The future of the heayvweight division.

the future:
Holyfield
McCall
Golota

 

Sorry, but this is ridiculous. These guys like Chag, Wladdy, Sultan and Povetkin all have outstanding amatuer careers, and their pro carrers are just extensions of what they have been doing all thier lives. These guys are seaonsed pros, and I think they would have been comeptetive in any era.

You cannot judge and era by the 70s, and the 90's which were just outstaning eras for heavyweight boxing. But some of these guys would have been contenders even in those eras.

 

Yes it's true to have a good amatuer career before turning pro, but it's also bad to turn pro late, such as Povetkin's case. You fight as an amatuer too long before turning pro it will wear you out. If Povetkin turned pro earlier, I think would see the best of him now.

 

Nope, Larry Holmes and Earnie Shavers fought each other in an
elimination fight for the right to fight for the championship years ago.
Holmes won that fight and the rest is history. Larry Holmes age at
the time of the Shavers fight---28 same as Povetkin who is in his
own elimination tourney right now. Povetkin is at the perfect age
for a heavy to challenge for the title. Unfortunately he's got to fight
Wlad who is too big and hits too hard IMO.

 

Lewis was hammered and never got up at the hands of Rahman, and McCall also clocked him. And yet Lewis came back and is now seen as a solid All Time Great by anyone and everyone.

So your usual biased view is hanging out, again, and its obvious to all. Your magnifying of Wlad's past losses holds no water.:good None, whatsoever. he has steemrolled his last several opponents, and is on par with Lennox Lewis, truth be told. And Lewis is the best heavy in the last 20 years.

 

Really, Golota.

Beleive it or not, Islam is a raving lunatic. He pissed off the Russian Amatuer coach to such an extent that he may have to turn pro.

 

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Dimitrenko wins the award for best Ivan Drago impresonator.

Alexander Dimitrenko may get a title shot against his fellow stable mate Chagaev. His name was mentioned along with two other possible opponents for Chagaevs next fight including Bidenko, and Virchis.

Chagaev was able to out-manuver his bigger but much slower opponents, Virchis and Valuev. Dimitrenko can match that size with an 84' reach, but is a mobile, quick HW, espcially for his size ( a major difference). Dimitrenko may be able to present Chagaev with some problems, should he get the title shot. Of course first he has to beat Hoffman.

 

"Peter doesn't deserve to be at 3.


It's clear that he's never going to improve as a boxer."

Pontius......another clear case of bias (or blindness). Peter has improved GREATLY in his last 3 or 4 fights. Even going down 3 times vs. McCline and coming back to dominate shows great heart and much improved boxing skill. You do not get decisions over even a hugely fat and lazy James Toney by being just a crude brawler. He even seems to be getting those rabbit punches under control. Plus the guy is still only 27 years old! Younger than Dimitrenko!

 

Here is an article about the "prospects" of the heavyweight division if anybody is interested.


http://www.boxingbanter.com/index.php?article=1

all the best
Karlo