Top10 Heavyweights?

Chambers = overrated.

Povetkin = best HW prospect, but grossly overhyped.

 

Povetkin best HW prospect, I think Povetkin needs to do some HW before he can become best HW prospect. Best HW prospect I think is Dimitrenko and maybe Virchis. Virchis would be first, but he older.

 

I meant young HW prospect

 

That's pretty damn close to what I would have. I probably wouldn't have Gomez in there, yet, ...and Povetkin over Valuev? :huh

 

Well, you make some good points.

To me, questionable decisons count. Povetikin shut out Donald- some doubt that Valuev really even beat him.

Povetkin stopped Byrd, there are questions as to whether Valuev even really beat the comparable Ruiz.

And Valuev recently lost.

But I take your point. VAluev is a former champ, ans squeezed three successful defenses ito his brief reighn. Most would agree with you.

As for Gomez, beating Mccall is an impressive feat to me. I know he's on the wrong side of 40, but he's dangerous.

 

Do you mean head to head or on accomplishments?

 

I'd put them:
1. Wlad
2. Chagaev
3. Ibragimov
4. Maskaev
5. Peter
6. Valuev
7. Thompson
8. Povetkin
9. Gomez
10. Virchis/Dimitrenko

Vitali can go right back into the top 5 if he regains his form.

 

1. Wlad
2. Povetkin
3. Valuev
4. Maskaev
5. Golota
6. Chagaev
7. Ibragimov
8. Dimitrenko
9. Mesi
10. Peter

 

and you know, funny thing is, I didn't spend all that much time trying to decide where to put him. I thought for sure I'd catch hell for putting him above Peter.

 

1. Wlad
2. Peter
3. Chagaev
4. Maskaev
5. Iggy
6. Povetkin
7. Valuev
8. Thompson
9. Virchis
10. Ruiz

 

IMO the Golota who thrashed Bowe twice would be the #1 H2H heavyweight in this era, except for his fragile mind.

He has all the physical tools needed to thoroughly devastate anyone in the division. He has size, power, a good enough delivery system (unlike Virchis/Peter types), and he's very durable (minus his brain).

He would shatter Wladimir, he would dominate guys like Ibragimov/Maskaev with his size + power, he could outbox and outlast Virchis/Peter type sluggers and he's accurate and skilled enough to not get outslicked by Chambers/Povetkin types.

Golota was a good well-balanced heavyweight back in the day. IMO he's most similar to Chagaev, except the two things that Ruslan lacks (power and size) aren't absent in Golota.

If only he had a brain!

 

True, even I used to take questionable decisions into consideration, but then folks gave me hell for leaving Valuev out of my top ten.

As for Gomez, I see your point, beating McCall is impressive, but I want to see more out of him. A win over a more recent ex-champ would help.

 

:good

 

Ruiz shouldn't even be in the top twenty, let alone top ten. atsch Forget the excessive holding and low blow faking, this glorified clubfighter hasn't "won" a fight against a live body in YEARS! :-(