A top ten guy that would have gotten a title shot without necessarily earning it. Barrett and Jirov are good wins but how bad he struggled in both certainly show his ceiling. Decent but not fight ending power, average size, and a chin that was suspect against non-elite punchers. His best shot would be old Rahman but even that is likely a bridge too far.
Hard to say. He wasn't elite but he had very decent foundamentals and while not the biggest puncher shifted his bodyweight effectively. He'd definitely have a decent shot against Ruiz or Byrd. Would get soundly beat by either Klit
He wasn't much good but neither were Byrd, Ruiz, Brewster, Liakhovich, Rahman, Maskaev, Peter, Valuev .... etc.
I would agree with this. He was a contender and possibly good enough to win an alphabet belt against 2nd tier champs like Brewster, Rahman, Ruiz and Maskayev but I don't think he was on par with the Klitschko's or the generation before with Lewis and Holyfield.
I think Brewster would have knocked his head into the third row of the stands, though that fight would be fun however long it lasted.
Just good enough to crack into the top ten on a bad year. No more. More of a top 15-25 ranked guy at his best. We saw his limitations vs. the best he fought. Thankfully he retied before he was badly or or hurt.
I miss brewsters wbo reign he was a fun heavyweight for a while...i wish the hw division had some diversity guys like brewster,hard rock mansour,devarryl williamson, valuev,donald....as bad as it was post lennox for the mid 2000s there was that...kind of mix....now as good as fury is and the rivalries with wilder and AJ ...outside those 3 and usyk and ortiz perhaps...theres really nothing of interest in the hw division....it may just be the marketing of the sport...the promotions..the small shows on tv...things like heavyweight explosion are dead and buried....and we have a dead sport where there are basically 5 guys discussed in the hw division.......but thats the way it is....a half competent italian american like messi back than made some waves...back than....now...even with social media no one would have seen 1 of his fights
Maybe. To me Brewster was very inconsistent. His fight with Meehan and Lehovich showed that. I thought he was going to wipe the floor with Meehan but he really struggled in that fight.
Yeah he definitely was in worse shape and didn't get up for fights as much after the Klitschko win. With Mesi being a name I think he'd be switched on, similar to the Golota fight (not the 1st round ko just the version that shows up).
A brawler with a average punch and suspect chin isn't going to go very far. TBH I don't think Mesi people thought he was that good either I think the plan was to get him a fight with well past his prime Tyson in 04.
Good enough to contend for a title shot but not good enough to beat the top-tier champs like the Klitchkos.