1. Fury 2. Kltschko 3. Povetkin 4. Pulev or Joshua 5. Pulev of Joshua 6. Ortiz 7. Wilder 8. Parker 9. Haye 10. Chagaev or Takam
Pulev is an embarrasing fighter, the way he fought Klitschko was an embarrassment, who fights flailing their arms so openly? Oscar Rivas already beat him in the amateurs.
Pulev rocked Klit twice, including with the opening jab. He earned his shot by beating Ustinov, Dimentrenko, and Thompson. He is right back in with his win over Chisora. He is doing a hell of a lot better than Rivas, who has beaten no one of note, and whose career is in danger due to eye troubles.
Yes Rivas eye situation may be the end of his career but according to his team the fight was cancelled only because he had a surgery on his eye not because he is having issues with his eyes, according to Rivas his eyes are working well.... Rivas would KO Pulev today.... regardless Rivas still beat Pulev in the past.
You just got done saying in the other thread that lots of top amatuers to not go on to repeat their success in the pros, and now you are basing this on an amatuer fight. Rivas is small, unaccomplished, and may have to retire soon. Pulev is big, healthy and accomplished.
NO... I am basing it solely on the fight they had with each other.. not on their entire amateur experience so your argument is not valid. These were 2 amateurs with a lot of experience not like they were newbies... so that fight counts a lot.
Yeah he accomplished making himself look like a fool against Wlad. Rivas at 19 fights still has the chance to prove himself... if his eyes are indeed healthy which I think they are.
But by your own argument things change when you get to the pros, so no, your argument is ****. You clearly did not watch the fight, just like you did not really watch Kuzmin in 30 seconds. Do you really watch the fights at all?
No not when you have 2 amatuers that have had tons of experience, the result will probably be the same except this time Rivas KOs that joke Pulev... with arms flailing badly in the air
I couldn't even make a top 10, most list I see are solid since it's fairly obvious who should be in there. Two slots at the bottom of the top 10 are vacant in my opinion. Haye has to earn a slot, that farce with Gjergjaj did nothing for him and if he fights an ancient Briggs, he really needs to bomb him out to get credit, that's not a smart fight. #10 is up for grabs, some of those guys in the wide middle of the division need to fight each other. I'm not convinced losers by KO and wide UD's like Jennings and Stiverne, who haven't fought much since then don't deserve a spot. Takam, I want him to beat somebody of note, he probably gets #10 by default for now as there's not much to choose from.