Ruslan Chagaev

[JohnnyKickAss]

I would not say he took out Valuev...Valuev is a horrible boxer and Chagaev just went in and fought the right fight....He moved around a lot and did not let Valuev get time to put in any real offense...It was the way all the other guys should have been fighting him all the while considering Valuev has no real KO power for a man his size...Chagaev was smart and did not try to trade and think he was going to find openings.....

Truth is John Ruiz was robbed against Valuev (1st time out)...(His fault for fighting in Germany)

Can we have a moratorium on fighting in Germany? The only fair fights are the ones when somebody gets knocked out. Wait, I think Steve Cunningham went into Germany and one, but that's the only one I can think of.

I actually gave that fight to Wlodarczyk....

Cunningham fought Marco Huck in Germany and won by tko...the Wlodarczyk fights(I think there were two) were in Poland...

[DaxxKahn]

Can we have a moratorium on fighting in Germany? The only fair fights are the ones when somebody gets knocked out. Wait, I think Steve Cunningham went into Germany and one, but that's the only one I can think of.

I actually gave that fight to Wlodarczyk....

Cunningham fought Marco Huck in Germany and won by tko...the Wlodarczyk fights(I think there were two) were in Poland...

Poland? My mistake

[oakleyno1]

ruslan is an excellent fighter imo the most rounded and gifted heavyweight champion today. but his workrate is poor, against skelton now i love skelton but no way should he ov been able to put up a good challenge for the heavyweight title of the world. but when ruslan let up thats what he did, when ruslan stepped up to 3rd gear we saw the difference in class. i think we havent seen anyhwere near the best of him yet and would certainnly bet on him if he ever thought the klitschos because he would be a massive underdog in a fight i feel would be very close. is ee him beating wlad and cant say with vitali until he fights someone who can actually get their own feet off the floor unlike williams and shitty peter

[El Kabong]

It's PAINFULLY obvious that the WBA is the junior circuit of the heavyweight division....none of those guys Valuev, Ruiz, Chagaev....have come close to anyone dangerous in the division.


Chagaev is tough, he's a southpaw, and he seems to have a good chin...Wlad and Vitali have done pretty well vs the lefties recently so I doubt he's going to throw anything at them that's so difficult they can't handle it.

[SEB]

comparing Ruslan Chagaev and Haye is simply ridiculous at this stage. Ruslan is byt far more experienced than david haye...

he has a astonishing amateur career, he can banh with both hands, has a good chin and he's really smart in the ring.

I can tell you he would ko david haye pretty fast. David wants a fight ? takes Oldianer Solis, the cuban ko him in the amateur ranks, take him david, show him how good you are at heavy instead of fighting agasint monte barret.

NOnethelsse, it's true that after all his injuries, I'm curious to see in what kind of shape he's..

[El Kabong]

Chagaev is a good heavyweight but after a while Haye should be able to hang with him. Ruslan is a tough guy, he can take punishment but then again the guys he has fought haven't really dished it out.

Here's some vids of Ruslan for those of you who haven't seen him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br4vmwM8yYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP5L5zsrdn8