The Heavyweight division is actually starting to get exciting with new young blood

If you want to see young up and coming fighters not listed in your above post, this thread has a few of them

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I think Chagaev, Povetkin, and Peter are good heavyweights. Not sure who is the best among them. Maybe Chagaev.

I do agree that Wlad has some good guys left to fight. Hopefully he fights the winner of Chagaev vs Valuev next for a three way title unification soon, then meets Povetkin.

 

I see another 5 years of mediocrity,Wlad is clearly the standout ,and he is a flawed fighter,if his big brother can remain injury free ,he likely clears out the dross.Next all time great? Possibly from Africa.

 

I agree that things are picking up. A fight between two young prospects, Eddie Chambers and Kevin Johnson is happening soon. Both are light hitters but good fighters. Chambers already lost a decision to Povetkin, but still has hope for a future. Kevin Johnson is still undefeated.

I am curious to see who will win between Valuev and Chagaev.

 

Yeah he's definately better than the big unskilled thug that people thought he was. I'd still like to see Chagaev retain his belt though.

 

Yes, it seems to get better, especially now that two of the titles have been unified.

Valuev and Chagaev will soon have a rematch, should be interesting. Klitschko will have to fight the mandatory Thompson... not a bad fight, Thompson is undefeated, about Wlad's size and can crack, but also a bit slow.

I would like Povetkin to stay active and continue his habbit of fighting (semi) top opponents. Rahman would be a good choice at this point, Golota would be fun while it lasted and get him some experience.

 

I am sold on Peter being a legit top 3 ranked fighter. He throws straigher shots these days.

Dimitrenko to me is a good fighter. Good enough to UD Valuev on points. Also good enough to beat Chagaev is Chagaev does not press the action. While Dimitrenko has the talent, he doesn't have a top punch, and isn't agressive. I'd pick Peter, Chagaev, and Povetkin over Dimiretnko.

Virchis is an upset guy. A pure puncher type. I've seen him KO a guy with a jab, a head snapping uppercut, and a crushing right hand. Virchis can take a good punch too. On the downside his defense is just ok, and he isn't fast. But if he lands his best.....

 

He's a bit like a lesser version of Foreman.


He might punch harder than anyone in the division (including Klitschko), but he is rather slow and his defence isn't worth writing home about either. Interesting fighter to have in the division, but if he's gonna have succes, it probably won't last long.

 

When was the last time the standing out fighter wasn't flawed? Lewis wasn't focused every time, Holyfield was inconsistent, Tyson too had his off nights, Holmes was weak to the right hand, Foreman had all sorts of flaws, Frazier could only fight one way and with one arm, etc etc.

 

the heavies are very under-rated at this time. all they need are more fights among the top fighters.... more often.