Seth Mitchell is the guy

I think Mitchell should take it slow and fight a few journeymen over the next 4-5 years and then step it up.

 

Haye and Mitchell are on vastly different ability levels. I totally disagree with your statement that Mitchell stands a better chance than Haye of landing a "game changer." I was present (live) at Mitchell's last fight, and I saw many, many cracks in his armor.

Mitchell may succeed against slow, stationary contenders like Povetkin or Chagaev. Just maybe, if he gets better. But forget about Mitchell hanging in there with a Klitschko, a Haye, or even with a Solis, Chisora, or Helenius. No way.

 

It also says volumes about the power of his publicity machine (Golden Boy and their friends in the media, one of which, allegedly, is Dan)

 

Next 4-5 years? Are you ****ing kidding me?

 

He's only 30, let's not not rush him.

 

When Wlad is 40, maybe.

 

people are sold way too quickly on certain fighters. i need to see alot more from seth. he could get a wlad or vitaly fight very soon. mitchell is better opposotion then mormeck and thompson, i mention thompson because it looks like wlad will fight thompson bcuz its his mandatory and i hear its pretty much done dnt no 4 sure though, but its the kinda cup cake fight wlad will take

 

You've missed an appointment with your psychiatrist again, Derrick.

 

While your username suggests you like a monster of a HW, your're post suggests you have never watched either fight.

Mitchell is twice as fast as Valuev, Ruiz, Audely, and as fast as Barrett, but with twice the power. Same for Ruiz and Audely, and Valuevs power was in his length. Mitchells comes from his hips and shoulders.

If Haye were stupid enough to take this fight, he'd be laid out inside 4. KTFO!:rofl

 

Get real. Mitchell cannot block a right hand, and cannot fight off of his backfoot. The guy struggles in the open ring too.

Haye would brutally KO Mitchell.

 

Mitchell is sort of in the cat bird's seat for this fight. Wlad and Manny have already mentioned him and Wlad will be occupied with Arreola and Thomposn for the next year so Mitchell can fight top 30 ish guys get showcased on HBO and take his shot in a year.

I would like to see a tourny of American contenders with the winner getting a shot at Wlad.

Mitchell
Wilder
'Rodriguez
Chambers/Monsour(If not locked up)

But Mitchell will no doubt get the shot without earning one because he fits the profile.

 

I am waiting to see a FLUID HEAVYWEIGHT with some boxing skills, SPEED and good footwork, one that can stick and move and move around

it is too much of the SAME in the Heavyweight Division, Big TALL SLOW GUYS or Compact Brawlers who need to get up close and inside to be effective

That is why I am more of a fan of Malik Scott (especially the shape that he is in now) then Wilder and Mitchell, because Scott has better OVERALL SKILLS and he doesn't go out just looking for Knockouts

 

Your tourney would make no sense because Chambers is the obvious winner, wide and easy. If you remove Chambers, Mitchell easily beats Wilder and Rodriguez, but then Mitchell gets demolished by Vlad.

Best bet for Mitchell is to keep him active against light-hitting opposition, so he doesn't get his head knocked off. If Mitchell's kept clean, then he can be moved into a a heavily hyped showdown with Vlad, and get destroyed in a couple of rounds.

Face it. Mitchell has no defense. None.

 

You misunderstood me.

Or maybe you just presume too high an opinion of Haye on my part.

I'm not saying that Mitchell has much of a chance at all to land anything significant on Wladimir (significant enough to harken back to the panic attack days, that is). He really doesn't. What separates him from Mormeck, Haye, etc. is that he DOES possess that game-changer, in his back pocket. There is possessing it, and then there is having a good chance of landing it - worlds apart. In all likelihood - and we're talking like 99.999999% here - it stays there in his back pocket unused like a smushed up melted chocolate bar if he ever gets in the ring with Wlad. He'd be jab-crossed into oblivion and KTFO before he ever had an opportunity to load up on a big shot, if I were to bet on an outcome.

HOWEVER - Mitchell is a real heavyweight with real heavyweight power. Haye wasn't. EVER. Mormeck isn't, and never was. Chambers, more skilled than all of them put together - sadly can't claim to be one either.

Wlad hasn't faced many guys with a big punch in a long time (unless you count the One-Eyed bandit...or the shot Rock, who I only give a marginal puncher's chance in his upcoming WBA title bid on the basis of how utterly **** Povetkin looked against Huck and how utterly vulnerable to right hands...and how completely below Wlad's stratosphere...)

Mitchell would be the first legit young big TRUE heavyweight puncher he'd been in with in a long ass time. Some people like to pretend that Haye was his "risky fight with a dangerous guy who could test his chin". It wasn't. He isn't. He didn't even try to test Wlad's chin, ***** that he acted that night - but even had he tried his best I simply don't think he has the punch to do anything to Wlad. He honestly didn't have a very impressive heavyweight run, never really stopping anyone who wasn't ripe for the picking - and buzzing Nikolai Valuev a little bit in the last round isn't enough of a support beam to hold up this myth that Haye ever had a serious punch at heavy.

The biggest puncher Wlad has faced since Sam Peter I...was Sam Peter II (and that was a ruined Peter).

Mitchell would pack the biggest punch he'd have to worry about since he was getting shook up by Sam Peter in 2005. That was my only point. Of course, given the size and length disadvantages and the fact that Mitchell isn't especially quick (nor very experienced at strategically outboxing gigantic super heavies - nor very experienced in general...) - it's doubtful he'd ever come even remotely close to landing that big punch. That doesn't change the fact that he has it. He's a young solid true heavyweight with a young solid true heavyweight's dangerous punch. That can't be said of anybody who's challenged Wlad since 2005. :good

 

Nice post IB. :good