Quote Originally Posted by leftylee View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
If David Haye or Cris Arreola is all about beating Wladimir then I would like to see him look spectacular against a fighter of similar stature (6'6-6'7 240+ pounds) or of similar style (a European Boxer/Puncher) so I am thinking Alexander Dimitrenko is probably the perfect guy for either fighter to prove himself against HOWEVER Dimitrenko is scheduled to fight Eddie Chambers next month which totally blows because had Sam Peter won that fight then we would see Sam Peter vs Dimitrenko and that might have been more exciting.

The fights I would like to see/that would be good for the younger fighters are:

Arreola: Andrew Golota, Oleg Maskaev, Sam Peter

Haye: Ray Austin, Hasim Rahman, John Ruiz

Povetkin: Lamon Brewster, Cedric Boswell, Travis Walker

The reasons for these fights are that Arreola needs to be able to #1 Outbox a good boxer and #2 Show better defense vs a big puncher. Haye needs to #1 Prove he can handle the size of heavyweights #2 Take a heavyweight punch and #3 Handle the strength of a heavyweight, which say what you will about John Ruiz's talent, he's a tough TOUGH fighter to look good against. Povetkin has proven he can box but he needs to prove #1 He can take a punch #2 He has good stamina and #3 He has good power. They might not be "exciting" but they are interesting to me because how those guys fair vs that competition would give me an idea on how they would do against Wladimir or Vitali
Funny how you say Haye should prove himself against 3 American HW''s that are garbage anyway. Haye has already spanked a yank in Monte Barrett. For this warmup I would fight Povetkin, Dimitrenko etc.
John Ruiz would be a step from Barrett to be honest