dropped Joshua he got up and walked through Wlads fire.

[Motofan]

Sasha can move and Joshua can't fight inside. Any decent heavyweight can beat Joshua with fair judges and ref. Just like he can beat any of them. The heavyweight division is a dumpster fire of mediocre.

[Mr Objecitivity]

AJ is too big, too fast, too skilled.

I can't see anything other than AJ bodybagging him

Wlad is universally seen as one of the top 10 hardest punching hws ever and even though he dropped Joshua he got up and walked through Wlads fire.

Please! A washed up, 38 year old pudgy Povetkin looked faster in his last fight than prime Anthony Joshua did, despite Joshua looking like a physical specimen. Joshua looked slow, robotic, stiff and clumsy in his last fight.

Joshua failed to body bag far inferior opponents than Povetkin. Even Wladimir Klitschko has an inferior to chin to Povetkin, but Joshua still failed to cleanly KO, never mind body bag this chinny Wladimir Klitschko who had already been stopped far more brutally in far less time by other heavyweights.

Povetkin has never been stopped in his entire life. Out of his amateur boxing + pro boxing + kickboxing career combined, consisting of over 200 bouts. And he is currently 38 years old. Good luck in Joshua body bagging someone of that caliber when he couldn't even body bag Povetkin's leftover in Carlos Takam and other far inferior opponents overall, and in terms of punch resistance.

Wlad was finished when he fought Joshua. He was a shot fighter and had no stamina or energy left after the midpoint of the fight. Just like how other past heavyweight champions were finished by the age of 41. It speaks volumes that Joshua needed to foul to even drop Wladimir Klitschko twice and couldn't even keep him down. It's unlikely Joshua will do anything remotely close to what you're predicting he will do to Povetkin, when he failed to do such a thing to past inferior opponents.

[Johnston]

Please! A washed up, 38 year old pudgy Povetkin looked faster in his last fight than prime Anthony Joshua did, despite Joshua looking like a physical specimen. Joshua looked slow, robotic, stiff and clumsy in his last fight.

Joshua failed to body bag far inferior opponents than Povetkin. Even Wladimir Klitschko has an inferior to chin to Povetkin, but Joshua still failed to cleanly KO, never mind body bag this chinny Wladimir Klitschko who had already been stopped far more brutally in far less time by other heavyweights.

Povetkin has never been stopped in his entire life. Out of his amateur boxing + pro boxing + kickboxing career combined, consisting of over 200 bouts. And he is currently 38 years old. Good luck in Joshua body bagging someone of that caliber when he couldn't even body bag Povetkin's leftover in Carlos Takam and other far inferior opponents overall, and in terms of punch resistance.

Wlad was finished when he fought Joshua. He was a shot fighter and had no stamina or energy left after the midpoint of the fight. Just like how other past heavyweight champions were finished by the age of 41. It speaks volumes that Joshua needed to foul to even drop Wladimir Klitschko twice and couldn't even keep him down. It's unlikely Joshua will do anything remotely close to what you're predicting he will do to Povetkin, when he failed to do such a thing to past inferior opponents.

Lol pretty much this..

[Mr Objecitivity]

Who has Joshua even 'gruesomely' and 'disgustingly' beat in his pro career? The guy's record is full of premature, nonsensical stoppages which requires the referees to prematurely intervene during his fights. I don't understand why this question would even need to be asked. Since Joshua has already failed to gruesomely and disgustingly defeat farinferior opponents to Povetkin. If anything, it's Anthony Joshua's punching power which is 'gruesomely' and 'disgustingly' overrated!

In a fair fight with fair officiating, I can see Povetkin winning by decision or by late stoppage. Povetkin has improved his skills and tactical abilities, since his loss to Wladimir Klitschko. Povetkin could very well outwork and outlast Joshua to a points win, or even a late stoppage. It all depends on how much energy and intensity Povetkin has left in his older years. If he has a proper training camp and is in the best physical condition for the fight, I can see him winning. Otherwise, Joshua should be the slight favorite.

[jmrf4435]

I think povetkin can KO joshua if he lands right

So no. it's not that bad. There are far worse fights than this. this will be ok, it could actually end up being a war

out of all the fights to hate--THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM

[Kezzer]

I really don't get why people try to turn people into world beaters and absolute opposites. What does it achieve?

Let's be realistic here, Joshua has 3/4 out of the 4/5 belts; he didn't do that in one single fluke - he earned them across several fights. You don't do that by having 'no inside game', 'glass chin' etc; he clearly has good attributes. He also has clearly been learning fight by fight, but comparing him to the Whyte fighting particular is silly because he performed out of emotion rather than his usual technique, and has clearly learned from it.

Similarly Povetkin clearly can punch, he showed that once again against Price - and at that time he had taken some heavy shots from Price so proved he can do it under pressure too. He has fought decent opposition before also, stopping Takam in 10, lasting the distance against Klitschko, etc.

These two clearly have the best resumes in the division so don't really understand anyone who can argue conclusively that one will easily beat the other. I personally think Joshua will win but I'm not naive enough to think Potvetkin doesn't have a chance, he clearly does.

Edit: I clearly didn't use the word clearly enough so clearly thought I better edit the message to ensure clearly was added enough times