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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 4,459,842 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Alexander Povetkin is the 131st most popular boxer (up from 143rd in 2019), the 2,007th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,818th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Boxer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Alexander Povetkin ranks 131 out of 326. Before him are Kostya Tszyu, Harry Spanjer, Héctor Méndez, Emanuel Steward, Alfonso Zamora, and David Carstens. After him are Bert Schneider, Francesco Damiani, Slobodan Kačar, Dariusz Michalczewski, Francisco Rodríguez, and Nils Ramm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Alexander Povetkin ranks 154. Before him are Junichi Inamoto, Arne Friedrich, Jaime King, The Game, David Suazo, and Sharman Joshi. After him are Māris Verpakovskis, James Ransone, Hilary Hahn, Florian Zeller, Nicolás Massú, and Ariana Richards.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Povetkin ranks 2,007 out of 3,262. Before him are Sergei Fedorov (1969), Vladimir Belousov (1946), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (1982), Zedd (1989), Tatyana Golikova (1966), and Vladimir Solovyov (1963). After him are Vasily Belov (1932), Aleksanteri Saarvala (1913), Grigory Mkrtychan (1925), Ivan Kizimov (1928), Pavel Grudinin (1960), and Aleksandra Potanina (1843).

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Among BOXERS In Russia

Among boxers born in Russia, Alexander Povetkin ranks 3. Before him are Sten Suvio (1911) and Kostya Tszyu (1969). After him are Boris Lagutin (1938), Stanislav Stepashkin (1940), Gennadiy Shatkov (1932), Artur Beterbiev (1985), Sultan Ibragimov (1975), Sergey Kovalev (1983), Rakhim Chakhkiev (1983), Oleg Saitov (1974), and Egor Mekhontsev (1984).

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