Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by ethanpiazza
this is prediction for the HW division at the end of 2007:

CHAMPIONS:

WBC-Sam Peter(he KOs oleg, and defends late in the year)
WBA-Ruslan Chaguev(UDs valuev and defends once)
IBF-Wladimir Klitschko(Kos austin and UDs brestwer in a rematch)
WBO-Sultan Ibragimov(UDs briggs in a terrible fight and defends against a bum)

TOP CONTENDERS:

Calvin Brock(rebounds nicely with 2 decent wins and sets himself up for a shot at one of the 'other' title holders)

Hasim Rahman(Kos either mercer or krasniqi and wins two more fights against credible opposition to re-eneter the scene and set himself up for another WBC title shot vs Sam Peter in 200

Vladmir Virches(figths 4 times vs increasingly tough opponetes setting the stage for a 2008 breakout year)

Alexander Dimitrenko( fights 3-4 times and sets himself up as the WBO mandatory going into 200

Nicolay Valuev( he wont hang em up afetr losing to Chaguev, but will beat a few average guys, and will let don king do the rest to get him another title shot. if ruiz can get a second WBA title shot, so can this giant)


other notables:

Chris Byrd/James Toney/John Ruiz-these guysw ill retire at variuos points of the year

Evander Hollifeild-continues his comeback agaisnt oquendo-type fighters, but will lose if he fights anybody decent

Shannon Briggs-wont retire but wont get another title shot

Sergie Liakovich-will rebiuld his resume against C-lever fighters, and will hope for one more chance in 2008


Lennox Leweis/Vitali Klitscko-will stay reitred

Joe Mesi-will eventualy fight someone with a chance and have trouble

Alexander Povetkin/JD Champan/Roman Greenberg/Chris Aerrola-Will hit it big(especially povetkin)-but not in 07


thats just how is see it

thoughts?
Thoughts? I think you put a bit of time into this one. Nice.

Thing is...I think that the heavyweight division is turning out to be really REALLY interesting & it's gotten a hell of a lot better in the last 6-7 months & I am honestly excited about it now.

I think that it's gonna be great this year. There are plenty of matches out there that give me the "shits & giggles" & that hasn't happened since Vitali's last 4-5 fights.

Can't wait.
i agree, there are macthes out there that could be very interesting. no matter how good or bad it nis, the HW div is always the most followed and most talked about. so, for the good of the sport, lets hope these matches happen.