Photo: Przemek Garczarczyk / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Alexander Povetkin

アレクサンデル・ポベトキン　/　あれくさんでる・ぽべときん

Boxer from Russia

September 2, 1979 (age 46)　・　Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia

Kursk Oblast
boxer
kickboxer

My Take

Alexander Povetkin reads to me as a heavyweight who built his reputation the hard way, fighting from 2005 to 2021 and twice challenging for the unified championship. Holding a WBA heavyweight belt is no small thing, but what I find more telling is that he kept stepping up against the very best rather than protecting a record. At 188 cm he wasn't a giant by modern heavyweight standards, which makes his staying power more impressive to me. The Order of Friendship hints at how seriously his country took him. I respect fighters who treat the toughest opponents as the point, not the problem.

Overview

Alexander Vladimirovich Povetkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Regular version) heavyweight title from 2011 to 2013; the World Boxing Council (WBC) (Interim version) heavyweight title from 2020 to 2021; and challenged twice for the unified heavyweight championship i…

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Alexander Povetkin
Name (Japanese): アレクサンデル・ポベトキン
Reading: あれくさんでる・ぽべときん
Born: September 2, 1979 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Goat
Origin: Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia
Blood type: Private
Height: 188 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: boxer / kickboxer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Order of Friendship
WBA World Heavyweight Champion (secondary)

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Boxer — see all →　·　Kickboxer — see all →　·　More people from Russia →