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??? Who is calling him undisputed Champ?
I'd say the closed thing to an undisputed Champ right now is Wlad... step it up and unify why don't you.
You'll make a shit load and unifying the belts wouldn't exactly hurt his legacy (it might actually give him one) so what's the problem?
Well that would be the guy that has the WBA belt, he's the hold up. He had 2 opportunities to fight either Klitschko brother and he tucked tail and ran away which was probably better for his career but it's bad for his wallet and the sport in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
I agree that the unification fight MUST happen but once it got delayed/put off and Wlad had to fight Chagaev then 2 mandatories lined up and now he has to fight them next regardless of how big of a fight it would be if Wlad fought the WBA title holder. All I can do is hope that Povetkin loses or gets injured again and Ruiz is KO'd with ease to hype up the fight.
The WBA has virtually destroyed the heavyweight division. Sure the competition as it is right now isn't all that great but couple that with the top rankers in the WBA being unwilling to fight anyone of note then you not only have a weak heavyweight division you have a weak heavyweight division with a sideshow of even weaker competition.
WBA Heavyweight Rankings
1. John Ruiz
2. Kali Meehan
3. Ruslan Chagaev
4. Nicolay Valuev
5. Dennis Boytsov
6. Alexander Ustinov
7. Alexander Dimitrenko
8. Odlainier Solis
9. Samuel Peter
10. Tomasz Adamek
11. Dennis Bakhtov
12. David Rodriguez
13. Manuel Charr
14. Chris Arreola
15. Rene Dettweiler
Ever wonder why Kali Meehan is ranked #2 by the WBA? DON KING
The good news is barring anything major happening, after Wlad beats Chambers and Povetkin he's not going to have another mandatory for quite a while as he's already beaten a lot of those fighters in the top 15on the IBF/WBO ranking and the ones he hasn't already beaten are either too young or too inexperienced to want to take the fight.
I think Boytsov is probably next in line behind guys like Sam Peter and David Tua (who honestly isn't going to make a fight happen vs Wlad seeing the route he's taken) but he's a ways away and I think Sdunek dropped him to focus on training other fighters.
And after Boytsov it's Pianneta and I think he's still pretty raw.
I'm hoping 2011 can be the year this fight finally takes place.
Haye is all about words and nothing about action to match it, I really don't understand those who defend him when he pulled off from 2 very good done deals with Wlad and Vitali and now, seek them again. This guy is just incredible and there is just so no arguments to defend him on that aspect.