Klitschko bros and heavyweight division

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  1. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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    Here's the Ring top 10 heavyweights list :

    Heavyweight
    Limit: none

    CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko
    Country: Ukraine
    Record: 58-3-0 (51 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: C | Last Week: C | Weeks On List: 379
    Titles: RING, IBF, WBO, WBA

    Vitali Klitschko
    Country: Ukraine
    Record: 45-2-0 (41 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 1 | Last Week: 1 | Weeks On List: 203
    Title: WBC

    Alexander Povetkin
    Country: Russia
    Record: 24-0-0 (16 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 2 | Last Week: 2 | Weeks On List: 253

    Tomasz Adamek
    Country: Poland
    Record: 47-2-0 (29 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 3 | Last Week: 3 | Weeks On List: 124

    David Haye
    Country: UK
    Record: 26-2-0 (24 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 4 | Last Week: 4 | Weeks On List: 8

    Kubrat Pulev
    Country: Bulgaria
    Record: 16-0-0 (8 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 5 | Last Week: 5 | Weeks On List: 46

    Robert Helenius
    Country: Finland
    Record: 17-0-0 (11 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 6 | Last Week: 6 | Weeks On List: 74

    Denis Boytsov
    Country: Russia
    Record: 31-0-0 (25 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 7 | Last Week: 7 | Weeks On List: 167

    Ruslan Chagaev
    Country: Uzbekistan
    Record: 30-2-1 (19 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 8 | Last Week: 8 | Weeks On List: 302

    Chris Arreola
    Country: U.S.
    Record: 35-2-0 (30 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 9 | Last Week: 9 | Weeks On List: 180

    Tyson Fury
    Country: United Kingdom
    Record: 19-0-0 (14 KOs)
    Ranking: This Week: 10 | Last Week: 10 | Weeks On List: 28


    Why K. bros don't want to fight with guys like Povetkin, Pulev, Helenius , Boytsov or Fury ? I mean all these fighters are top 10 ranked heavyweights and I'm sure that all of them would like to have a shot at Klitchkos titles !

    Who is the ducker here or what is the problem ?     :think
     
    flashy k.o, Sep 21, 2012
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  2. DanishFightfan

    DanishFightfan Boxing Junkie banned

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    None of them wants to fight the Klitschko brothers
     
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  3. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pulev is ranked far too highly
     
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  4. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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    What they have to lose ? :think
     
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  5. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    People not wanting to get in the ring and beaten up by the Klits for the terms they offer.
     
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  6. Maximus

    Maximus TKO6 Full Member

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    This. Pay them a reasonable amount without bull**** rematch claauses and I'm sure most fighters would jump at the chance. Otherwise they'll keep fighting other no-marks for the same money they'd get from fighting a Klit.
     
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  7. bremen

    bremen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Because the line separating "exciting prospect" from "exposed hypejob" is one Klitchko trashing wide.
     
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  8. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Problem is, the guys in that top ten don't fight eachother.

    If they did, we'd have contenders that had been established as legit.
     
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  9. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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    indeed these guys from top 10 don't fight eachother but Charr or Wach are better options/interesting fights than Helenius, Boystov , Povetkin or Fury ?
     
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  10. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    :deal

    And entertaining fights
     
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  11. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, the champ should bend over backwards to appease the challenger who is getting a shot at HIS titles.

    Brittards...

    My god.
     
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  12. krazylegs

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    Povetkin has pulled out twice from fighting Wlad, and it will likely come to him getting stripped of his paper title"regular WBA" or fighting Wlad next up. Since there is deadline in that Org for the super and regular champ to fight. Pulev has 16 fights, and just got ranked that highly off his last win vs. Dimitrenko, and is now in a final IBF title eliminator to become that Org's mandatory. Helenius basically lost to Chisora and since that fight almost a year ago, has been rehabbing his shoulder, and been inactive. Boytsov although faster then Wach, has the same padded recorded with lack of size, so why wouldn't you complain about him being a title challenger if you have about Wach. Fury has said he is in no rush to face the Klitschko's and is patiently waiting to become a mandatory , so his earning potential increases dramatically

    :deal Yup this. There have been some match ups between contenders, not all being in Rings top 10, but not even remotely close to enough. The most recent being:

    Haye/Chisora
    Hellenious/Chisora
    Adamek/Arreola
    Adamek/Chambers
    Chambers/Peter
    Chambers/Dimitrenko
    Pulev/Dimitrenko
    Povetkin/Chagaev
     
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  13. Daruf

    Daruf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    As people already mentioned how about some of these "contenders" actually fight eachother to get a mandetory and then you do not have to worry about "slave contracts" or rematch clauses?

    Also both Klitschkos have given career high paydays to fighters that actually have a name, christ even Danny Williams got a huge payday after he knocked out Mike Tyson.

    But if you don't have a name and you are not a mandetory why should they get paid loads?
     
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  14. alexanderkareli

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  15. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This is why the ring ratings are not worth pissing on. Arreola is in the top ten from doing absolutely nothing. And above Tyson fury. Embarrassing.
     
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