2010 vs 2019. Is Heavyweight boxing better?

Wlad beats Fury
2010 Vitali beats Wilder
Prime Povetkin stops Joshua
Whyte polaxes Adamek(whilst down on points)
Chagaev beats Ortiz
Chambers beats Ruiz
Povetkin bowels Boystov over and beats him like drum
Parker UD12 Valuev all day long
Hunter beats Dimi. He's just better.

5-4 in 2010s favour imo. One guy who only loses to Wlad imo, is Usyk. He beats the rest imo. He should definitely be mentioned in here.

 

What year was Ibebuchi mainly? mid 1990s? I always thought was a guy who could have gone all the way and stayed there for a while. Lennox was more fluid, but Ibeabuchi was strong and durable.

 

I don’t think Fury loses to any version of Wlad. Vitali v Wilder is the best matchup. Def see Vit winning rest I agree with except fat Ruiz losing.

 

Fury
Vitali
Joshua
Ortiz
Ruiz
Povetkin
Parker
Hunter

 

Errrr ok then. Complete Tangent.

 

To be fair if you add Uysk and Pulev replacing Hunter, it has the potential to be quite a strong one it’s just a shame more of these guys haven’t fought each other. Hopefully 2020 will see a lot of these guys duke it out.

With that slightly revised list I’d pick as follows

Wlad - although you could easily make a case for Fury
Vitali
Joshua
Whyte
Ortiz - Chagaev has a pretty good shot though
Ruiz
Povetkin
Parker - Valuev has a good chance though
Pulev has already beaten Dimitrenko
Uysk to beat Arreola

So with my slightly revised list, I have it 8-2, a pretty resounding win for the modern era.
6-4 if I gave the 2010s the benefit of the doubt in the close fights

 

did you boot Haye? Along with Arreola? Because if so that can change the picks and outcome.

 

The order for 2019 matters as well....

I would pick Wlad over Fury, but Wilder over Wlad...where against Vitali I would pick the opposite...Vitali beats Wilder and Vitali Fury 50/50 for me at the minute.

 

They both suck.

 

2010 has better men in the top three, but 2019 has a better and deeper top ten.

 

Rather than typing all that why not just say you liked it better when Eastern Euro guys dominated ??

 

Why didn’t you invest them precious 10 seconds more wisely instead of pointing out something painfully obvious.

I’m kidding.... well sort of lol. I already knew before reading where this one was going

 

To expand upon my observation a bit further:

I think that it is highly unlikely that any of the current crop of heavyweights could compile a resume to rival that of Wladamir Klitschko, and I think that all of them look a lot more beatable than Vitally Klitschko. I also think that a prime Povetkin could be very successful if he came along today.

When you get to the lower half of the lists, I find myself liking the modern guys better. I think that Ruiz, Povetkin, Parker and Hunter are of a higher caliber than Boytzov, Valuev, Dimitrenko and Areola.