POLL Who is the best fighter in the Light Heavyweight Division

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Who is the best fighter in the Light Heavyweight Division

  1. Anthony Yarde

    3 vote(s)
    3.8%

  2. Sergey Kovalev

    12 vote(s)
    15.2%

  3. Aleksander Gvozdyk

    28 vote(s)
    35.4%

  4. Artur Beterbiev

    13 vote(s)
    16.5%

  5. Dmitry Bivol

    21 vote(s)
    26.6%

  6. Marcus Browne

    2 vote(s)
    2.5%
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  1. bruce_keyes

    bruce_keyes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    LHW is stacked. perhaps the most competitive division in boxing today.
     
    bruce_keyes, May 8, 2019
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  2. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Overall I'd say Gvozdyk, but with the way he sometimes loses focus midfight it wouldn't shock me to see him take a loss to Beterbiev or Bivol.
     
    Jackomano, May 8, 2019
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    CST80, May 8, 2019
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  4. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Good question bruce, in the absence of the Great Andre Ward who could run through through that entire line up I'm not sure who to pick.
    Joe Smith Jr. if he was on the list but other than that LHW needs to mix it up now. I told people those Soviets would never fight each other. It's gonna be Browne and Yarde vs 4 guys from the USSR.
     
    Willie Maeket, May 8, 2019
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  5. gdm

    gdm Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Andre ”low blow “ bored is gone and nobody wants him back .
    Joe was schooled by Bivol but you would pick him as the best LHW? Hahaha
     
    gdm, May 8, 2019
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    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Willie is playing with his Willy. Possibly while watching replays of Joe Smith victories:risas3:
     
    Dangerwood84, May 8, 2019
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  7. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Andre Ward never ran through anybody, his victories were ' strategic ' or maybe ' dastardly ' is a better word. He took the term ' winning ugly ' to a whole new level!
     
    Dangerwood84, May 8, 2019
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    Dfaulds Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yarde should not be in the poll. I wouldn't even rate him as top 20.
     
    Dfaulds, May 8, 2019
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  9. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bivol, then The Nail. Those two are separate from the rest. Beterbiev is a possibility but he hasn't really done much the past decade.
     
    vast, May 8, 2019
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  10. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    There's actually a vote for Browne, only a matter of time before we get a Yarde vote too :lol:
    My top 5

    1. Bivol
    2. Beterbiev
    3. Gvozdyk
    4. Kovalev
    5. Alvarez
     
    Robney, May 8, 2019
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    FartWristedBum I walk this Earth like a bum Full Member

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    Lions........massive lions.
     
    FartWristedBum, May 9, 2019
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    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bingo! :smile:
     
    minemax, May 9, 2019
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  13. FartWristedBum

    FartWristedBum I walk this Earth like a bum Full Member

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    Well, someone had to be the voice of reason! You lot are sleeping on Yarde, he's been feasting on nothing but LIONZ and is just biding his time before running through the entire division! Tunde told me so....
     
    FartWristedBum, May 9, 2019
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    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    This
     
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    Bivol has the most boxing ability but seems to lack the power and frame of the others.
     
    Boxcel, May 9, 2019
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