With Alexander Povetkin hurting his foot who should Wlad fight on December 13th?
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With Alexander Povetkin hurting his foot who should Wlad fight on December 13th?
Here's the list:
Alexander Dimitrenko 28 (18 KO's)-0-0 - A Fritz Sdunek trained fighter (Wlad's former trainer and Vitali's current trainer), he's a southpaw, athletic and doesn't have much punching power or a good chin. His biggest win was a 12th round TKO of previously unstopped Timmo Hoffman. He's currently scheduled to fight Luan Krasniqi.
Cris Arreola 25 (22 KO's)-0-0 - A slow plodding fighter with big thudding power, slow hands, and from what we have seen a VERY solid chin. His biggest win was a 2nd round DQ of Chazz Witherspoon. He is scheduled to fight Travis Walker.
Oleg Maskaev 35 (26 KO's)-6 - A game old vet, he's got it in him to just be a punching bag vs Wladimir, he wouldn't even put up that much of a fight. His biggest wins have been over Hasim Rahman
Hasim Rahman 45(36 KO's)-6 - A one punch wonder, he has good power in that right cross but one has to think at this point he's a tad overmatched by the bigger, stronger, younger Wladimir. His biggest win was the KO of Lennox Lewis.
Nicolay Valuev 49(34 KO's)-1 - the biggest guy in all of boxing at 7 feet tall and over 300 pounds. He has good boxing skills but hasn't fought top level competition bar Ruslan Chagaev and really not much is known about Chagaev other than he can beat Valuev.
John Ruiz 43 (29 KO's)-8 - everyone's favorite fighter to hate is not a power puncher, not a boxer, but he wins fights. He hasn't been KO'd since David Tua KO'd him in the first round of their fight. His biggest wins were over the aged Evander Holyfield.
David Haye 21 (20 KO's)-1 - A strong and quick cruiserweight who is untested in the heavyweight division. His biggest win was over Jean Marc Mormeck who he stopped in 7.
Evander Holyfield 42 (27 KO's)-9 - It has been rumored that Evander is looking for another title fight or at least another big payday as he has some issues to deal with. Evander has had big wins over Tyson, Bowe, and Lennox Lewis (if you call that a win), but time seems to have caught up with him. If a fight vs Evander was made it would give Evander the SLIM chance to achieve greatness one more time and also give Wladimir a win over a still durable yet faded hall of famer
there's only one name there that excites me as a matchup - David Haye
I would find a Valuev matchup interesting though I guess to see how he handles him
With regards to Haye and the 'untested at heavyweight angle' - how many fights did Evander have at heavy before taking on Douglas. Anyone ??
Six.A couple of so-so retreads in Tillis & Thomas,Young undefeated bomber in Alex Stewart (war)A capable former Champ on a comeback trail in Dokes (war)and Showcase type go's with McDonagh and Rodriquez.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
...I don't know about you but I would LOVE to see Wlad hammer John Ruiz out of boxing! Or be the first to KO Nicolay Valuev!
Haye or Valuev.
Haye would jump at the chance and Valuev.......well he probably can't even jump but I'm sure he would be up for it.
I would rather Haye take his time, but if you're eager to see him KO'd and his career ended then fine by me. I would just rather Wlad fight someone he would get full credit of beating like Valuev.
I would like ot see Haye fight someone like Jameel McCline or Cedric Boswell before he fights Wlad. Big guys who can box but also have some power.
Why? you hate the guy and i know you would love to see him lose. So why so much objection?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
They won't fight Holyfield because how daft would Wlad look if he lost to Holyfield although i would give Holyfield a slight chance because neither Klitschko can fight inside.
Valuev. He's the only established heavyweight with a legit chance of at least being in the fight. He's fought 40 something bums, but that's experience enough and he's got a title Wlad would like to collect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
No one should be rushing Haye in there until he's figured out he can take a punch from HW, Arreola would get cleared out, who the hell is Dimitrenko, Ruiz just lost and Evander Holyfield will be a 36 minute punching bag.
Wlad would batter Holyfield, and would get no respect for beating an old legend.
Valuev fight would be the best.
Good question really. Hard to say who they might get at this short notice. Ruiz would be a good one, I would also like to see him knocked out for all the horrible performances he's given us.
Here's the list:
Cris Arreola 25 (22 KO's)-0-0 - A slow plodding fighter with big thudding power, slow hands, and from what we have seen a VERY solid chin. His biggest win was a 2nd round DQ of Chazz Witherspoon. He is scheduled to fight Travis Walker.
Hasim Rahman 45(36 KO's)-6 - A one punch wonder, he has good power in that right cross but one has to think at this point he's a tad overmatched by the bigger, stronger, younger Wladimir. His biggest win was the KO of Lennox Lewis.
