Tournament for Wlad's mandatory

Can you please enlighten us what Chambers does better than Byrd. Thanks.

 

What a pathetic tounament. Byrd and Brock don't belong, Povetkin is still too green, and Chambers ... well ... c'mon now!
If you only need to beat a couple bums to get back in the mix, hurry up get Valuev and Liakhovich back to beat a couple losers so they can take the places of Byrd and Brock.
Get rid of Chambers and add Tony Thompson.
Postpone Povetkin for a year and add Arreola, even if it's too early for him too the Ring can't stop sucking his dick :deal

 

1) Ring doesn't have Arreola in the Top10 anymore.

2) The tournament isn't great, but it's better than nothing. And it is only an IBF tournament. Their last tournament was Byrd/Harris winner vs. Tua/Nicholson winner.

 

Wlad needs to dump the belt if the IBF tries to make him face Byrd again.

 

I seen Chambers fight against Rossy. Chambers stood on the ropes like a statue taking punches to the stomache and countering Rossy. Chambers wore his protective cup up to his ears, and all Rossy was aiming for was the body. That was cheap and gave padding for many landed body shots. Would it of made a differance? Probbably not, Rossy was real amatuerish and bad , but Chambers didnt look good in the fight is the main point.

 

Actually I thought he looked alright in that fight except his ovious lack of power, he landed anything but the kitchen sink and still could not put down Rossy. But I agree he fought against a complete amatuer that should be fighting in Tough Man contest not boxing.

 

This is good, it might give Klitschko a chance at unification, the winner of this vs. Wlad is at LEAST a year away if not more. Also, the winner of this will be a deserving mandatory fight.

 

The fact that Arreola reached the top ten is unbelievable!
That 2001 tournament obviously was nothing special, Harris was like 18-10 or something, but this one is unreal. Brock and Byrd already lost to Wlad, wasn't even close.
I know my idea for a tournament wasn't that good either, but it beats the hell out of this one.

 

Well spoken,shpion!

Byrd,Brook,and Chambers cant hold a candle to Povetkin .However,Wlad plays in a different league.A bit early for former amateur superstar Povetkin to take on the present nr.1 at heavy weight.
Well,on the other hand Povetkin will probably be the best heavy weight fighter Wlad has faced in his entire pro career.

 

This should be very interesting indeed

Povetkin may be too much for Byrd at this point in Byrd's career which is why I'm picking him by decision. If it was 5 years ago, I would take Chris in a heartbeat, but it's not.

Brock is all around a better fighter than Eddie Chambers in my opinion and has faced the better competition which is why I will pick him by a close decision.

Brock-Povetkin will be interesting, but I think Povetkin's pressure and swarming style will get him a comfortable decision.

Wlad will beat up on Povetkin though.

 

Brock vs Povetkin wont be that interesting IMO.
Brock was a nobody at the amteurs.A little ant in Povetkin 's great shadow.
Povetkin will stop him within 4-5 rounds .

 

This is great news.

Povetkin's handlers must really feel as though he is ready. I cannot say that I argue it. He has made massive steps towards contention.

According to fightnews Byrd will be paired off with Povetkin and Chambers with Brock.

Both of those fights are interesting to me. I can say that I don't feel we'll see Brock or Byrd win. Maybe Brock but Chambers is tough. Byrd will not get by Povetkin.

 

What I really like about this is that it gives Klitschko time to avoid his mandatory. This tournament will take a while to elect a mandatory, so Klitschko can pick whoever he wants to fight in his next optional defense or he could wait a bit and still be able to fight Chagaev/Ibragimov before his mandatory. I say Klitschko has a title defense in October then fights Chagaev/Ibragimov.

As for the tournament itself, Chambers is an alright fighter and I think he may be able to outwork Brock. But I am going to predict a Brock decision win, just going to be more competive then people think.

Povetkin will decision Byrd in a close, but extremely clear fight.

Povetkin TKO's Brock in round 6 in the finals, faces Wlad, and you know..I''m not going to predict this fight yet. People are going to say, "Yeah, Povetkin is going to get KOed against Wlad..EASILY!". Now let's be real here, if Povetkin beats the living **** out of both Brock and Byrd...he ain't a "green prospect" anymore and I think it would be a 60/40 fight. As of now, I think it's like 75/25.

 

He has said it before and if you look at the way he doesn't even acknowledge the crowd there even the slightest bit you can see that. He doesn't like fighting away from Russia, period. Once he becomes champion, most of his matches will be there.

Virtually everyone is saying that this is too early for him to be facing Klitschko. Yes, it is VERY early. But Povetkin isn't just another prospect. You guys might think that I'm a nuthugger of his who blindly follows him and doesn't look at things realistically because since the day I registered here I have been praising him, but all of you will see what will happen. Povetkin is being moved up this way for a reason. He's mentally and physically prepared for something this big so quick in his pro career. If it was any other prospect, then I would agree that Klitschko would KO them, but Povetkin is the one that will be knocking Wlad out for the 4th time.

Povetkin is a stylistic nightmare for Klitschko. He has way more than enough things to beat him than he needs. Speed, power, high punch output with a high pressure style, adaptive abilities, great countering abilities (especially off of a left jab), great punch variety, great timing, stamina, and a great chin (you will see). The only thing that he doesn't have is experience against someone like Wlad, but it will not matter. This isn't a prime Larry Holmes or Lennox against a green Povetkin. It's Wlad. I don't know why it would be a shock for you guys to see him get knocked out again. Let's face it, since his loss to Brewster over 3 years ago, the only real threat he has faced was Sam Peter. All Sam Peter has is a great chin and good power. THAT'S IT. Peter had barely any experience against real world class guy at that point too and he managed to give Wlad a lot of trouble. Well, Povetkin is no Sam Peter. Like I said before, Povetkin is the last fighter in the world that Klitschko fans want to see him in the ring with. He is an absolute nightmare to Wlad in almost every way and will knock him out. All of you will see. I can't wait!! :hat :hat :hat

 

I think your post is about 1-2 years premature. But in 1-2 years I may absolutely agree with you. If there is a shining star in the HW division it is Povetkin an no one else.