The next heavyweight great watch-

The next heavyweight great watch-

Basicaly guys that haven’t fought for a heavyweight title yet, and young enough to have a few years at the top. I ranked them in accordance to their current ranking rather than their potential greatness.

1. Alex Povetkin 6’2 227 pounds 31age 21-0 (15 k’os) – Best wins C. Byrd. E. Chambers. L. Donald

2. Robert Helenius 6’6 ½ 240 pounds 27age 15-0 (10k’os) – L. Brewster, S. Peter, A. Levin

3. Kubret Pulev 6’4 ½ 250 pounds 30age 12-0 (6k’os) – D. Guinn, D. Rossy, M. Skelton

4. Denis Boystov 6’1 230 pounds 25 age 28-0 (23 k’os) – T. Badenko

5. Mike Perez 6’0 230 pounds 25age 16-0 (12k’os) – T. Fields

6. Tyson Fury 6’7 260 pounds 22age 14-0 (10k’os) – J. McDermeot X2

7. Seth Mitchel 6’2 243 pounds 28age 21-0-1 (15 k’os) –

8. Edmund Gerber 6’3 238 pounds 22age 15-0 (10k’os) R. Dettweiler

9. Manuel Charr 6’3 ½ 245 pounds 26age 17-0 (9k’os)

10. F. Pianeta 6’5 240 pounds 26age 23-0-1 (14k’os)

11. Luis Ortiz 6’4 235 pounds 32age 8-0 (6k’os)

12. David Price 6’8 247 pounds 27age 10-0 (8k’os)

13. A.Wawrzyk 6’5 230 pounds 23 age 21-0 (10 k’os)

14. V. Glazkov 6’3 221 pounds 26 age 9-0 (6 k’os)

15. J. Hanks 6’4 240 pounds 28age 16-0 (11 k’os)

16. D. Wilder 6’7 220 pounds 25 age 16-0 (16 k’os)

 

Povetkin is a strange case. He might be finished.
He was the number 1 contender 2 or 3 years ago, or more, and he's been fight nobodies the last couple of years, and turning down a chance at the title. Not sure what's happened to him.

Helenius looks impressive for a 15 fight pro.

 

This should be a short thread.

There will probably never be another Heavy that has a good enough run of good enough opponents to crack the top 30. Bar a miracle.

 

Missed off Chisora on that list :good

If you look at it and assume that Haye and the Klit bros retire in the next 2-3 years the quality will probably drop off dramatically but I think there are some good scraps in there so less quality but probably more entertainment.