Thread: Will ONE frigging HW step up to the plate before it's too late?!?

One look around the garbage-strewn heavyweight landscape is enough to know that Wladimir Klitschko will very likely retire unchallenged in any major way. Most of us will be left wanting that one epic fight that could’ve pushed Wlad up higher in the all-time rankings. Looking at some of the ranked fighters today, in no particular order…

Chris Arreola – Very inactive 2012. Already had his chance versus Vitali and came up short. Working his way back, but needs to step it up. And yet he’s already has had his upcoming fight with Stiverne rescheduled to April 27 due to bronchitis.

Bermane Stiverne – Fought only once in 2012 (common theme here). Record made up mostly of bums and losers.

Johnathon Banks – Smallish, no power, Seth Mitchell only good win on his record.

David Haye – Had his chance versus Wlad and blew it big time. Doesn’t want to pay his dues at heavyweight, demanding only a shot at Vitali. Ridiculous.

Ruslan Chagaev – Wlad “retread”, little squirt at 5’-11”, little power.

Bryant Jennings – Exciting American prospect, but with few fights (16-0, 8 KO’s).

Tomasz Adamek – Vitali “retread”, a bit smallish at 6’-1”.

Robert Helenius – Big at 6’-6”, but with few fights at 18-0. Only fought once in 2012. Now scheduled to fight “bum-of-the-month” Michael Sprott.

Alexander Povetkin – Next logical Wlad opponent, but Wlad is fighting the great Francesco Pianeta instead.

Deontay Wilder – Maybe they’ll start looking toward Wlad when the guy’s 50-0 with 50 KO’s, having fought every possible bum off the street.

David Price – A personal favorite to step up to the plate… and then he runs into Tony Thompson, the Wladimir punching bag.


It seems a recurring theme here is inactivity, and fight postponements due to injuries or illness. This further frustrates boxing fans who want to see good heavyweight boxing and someone to truly challenge the Klitschkos.

Another recurring theme is the periodic appearance of a “new and improved” heavyweight hope. The guy that is finally supposed to present a challenge to the Klitschkos before they collect their gold watch and go home. Just for grins, I thought I’d post this link from mid-2011. It was supposed to be the top 10 heavyweight prospects at the time. A couple of the names remain… but the others are probably out parking cars for a living now.

Boxing: The Top 10 Heavyweight Prospects in the World | Bleacher Report


Funny list, huh?

What the hell… we’ll just keep shuffling names around until the Klitschkos retire. It seems no one will ever give Wlad the test he sorely needs.

Stiverne is waiting on Arreola to get healthy so they can fight. That could be a great fight, hopefully they come to fight in shape and ready to brawl!

Nobody will challenge Wlad it's that simple. He's too far ahead in the game and even the best and brightest young stars won't advance fast enough to worry Wlad.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Stiverne is waiting on Arreola to get healthy so they can fight. That could be a great fight, hopefully they come to fight in shape and ready to brawl!

Nobody will challenge Wlad it's that simple. He's too far ahead in the game and even the best and brightest young stars won't advance fast enough to worry Wlad.

If someone like Wilder or David Price could hit Wlad on the chin then I bet that'd worry him a lot

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Stiverne is waiting on Arreola to get healthy so they can fight. That could be a great fight, hopefully they come to fight in shape and ready to brawl!

Nobody will challenge Wlad it's that simple. He's too far ahead in the game and even the best and brightest young stars won't advance fast enough to worry Wlad.

If someone like Wilder or David Price could hit Wlad on the chin then I bet that'd worry him a lot

At least that would be fun whilst it lasts, throw in Seth Mitchell for good measure too. You never know they may hit the jackpot.

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Stiverne is waiting on Arreola to get healthy so they can fight. That could be a great fight, hopefully they come to fight in shape and ready to brawl!

Nobody will challenge Wlad it's that simple. He's too far ahead in the game and even the best and brightest young stars won't advance fast enough to worry Wlad.

If someone like Wilder or David Price could hit Wlad on the chin then I bet that'd worry him a lot

Yes but that's an irrelevant statement.

Because if I hit Wlad on the chin it'd cause him serious problems.

Wlad only fights guys straight out of the hospital

Originally Posted by Vendettos

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Stiverne is waiting on Arreola to get healthy so they can fight. That could be a great fight, hopefully they come to fight in shape and ready to brawl!

Nobody will challenge Wlad it's that simple. He's too far ahead in the game and even the best and brightest young stars won't advance fast enough to worry Wlad.

If someone like Wilder or David Price could hit Wlad on the chin then I bet that'd worry him a lot

Yes but that's an irrelevant statement.

Because if I hit Wlad on the chin it'd cause him serious problems.

Don't flatter yourself, but I get the point

Thing is, Wilder is too raw and Price is coming off of a highly improbable KO loss.

Mitchell is coming off of a less improbable, but still upset KO loss.

Like Master said though, if they hit the jackpot it sure would be fun to watch.

Wladimir Klitschko ducked James Toney. If you haven't beaten James Toney at HW and he was active at the time then you are not all that. Manny Steward always knew that Toney was to be avoided at all costs and both of the brothers did just that. It is obvious that they knew Toney was only ever going to make them look sloppy. They are slimey and nobody wants to fight them because they enslave their opponents with stupid contracts.

HW is a rubbish division with no depth, meaning, nor narrative. It is a black hole with nowhere to go and thus people gave up paying attention long ago. Other divisions are full of exciting stars. Who cares about a formerly exciting division that is now effectively defunct and null?

Who is the next guy? Michaelangelo Peanut? Who the heck is Michaelangelo Peanut? Only the Bus Driver's Union has any evidence of the mans existence and seemingly the death records of some people he hit. It's a nonsense, it really is. "Fight Wlad and we will get you off the city centre route". That is just not what title fight contracts should be all about.

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by Vendettos

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Stiverne is waiting on Arreola to get healthy so they can fight. That could be a great fight, hopefully they come to fight in shape and ready to brawl!

Nobody will challenge Wlad it's that simple. He's too far ahead in the game and even the best and brightest young stars won't advance fast enough to worry Wlad.

If someone like Wilder or David Price could hit Wlad on the chin then I bet that'd worry him a lot

Yes but that's an irrelevant statement.

Because if I hit Wlad on the chin it'd cause him serious problems.

Don't flatter yourself, but I get the point

Thing is, Wilder is too raw and Price is coming off of a highly improbable KO loss.

Mitchell is coming off of a less improbable, but still upset KO loss.

Like Master said though, if they hit the jackpot it sure would be fun to watch.

Not to nitpick when it's not really the point of the thread, but Tony Thompson was a long time top 10 heavyweight who's really big and Jonathon Banks is a smallish ex-cruiserweight who'd been ko'd in his only notably fight in that division. I wouldn't say Prices loss was worse than Mitchells for a highly favoured fighter.

Anyhow, really the only fight that'd be a good match on paper would be Wlad-Povetkin, and in reality Wlad's just too big for him. It'd seem one side or the other really doesn't want that fight seeing as Povetkin became Wlads mandatory more than 4 bleeding years ago and they still haven't fought.