Povetkin, Byrd, Brock, Chambers to fight in a tournament for a shot at Klitschko?

:blood Povetkin will have only 15 fights if he wins the tournament..15 fights and now a mandatory title challenger? It is way too early for him. This reminds me of Vargas being thrown in against Trinidad...

Why not put in Chris Arreola, at least he has over 20 professional fights..he may not be on the same level as Povetkin might be but he at least has a bit more pro experience. And when you're fighting a guy who has 52 professional fights, in the peak of his career..you're gonna need all the experience you can get.

Not to mention the fact that Brock is in this..after getting his ass thoroughly kicked by Wladimir the first time, he suddenly warrents entry into a title eliminator tournament? Why not put a Tua, Valuev, or Virchis in..at least they haven't been whipped by Wlad before.

 

Yeah, but Arreola hasnt fought anyone with a pulse yet. Tann was easily destroyed by Dimitrenko. You can watch Kevin Johnson outclass Damien Willis on an upcoming FNF's.

 

Povetkin is no Fernando Vargas,arthur!

Povetkin was one of the most dominating heavy weights at the amateurs of all times.An amateur superstar who was the undisputed king at his weight class.
He seems to be on the fast track to win a world title,and he for sure has a chance against Wlad.
However, I somehow tend to agree with you inasmuch as he needs a handful of fights more in order to gain pro experience.
Arreola? You are joking,arent you? Povetkin plays in a different dimension!
Have a look at his fight record,mate! Yep! He has more pro fights than Povetkin,but this doesnt mean that much.Povetkin has faced and beaten decent opponents in almost all his pro fights.The same cant be said about Arreola!
Besides Arreola was a nobody at the amateurs!
To be beat bums and no-hopers at the pros isnt worth a fig IMO.
Povetkin has beaten dozens of known names at the amateurs.Most of them were much better fighters than the journeymen Arreola beat at the pros.

 

Can povetkin even win a round against wlad?

 

It think that both winners from the first part of the tournament get the title shots, the absolute winner at Wlad, the No2 at winner of Chagaev/Ibragimov

 

Povetkin?!, are those guys crazy?
Why hand him his first loss so early?, I think he needs more fights before stepping up like that.

 

If he does get a shot at Wladimir, it will definitely remind me of Vargas-Trinidad

 

I guess I'm just thinking that 15 fights is way too soon to go against a guy like Wlad..I don't care who the opposition was against. And I would much rather see Arreola get his head knocked off by Wlad then Alexander before he can even get his exposure in his pro career.

 

Povetkin is a great prospect, and had a great amateur career, but he is not superman, to expect him to beat Wlad, the current no 1 heavyweight, in only his 16th fight is madness. He has beaten some good fighters so far, but he needs more experience, he should be fighting some fringe world class guys for the next five fights at least, and then look for a fight with Maskaev or someone like that. Wlad is the ultimate test for him, why rush in? If he got KO'ed, which is possible, it would set him back a long way.

 

It obviously did not set neither Byrd nor Brock a long way.:think

 

Lets not forget that Wladimirs amateur pedigree is just as rich and impressive as Povetkins.
Also that professional fighting is quite different than the amateurs,

 

Wlad ain't superman either. He's Clark Kent at best. Povetkin is a nightmare for him in every way, even at this early stage of his career. Read my post in the other tournament thread where I explained it more.

He won a gold medal. Other than that, his amateur career is not even close to as rich.

 

Gold medal in olympics is as high as you can go in amateur.
It is the top of the crown, the best of the best.

That is good enough.

 

Actually, I think this positions some really interesting fights, I just really don't like the fact it's an eliminators for Wlads title... I mean Wlad has already destroyed two of the guys in the tourney, and nobody wants to see a rematch of those fights.

I wish this was for a chance at Ibragimov or Chageav.

Wlad needs to fight other champs now, a rematch against Brock or Byrd, or a fight with Povetkin or Chambers does nothing for him at this point.. and the only guy who stands ANY chance in that fight is Povetkin, but I haven't seen enough of him to know if he "actually" stands a chance.

I'd give any of the 4 a 50-50 shot at Chageav or Ibragimov though.