Dillian Whyte vs prime Ruslan Chagaev

I don't even think he was in his prime for the Valuev fight, let alone Povetkin.

 

No disrespect. Big fan of your shire cream.

 

This, this this, this, this.

Chagaev's prime was in the amateurs. By the time he was a pro, he had hepatitis, and there were rumors of partial blindness and nerve damage. He just left too much in the amatuers.

 

Chagaev was a beast at heavyweight then, to have all those problems and yet be top 5

 

Well, there's an Ottkeish quality about him...I always thought he was an underrated operator, before getting so porky, even past his physical best, still contender-level for a long time.

 

White Tyson > Whyte Dyson.

 

Whyte lost to ancient Povetkin. Prime Chagaev TKOs him in 5 rounds.

 

It was an underrated era, and it was just because you had the Klitschkos who were BIG and good.

Imagine if there were no Klitschkos, and you had Chagaev, Ibragimov, Povetkin, Haye, Adamek, Juan Carlos Gomez, etc. competing to be on top. You'd have seen some great, competitive fights at heavy by some great, competitive fighters.

 

I bet you do, I nice little dollop!
It can get messy though.

 

I think whytes best fights are behind him tbh. That roider ain't getting any Betta.
And someone as experienced and crafty as chagaev would beat Whyte pretty comprehensivly.

 

Ruslan in his prime was a very good fighter, he wins this, possibly by stoppage.

If it goes to points, it's a clear UD.

 

Like catchwtboxing said, Chags's prime was in the amateurs. That's when he was truly exceptional. Pro Chags went from very good to pretty good to kinda James Toney going through the motions but still able to put a whupping on fools level. I'd say any version of Chags from the Valuev fight to the Povetkin fight would have outclassed Whyte something awful. Whyte wouldn't have had much chance to hurt him either; Chags always had one of the best chins in the division, and a watertight defence to boot.