Top 5 Heavyweight Prospects

It's a good list, but as much I hate to say it, Roman Greenburg, as bad he is, may be better than either Witherspoon or Arreola.

Can't argue with Povetkin and Chambers.

 

Greenberg is a lazy slugger who has no real defence - Arreola would smah him into pieces if they would be fighting in the next 2 months...

 

I agree Greenberg is no world beater, but his wins over Michael Simms and Kendrick Releford are more impressive than anything Arreola has done.

Arreola looks OK, but there's no way he's ever winning a title. I do like his aggressiveness though. It's certainly refreshing.

 

Ok e_a, even cruiserweight contender Marco Huck decisioned Simms pretty convincingly and this only in his 12th pro bout were Greenberg did it in his 25th.

This would conclude that Huck would make it to world contender status based on your observations...do you think so?

 

I would put Boytsov high up on that list, personally. Only 21 years old, 18-0 with 16 knockouts(11 in the first round!), has yet to lose a round in his professional career(I believe) and had a brilliant amateur career to boot. His opposition has been pretty poor so far, but it's understandable given his age, and he's been stepping up some lately.

 

No doubt, Huck is already at world contender status at Cruiserweight.

My point is that Michael Simms is a better opponent, than say Malcolm Tann.

In fairness, it is still early Arreola so there's room for improvement.

 

I know and following your analogy he will also earn that status if he goes up to heavyweight...

 

Why because he beat a guy that moved up to a different division? That's not logic. Simms is a decent stepping stone in either division.

Simms really didn't do much in either fight-- I've seen them both-- but he is slick and elusive and proved a good test both at 199 and at the 210 he was for Greenberg.

Arreola's best opponent to date has been Tann, who pretty much just laid on the ropes and absorbed punches with little or no defense.

I'm not defending Greenberg as any top contender, he has serious flaws, but I just think it's far, far too early to put much faith in Arreola.

His style looks promising so far, but let him beat a Dominick Guinn type before I even start to get very excited.

 

SAMI ELOVAARA. He´s gonna take the european union title first. This guy is gonna IMPACT in 2008.

 

I wouldn't put Witherspoon anywhere near the top 5. maybe Chambers will turn out to be something, but I just don't see it. I haven't seen much of the European fighters other than Povetkin, but I hope they are a hell of alot better than Victor Oganov who was suppose to be a monster at 168. How teh hell did that guy have 26 straight KO's?

 

Tom, what do you think of Alexander Aleeksev at Cruiser? Promising?

What about Islam Timurziev? Any chance he turns pro at Heavy or career amateur?

 

You are the only one to mention Huck..have you seen him?? Is he fighting bums??

 

Huh? What makes Tann his best opponent?
That was Damian Wills (23-0) who would easily KO Tann.
Arreola has
*a half decent punch (Greenburg doesn't)
*a tested chin(Greenburg doesn't)
*balls (Greenburg doesn't)

 

Alekseev is the cruiserweight version of Povetkin at over 200 pounds...he's even more fitting in the pro ranks as a top amateur in comparison to Povetkin IMHO.

And no, I don't think that Timurziev will ever try to fight in the pro ranks - his body will hunt him down to ever fight there...

About Huck: The hardest cookie to crack at under 200 and at 22 yrs. he is still learning the game; has developed a well educated jab (like Macca) but he is far more explosive in his combos than the Welshman.

I think Huck vs. Macca is the most entertaining fight that can be made at 200 pounds.

After Huck gets rid of Cunningham (sorry e_a) he should go for unification with Macca...

 

Im curious as to why you left out Dimitrenko