And I can't find a single one who is a threat to either of the K-Bros. This is absolutely crazy. Don't get me wrong, I like both Klitschko's, but I also like entertaining fights. The only guy I see with upset potential is Helenius because he appears to be in the same power range as both brothers and has a pretty good jaw. He beat Brewster like a red headed step child and almost killed Sam Peter. But other than that guy, everyone else out there is light years behind.
I agree, the whole heavyweight division has sucked so bad for almost a decade and there is no hope insight. the Kbros are head ad shoulders above a very sorry lot
If your talking of Power range Then im sure David Price is in the same league, but experience no where near, but i think Price will beat Tyson Fury
I dont get why people say it sucks, having 1/2 dominant champion is better than fat bums trading belts.
The biggest threat would be Helenius. But I think even he loses. Maybe in 18 months to 2 years the K-Bros might have slowed down enough for Helenius to beat them. Noone else in the top 20 is a threat. Arrebola? Solis? Too fat. Haye? Adamek? Povetin? Boystov? All too small. Tyson Fury? Seth Mitchell? David Price? Too green. Holyfield? Too old Looking futher afield David Rodriguez has an impressive record 35(33)-0 but even with that record hes only ever fought bums as boxrec ranks him at 82 in the division. He needs to start uping the ante on who he fights before we can see how good he is, and fast (he's 33) but he seems to have power which might be bad news for Wlad.
He's not saying the belt has to change hands...just that there is no competition or serious threat to them. the 70's had these guys who were all real threats to each other Muhammad Ali,is obviously the best heavyweight of that decade. Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, George Foreman ,Joe Frazier ,Ernie Shavers to name a few . the 80's had Holmes and Tyson were head and shoulders above everyone in that decade. Michael Spinks ,Pinklon Thomas,Greg Page ,Michael Dokes,Tim Witherspoon,Evander Holyfield,Jerry Cooney,Mike Weaver,Tony Tucker to name a few. the 90's had list: Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, George Foreman, Ray Mercer, David Tua, Tommy Morrison, Larry Holmes, Michael Moorer, Frank Bruno,Donovan Razor Ruddock, This content is protected , & Buster Douglas to name a few. The K brothers are Light years ahead of their competition...the Heavyweights used to be exciting, it had drama and suspense about who would win the fight , but now....:bart It's just sad to see how far it's fallen.
Robert Helenius is the future 2005 101. 23/1/2005 Jukka Saarinen, Hämeenlinna, Finland W 5-0 102. 2/2/2005 Artur Marabian RUS, Unkari W 13 -9 103. 3/2/2005 Csaba Kurtucz HUN, Unkari L 12-22 104. 13/2/2005 Mauritzio Biazhi ITA, Helsinki, Finland W AB 3. round 105. 19/2/2005 Ali Nepshekuev RUS, Sundsvall, Sweden L AB 2. round 106. 27/2/2005 Olli Lampi, Lahti, Finland W RSC 1. round 107. 28/2/2005 Jukka Saarinen, Lahti, Finland W 25-20 108. 10/4/2005 Modo Sallah SWE, Helsinki, Finland L 15-31 109. 17/4/2005Linas Narkevicius Tarto, Estonia W 3-0 110. 18/6/2005 Niklas Hyvärinen Porvoo W AB 2.-erä 111. 11/9/2005Sergei Andrienko RUS Rovaniemi W AB 2.-erä 112. 9/10/2005 Dmitri Solopahov ESTTarto, Estonia W KO 1 113. 21/10/2005 Aleksei Sivko UKR Tampere W 31-10 114. 22/10/2005 Mohamed Amanissi MOR Tampere W RSC-O 2.erä 115. 23/10/2005 Jukka Saarinen Tampere W RSC-O 2.-erä 116. 16/11/2005 David Price SCO Mianyang City, China W 25-22 (World championships) 117. 17/11/2005 Rustam Saidov UZB Mianyang City, China L AB 4.-erä (World championships) 2003 78. 9/2/2003 Janne Räsänen Tampere, Finland W 9-0 79. 10/3/2003 Mika Karhunen Tampere, Finland W RSC-O 3.Round 80. 4/4/2003 Andreas Barkhall NOR, Helsinki, Finland L RSC-H 3.Round 81. 23/5/2003 Janne Katajisto Helsinki, Finland W 2-1 82. 24/5/2003 Andreas Gustafsson SWE, Porvoo, Finland L 0-3 83. 9/8/2003 Janne Katajisto Loviisa, Finland W KO 4 84. 31/8/2003 Pavel Jakolev EST, Tallinn, Estonia W AB 2 85. 6/9/2003 Daniel Petriatko NOR, Rovaniemi, Finland W 5-0 86. 7/9/2003 Jarno Rosberg Rovaniemi, Finland L 1-4 87. 22/9/2003 Mehdi Aouiche FRA, Helsinki, Finland W 23-12 88. 18/10/2003 David Price ENG, Tampere, Finland W 20-15 89. 19/10/2003 Mehdi Aouiche FRA, Tampere, Finland L 13-20 90. 8/11/2003 Mikael Puurula, Forssa, Finland W 3-0 91. 15/11/2003 Daniel Petriako NOR, Oulu, Finland L AB 3.Round 92. 8/12/2003 Igor Bilic CRO, Catania, Italy L 5-8 2004
No way am I saying I don't like the K-Bros. I think they are great for boxing. But I also like a good fight. And let's face it, the last good world title fight was either Klitscho vs Lewis, or Brewster vs Meehan, and both of those fights had controversial conclusions. So then we have to go back even further to probably Holyfield vs Bowe I.
i personally think solis, povetkin, boystov and haye would be chellengers in the 90s. they wouldnt win a title but they would get a shot. the reason the division is **** is because the two best guys are too big, fight boring and wont fight each other. a vitali vs wlad 3 fight saga would improve the division no end.
