If Gvozdyk the first in Beterbiev's resume, which is Radivoje Kalajdžić?

What a coincidence!!!! I've looked through boxrec and there are 1000s of fighters who did the same. Is there was a reason that 99% of boxers across the globe couldn't fight in 2020? Its almost like some sort of weird pandemic isn't it?

 

Just wanted to remind that Kalajdžić was the real winner against Marcus Browne

 

I think he's second going on overal skilllevel. He got robbed in ridiculous fashion against Browne, in one of the worst displays of homecooking this century, and basically dominated all other opposition besides the Beterbiev loss of course.

 

Covid

Remember when the world shut down?

 

The thread title gave me AIDS.

 

Man, I haven't followed Thompson's career that intensely, but I've seen a handful of his fights. Interesting that he's looking to campaign at 168 now. One thing I've always noticed is he never looked the part at 175. I don't care what the scale ever said, to me he never looked like a LHW. He was just too small. I remember him fighting Kovalev back in the day and I saw the fight. And whole time I'm thinking Kovalev is just too damn big. And Kov was never a massive LHW in the first place.

 

4th or 5th maybe.............( I selected 5th but can reason 4th)

Behind Gvozdyk, I'd say he's behind Campillo, Cloud and reluctantly Smith. I'm not gonna rank him ahead of titlists. I rank him ahead of Marcus B. who I thought he really got robbed against.

 

Problems with his deal so he sat out of action, out of principle. It cost him millions, but some people value things other than money.

 

Kov wasn’t a massive LHW? Even though he always had real problems making weight, walked around at 200lbs, and is now comfortable fighting at cruiserweight? Kovalev is the definition of a massive light heavyweight, if I was more charitable to him I’d attribute that draining factor as to why he lost fights. That’s why the Canelo fight was so tough on him with the short turn around - making light heavy was very difficult at the best of times.

 

I’ve seen Kovalev himself say he walks around at 200lbs. I never thought that Kovalev was the power puncher he was made out to be - He was a weight bully, a massive light heavy weight.

“He entered entered training camp for the Alvarez fight weighing 211 pounds (96 kilograms), when he normally walks around at 190 pounds (86 kilograms).”

 

He might actually be Beterbiev’s second best win, with worst management. Gvozdyk is easily the best, then Kalajdzic, Smith, Browne, Johnson are more or less same tier opponents.