Modern heavyweights with a chance to become champion rating thread.

Mendoza is desperate to believe the hype that Harrison can win, becuase he'd likely accept a Klitschko slave contract full of options & wouldn't stand a chance against either.

 

Pulev- 4.5
Total package of size, experience, skill, and deceptive power. If the chin is there, he is a star.

Helenius- 4.5
Yes, he is slow and lacks punch variety. But that right hand to the body makes up for an awful lot. With his size, his useful jab is going to suffice for defense, and so far he has had a very good chin. Plodder or not, he is going to give hell to a lot of fighters.

Boytsov- 4.0
Often compared to Tyson for speed and power, but I don't see the defense, and he is going to need it since he is a little undersized. Still better than most of the guys out there.

Solis- 3.0
I understand he was a great amatuer, but now he is a carnival fat man who comes in heavier virtually every fight. You cannot tell me that the Mazakin fight was not fixed. I have never in all of my years of watching the sport seen a wight problem of this magnitude reverse itself. I think he is going to have more than he expects against Ray Austin

Fury- 3.5
Working with Emmanuel Stewart now, and in a recent interview seemed to be aware that he has to fight taller. A lot of people get down on Fury, but I don't think that they realize he has only had something like 30 amatuer fights. I think Manny will add a controlling jab to his fast hands and so far good chin. Can he get in shape? Well, for his height, he ain't Solis fat, but he needs to show more dedication.

Wilder- 3.5
Another case of a guy who is being underrated because he has had very few amatuer and professional fights. He is very yong, and probably will not contend for a title for another few years. big, fast hands, and powerful, his big drawback is his chin, but he is going to put on a lot of weight as he physically matures, and that will help him take a punch.

Alexander Dimenkrenko- Used his jab better in his last fight, which is half of his problem. His chin is the other half, and its not going to get much better at this point. Lets see how he does agaisnt Sosnowski

David Price- 3.0
In a lot of ways, a lot like Deontay, but I believe he is a lot older and is not going to fill out, so his chin problems are not going to improve much. Still, he's got all of the skills

Derrick Chisora- 3.0
I just don't see what this guy does all that well.

Francesco Pianeta- 2.5
Former Kickboxer who got a lucky draw agaisnt Sosnowski. Nuff said. Someone mentioned he had cancer- if it is true I hope he is allright. Any word on this?

Alexander Ustinov- 2.5
Much like Valuev, his size is makes him hard to fight, and he's got some power to boot, but at that weight, he is not serious about a professional boxing career.

Tor Hammer- 2.5
Already got beat by a 35 year old novice. I haven't seen much of Hammer, but it doesn't seem that there is much there.


Vyacheslav Glazkov- Haven't seen him yet, but as he is a Mendoza favorite, I'll be eatching.

 

If Haye beats Harrison, which I assume he will, he probably has to fight his mandatory Chagaev next. If Chagaev has one good fight left I think he beats Haye, I don´t think he has though.