David Haye 21 (20 KO's)-1 - A strong and quick cruiserweight who is untested in the heavyweight division. His biggest win was over Jean Marc Mormeck who he stopped in 7.
here's the only three i'd watch (in that order)... although, i don't think haye deserves a shot; he's just an unproven guy with a big name...
wait a minute... black, inexperienced, big name- maybe we should elect him president....
Agree with the call. Valuev is the best option.Quote:
Originally Posted by KillfaceValuev. He's the only established heavyweight with a legit chance of at least being in the fight. He's fought 40 something bums, but that's experience enough and he's got a title Wlad would like to collect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
No one should be rushing Haye in there until he's figured out he can take a punch from HW, Arreola would get cleared out, who the hell is Dimitrenko, Ruiz just lost and Evander Holyfield will be a 36 minute punching bag.
Areolla has a tough test in Travis Walker. Let's see what Chris does in that fight. A win over Travis Walker should get him a fight with a bigger name heavyweight.
I think he should at least fight someone who's remotely earned it, Rahman doesn't come close to filling that.Quote:
Originally Posted by hfahrenheit
Depends' how injured povetkin is, suppose he could wait.
I doubt Haye would take it, he wants it to be a huge event if it does eventually happen, so if he is retired by Wlad he'll have made some doe.
Arreola for me
Povetkin was the best fight out there but if he is truly injured then chris would more than fill his boots.
No point sticking him in with a valuev/chagaev etc who he`ll just jab at for 12rounds and collect another points win.
Wanna see someone who`ll just stand there and trade with him and arreola more than impressed me against witherspoon
Good Post. But, Areolla may be in way over his head against Klitschko.Quote:
Originally Posted by hattonthehammer
Valuev
Tony Thompson !
The world awaits!
His giant-headed brother Vitali, so that I can watch the Klitschkos beat the ever-loving shit out of each other.
No mention of Liakhovich :( Also what about Ruiz?
outta the whole list on page 1 i say Valuev, or he can just sit it out until after haye fights barret.
I vote Valuev.
Haye and Arreola already have dates scheduled. I don't know that it would be in the interest of either to take a crack at Wlad now.
what the fans want - vitali or david haye - not gunna hapen
Apparently they are in discussions with Rahman. :sadclick:
I mean come on Toney looked shot against him last time and still managed to look about five times better than Rahman. Hasim looked glacially slow, had no crispness in his punches, sluggish, looked like he had no power at all. Looked shot. This is a bad mismatch. Hopefully Wlad doesn't pull out four times.
Haye and Arreola aren't ready to fight Wladimir...but I would love to see them get blasted out in a couple rounds.
David Haye wouldn't jump at the chance to fight Wlad....Haye TALKS a big game but you can tell he doesn't want to fight Wlad (or maybe it's just the accent ;) ).
Nicolay Valuev needs to be KO'd...it's something that must be done, John Ruiz must be KO'd.....the WBA must be cleaned out
I don't know. Haye seemed like he really wanted the fight when he confronted Wlad on that escalator with camera crew in tow. You would have thought Haye only had 6 months to live the way he came off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
James Toney!!!!!!!!!!!!!! deserves it more than Rahman.. I would stay away from Rahman if I was Klit, that has all the makings of Sanders type trick fight, not to mention Rahman can Jab with Wlad
How do you know this about david haye?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
ITS NOT WHAT HE TOLD ME IN REAL LIFE IN PERSON, IN THE GYM!
He told me face to face when i met him in the gym that he would love the chance to get in the ring with wlad and knock him out!
Judging from the language used lol, he didnt seem like he was joking either!
Maskaev says he wants it, he deserves it more than Rahman. Fightnews.com has more
It's not what he said it's how he said it and how he looked when he said it....he told Wlad what he was going to do not in a way that seemed like he was warning Wlad about what will happen but in a way that seemed as if Haye was trying to convince himself of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by LondonBB
David Haye will get the shit beat out of him if he just jumped in the ring with Wlad....although he might knock Wlad out because he doesn't know any better but once Haye tastes heavyweight power from a legit power puncher I think it will change him as a fighter. If Wlad is the first power puncher Haye fights, Haye will lose...Wlad is a good boxer but his power pays the bills.
Maybe Golota
I don't know which of this I found more amusing, the somewhat creepy picture of Golota with the panda bear or the description of him as the greatest Polish heavyweight of all time
Golota in China!
http://www.fightnews.com/golotabear.jpg
The greatest Polish heavyweight boxer in history, Andrew Golota, arrived in Chengdu, China, on Wednesday at 12:30 a.m. and notified his team when he awakened from a brief sleep, "I want to go see the Great Panda Bears." He and three members of his team arrived at the nearby Great Panda Research Base in the early afternoon where he advised park officials that he wanted to meet Shan Ping, the rare one-year-old Great Panda Bear his promoter Don King was allowed to hold during an official visit in August. Golota is in China to face Ray Austin in the main event of the first world championship boxing card ever staged in Chengdu at Sichuan Gymnasium on Friday, Nov. 7.
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