Soooooooo......

[El Kabong]

I'd like to see Valuev KO'd but would that mean he goes away? Doubtful. So its kind of pointless.

Well no he wouldn't go away but #1 Valuev would no longer have a belt and #2 He would have to fight Wlad or Vitali to get a belt back.

Pointless it would be GREAT!!!!

Alexander Dimitrenko 29(19 KO)-0-0 (Ranked #4 IBF and #1 WBO) and Eddie Chambers 34(18 KO)-1-0 (ranked #3 IBF and #5 WBO) are scheduled to fight in an elimination bout July 4th....I bet they try and land one of those guys.

Other than that Cedric Boswell and Brian Minto wouldn't be horrible

[OumaFan]

I'd like to see Valuev KO'd but would that mean he goes away? Doubtful. So its kind of pointless.

Well no he wouldn't go away but #1 Valuev would no longer have a belt and #2 He would have to fight Wlad or Vitali to get a belt back.

Pointless it would be GREAT!!!!

Alexander Dimitrenko 29(19 KO)-0-0 (Ranked #4 IBF and #1 WBO) and Eddie Chambers 34(18 KO)-1-0 (ranked #3 IBF and #5 WBO) are scheduled to fight in an elimination bout July 4th....I bet they try and land one of those guys.

Other than that Cedric Boswell and Brian Minto wouldn't be horrible

ffs Lyle get it together man

[El Kabong]

Minto has never been KO'd before...he would put pressure on Wlad, or at least TRY to win which you can't really say about other guys. Some fighters get "star struck" when they get a title shot, I for one don't think Minto would. I think he'd be horribly outclassed, but he would give it 100%.


....and it would put Wlad in position if he KO'd Minto early (which he would) to fight vs Haye, Povetkin, Dimitrenko/Chambers in another couple of months if HBO saves up it's money

[OumaFan]

Minto went through hell with that dude who's got a tattoo around his neck

plus I hear he's dropping down to 175 to fight Yusuf Mack in Trinidad

[El Kabong]

Vinnie Maddalone? The guy is a crowd pleaser....Minto might make Wlad FIGHT....isn't that what people complain about, guys like Sultan and Rahman who just didn't show up and allowed Wlad to do his thing and people didn't like it. Well imagine if someone pressured Wladimir and made him fight....it might allow us to see something new from Wladimir.

[OumaFan]

Meh, Povetkin can do that better than Minto.

Although I don't know what Povetkin's hurry is but still I'd much rather see that than Minto.

[El Kabong]

boozeboxer keeps on me about throwing Serguei Liakhovich out there, but hell the last time he fought it was February of last year and he weighed 251....sure he and Wlad used to spar a bunch and supposedly had some big battles but there is just no hope for him anymore.

Povetkin is tiny....I wouldn't mind him fighting Haye for an elimination match