The following boxers I believe should get a shot at Klitschkos, in no specific order: Arreola Dimitrenko Chambers Povetkin Ruiz - only because if he gives it his all, he can Sander-like beat Wlad. Nothing against Vitali Holyfield - wont be scared to come face to face with Wlad and make it an inside fight Haye Valuev And possible future prospects, with some improvements. No specific order: Kevin Johnson Odlandier Solis Francesco Pianeta Taras Bidenko Boytsov David Rodriguez Ustinov Shane Cameron David Tua
Ruiz, Holyfield, Cameron, Arreola, Chambers and Haye all get hurt, badly, against either. Povetkin, Dimitrenko, Tua, Solis all have a chance of ending the fight on their feet. The rest shouldn't even be considered.
take holy off there for his own health...ruiz doesnt deserve to be on ANY list (altho itd be funny to see him get ko'd), but id call it a good rest of his career if he dispatced e-1 else in that top list
Arreola: Could be a good fight. He is a good fighter of the new generation. Dimitrenko: A good fighter of the new generation. Chambers: Could be good. But I think he will lose to Dimitrenko. He already lost to Povetkin, who Wlad will face. Povetkin: Wlad will face him in september. Ruiz: Ruiz is shot and is not prestigious. I don't see why this fight is relevant. Holyfield: Is he 50 years old? Haye: Haye is popular and it would be interesting. Valuev: I see why this fight is relevant. But, after seeing Wlad dominating Chagaev, I don't really care about Valuev.
Why Ruiz and Holy? Simply because they got nothing else to lose and much to gain. And the only way to gain is to hope that Wlad realy does have a glass-chin and risk their own chin as they would run in to throw KO punches. Thats really the only way to win from Wald. But this is very risky, and Ruiz and Holy seem like the only ones who'd get the last chance and might find the balls to do so. But I do understand that Wlad v Any of them, is bad for HW marketing.
I think Wlad's priorities should be Povetkin, Haye, Dimitrenko/Chambers winner, Arreola and Valuev. After that there's not much to do, imo, but new contenders will emerge. But Vitali will probably challenge Haye or Arreola in september. Wlad will definitely fight Povetkin (unless there's another injury) and, if he wins, he will probably have to face Dimitrenko/Chambers winner, which would be his WBO mandatory. I don't know about Valuev, but he already declined to fight Wlad some weeks ago when he could've been a replacemente for Haye. Anyways, Chagaev already beat him.
this is getting ridiculous atsch wlad haters think anyone with a decent punch and agression has a chance to ko wlad :-(
Dimitrenko-Chambers winner, Povetkin, Arreola, Haye, and Valuev. Those are the only 5 guys that make any sense at all for Wlad in the near future. I'm not sure where Vitali's going from here if he doesn't fight Haye in the fall.
After one of them beats Haye, and takes Valuev's partial WBA title...........there will be nothing left to do. All those you listed are wastes of time, unless there is noone else to fight, then, why not? If they continue, they have to fight someone, regardless of if they pose a threat or not. David Haye And easily take Valuev's title. That is all there is left to do that will mean anything, and even Valuev getting beaten won't really mean anything.