Beterbiev at heavyweight? The next Michael Spinks?

And what do you think a Beterbiev right cross right on the noggin will do to Joshua and Wilder?

 

He's gonna get bombed out rather quickly at HW if this takes place.

 

Man, Mike was huge. He was short but look at his neck, legs and back. Beterbiev is built slenderly in comparison to Mike.

You did not read my post, did you? The only reason Artur competed at HW was the olympic coaches in Russia who decided to make Egor Mekhontsev the gold medalist instead. It was not and is still not Artur's weight class. That's why he was not successful and failed to achieve anything.

Man, Wilder is 6'7. Artur is not even 6'
Usyk fought at middleweight and faced Shawn Porter, back when he still was a kid. We discuss full-grown men

 

Not much, because Joshua and Wilder are used to taking punches from 230+ pound men over 6 feet tall.

I don't think the average boxing fan realizes how hard HWs hit compared to fighters in every other weight class. Even the difference in punching power between HW and CW is huge.

 

They don't seem to take it very well.

 

Some CWs punch harder than most HWs. Prime examples are Gassiev and Briedis. Usyk was far more cautious in the Gassiev fight than against Joshua who never troubled him. Briedis KOed Charr out cold. Vitaly and PEDvetkin both are big punchers and it took more time for them to do the job on Charr.

Wilder is likely the biggest puncher in the sport and would punch harder than any HW even if he moved down to CW which he can do easily