Haye, Povetkin, Dimitrenko, Arreola, Solis or Boytsov?

Wilder.

-If it turns out that he can hold up against an aggressive, powerful opponents.
We just don't know yet, but if so, then he destroys all dem udder bums.

If not Wilder, then David Price, who is oddly not on the OP's list.

 

none of the above= kubrat pulev is gonna knock out wladimir klitschko

 

So, we're over 5 years further and nothing has changed at the top of the mountain.

From the list Povetkin is the only one who most still take seriously.
How will it be another 2 years from now?

 

Funny. I posted 5 years ago that there were interesting matchups to be made amongst these guys, and 5 years later, not a single fight took place between them.

That's the biggest problem in the division. Contenders and prospects don't fight each other nearly enough to establish a clear pecking order.

 

These guys who posted 5 years ago don't know **** about boxing. Dimitrenko, Solis, Boytsov?? Please...

 

Haye would need to win consecutive fights vs big names.

Nothing he's done suggests he'd be willing to fight consecutive fights vs top 10 fighters.

Potvetkin has the tools and willingness to fight the best. He's taken big fights since his loss to Wlad, and that's something Haye has obviously been proven to be unwilling to do.:think

 

povetkin, if he can rebuild and maintain.


boystov, too basic.
arreola too old and unfit.
haye too busy lookin good.

solis perhaps may brag a lesser belt.


no idea who dimitrenko is, will research him.

 

:deal

If they are the best around in two years time, then why should Wlad (who has beat arguably two of the best of them already, and in a thoroughly decisive manner) retire?

 

I actually believe that Pulev will give a very good account of himself, which may establish Kubrat as the clear number two.