I thought Kali was a pretty solid operator in his day. Big, strong, decent skills, and tough. If a couple of things had gone a different way in his career, I think he could have held a belt at some point. How would a prime Meehan do against today’s heavyweights?
I think he would have been a contender but how high or in what capacity I’m not sure. He was as mentioned durable, strong, and could punch
Well for me he clearly beat Brewster who had a strange performance that night it has to be said. But apart from that Meehan didn't really make much noise at world level. He would probably be ranked a top 20 Heavyweight today similar to what he was actually ranked when he was fighting.
I remember when he fought Rahman. Meehan's punches had no effect and Rahman beat him like a stepchild. Probably where he was when he was active, fringe contender at best.
Agreed. And I’ll take it a step further and say that had he not been screwed out of his title shot against Valuev, he could very well have won a strap in that fight as well. The tools were there anyway.
