Heavyweight top ten looking something like this now?

I respect your opinion.

:good

 

Povetkin is also on the slide IB (reflexes and speed wise). He is easily more skilled than both Fury and Wilder, but the size could play an important factor.

To be fair, I think that Wilder would be easier match-up for Povetkin. He rarely holds, which would play in Povetkin's favor, as he knows how to close the distance unlike the slow-motion Stiverne. Wilder boxing on the back foot while not being a master distance-keeper would also play in Sasha's hands, so I'd say that he overcomes the size disadvantage and gets Wilder out of there. Not to mention the difference in skill level, although Wilder's power is always a factor.

Fury-Chisora II changed my view on Fury. He grabs and holds when necessary, leans on the opponent and is also able to fight in laid-back style which is difficult for a smaller opponent like Povetkin. Pov is indeed much much more skilled and better than Chisora, but Fury's reach and height combined with his style would still be difficult for Povetkin to overcome. Not saying that Sasha wouldn't overcome it (after all, dominating Chisora doesn't mean much when there's Povetkin in front of you), but the first half of the Takam fight was worrying.

 

Nonsense.

Too weak, too small?

You'd seriously pick the likes of Chris Arreola and Pulev to have beaten Frazier?

What about Michael Spinks and Norton?

Who would have hammered them from the top 20?

We must be looking at different lists here.

There's no way guys like Chisora, Pulev, Arreola, Fury, Stiverne and Cunningham etc, would have beaten the sh*t out of them.

It was a gross exaggeration.

 

double post.

 

Ah, no.

You did a poor job parsing there, IB.

Them's two of the reasons.

I outlined others, including...

...Pov had his chance and was drubbed. (He had no complaints about the ref and stated that Wlad was just too strong).

...both Fury and Wilder are undefeated.

...both men have been underestimated by many (myself included) in the past.

Both have steadily improved of late.

And then ther's the trash-talking and press-conferences we'd get !
Almost makes the event worthwhile just for that.

 

pretty close / but glazkov shouldnt be ahead of jennings nor takham since loosing to povetkin and nor stiverne since loosing to wilder and pulv should be lower also ......jennings should be #4..has beaten perez/sziplka/

 

this list is about right

 

An opinion that I find just strange in an era when former cruisers and light heavies such as Cunningham, Banks, Haye, Chambers, and 46 year old Tarver have all served as top contenders.

I think that Wladdy is too much of a combination of big and good for Frazier, but anyone else in the division today better eat his Wheaties before hi climbs in with Smoking Joe.

 

he needed a british stoppage to squeeze past pala.