BOXER

Alexander Povetkin

1979 - Today

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Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" 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 in 2013 and 2018. As an amateur, Povetkin won gold medals in the super-heavyweight division at the 2002 and 2004 European Championships, 2003 World Championships, and 2004 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Povetkin has received more than 4,438,060 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Povetkin is the 139th most popular boxer (down from 131st in 2019), the 2,183rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,003rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alexander Povetkins by language

Over the past year Alexander Povetkin has had the most page views in the with 175,462 views, followed by Russian (163,103), and Polish (15,809). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (77.05%), Irish (64.14%), and Tajik (60.63%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Alexander Povetkin ranks 139 out of 496. Before him are Gennady Golovkin, Sten Suvio, Kostya Tszyu, Jee Yong-ju, Francesco Damiani, and Roger Michelot. After him are James Smith, Dariusz Michalczewski, Ray Mercer, Paul Fritsch, Pernell Whitaker, and Arturo Gatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Alexander Povetkin ranks 140. Before him are Bérénice Marlohe, Svetlana Zakharova, Neill Blomkamp, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, José Kléberson, and Imany. After him are Bae Doona, Lee Bo-young, Hilary Hahn, Florian Zeller, Junichi Inamoto, and Nazanin Boniadi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Povetkin ranks 2,183 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitri Prigov (1940), Yuli Raizman (1903), Sergei Beloglazov (1956), Darya Dontsova (1952), Maria Golubnichaya (1924), and Anna Polina (1989). After him are Vladimir Pashkov (1961), Ekaterina Gordeeva (1971), Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940), Vsevolod Vishnevsky (1900), Tina Karol (1985), and Nikolay Zimyatov (1955).

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Among BOXERS In Russia

Among boxers born in Russia, Alexander Povetkin ranks 4. Before him are Boris Lagutin (1938), Sten Suvio (1911), and Kostya Tszyu (1969). After him are Stanislav Stepashkin (1940), Artur Beterbiev (1985), Gennadiy Shatkov (1932), Sultan Ibragimov (1975), Sergey Kovalev (1983), Rakhim Chakhkiev (1983), Oleg Saitov (1974), and Ruslan Provodnikov (1984).

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