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Will there be a dominant Heavyweight champion under 6 ft 4 and 240 ilbs ..

  • 06-06-2015 9:28pm
    #1
    sxt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭


    .. are over?

    Riddick bowe started it all but couldn't realise his potential - Lennox lewis was the blue print - Klitsckos re wrote the script

    The Uk believe so, and are banking on Anthony Joshua

    Fury believes so and is banking on himself

    Dominant champion under 6 ft 4 and 240 ilbs? 10 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    40% 4 votes
    Maybe
    60% 6 votes


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  • #2
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Deontay Wilder was 219lbs when he won his title.
    His max career weight was 229.


  • #3
    sxt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭sxt


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Deontay Wilder was 219lbs when he won his title.
    His max career weight was 229.

    Mea culpa. i thought he was alot heavier. I am looking forward to his fight with povetkin .


  • #4
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    I think so, Evander Holyfield never out weighed any opponent he ever faced at heavyweight and won the title 4 times and would beat all the current crop in my opinion.


  • #5
    thierry14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭thierry14


    Under 6 foot and 220lb probably not.

    A good, fast, in shape, hard hitting 6'2/6'3 225 - 230lb guy will always have a chance to dominate against the tall super heavies.


  • #6
    sxt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭sxt


    thierry14 wrote: »
    Under 6 foot and 220lb probably not.

    A good, fast, in shape, hard hitting 6'2/6'3 225 - 230lb guy will always have a chance to dominate against the tall super heavies.

    Like who?... name one person... Who could have Dominated the beat heavyweights for a considerable time? Who could have beaten such names as Lewis and the Klitschko brothers ...?


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  • #7
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    sxt wrote: »
    Mea culpa. i thought he was alot heavier. I am looking forward to his fight with povetkin .

    Povetkin is 6"2, 225lbs


  • #8
    sxt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭sxt


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Povetkin is 6"2, 225lbs


    He is an elite boxer, winning olympic and world medals and stuff like that....

    WBC Silver Champion Alexander Povetkin weighed in 4.4 kg (9.7 pounds) lighter than his rival, with Mike Perez hitting 109.5 kg (241 pounds) versus the Russian pugilist's 105.1 kg (232 pounds).

    Some times less is more


  • #9
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Oleksander Usyk. Should clear out Cruiserweight in the next two years, and I cannot see any current Heavyweight beating him either. Great chin, great skill, decent to good power. He's about 6"2/6"3.


  • #10
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    pac_man wrote: »
    I would say the same but I'd imagine his power would be fairly average if he moved up.

    Usyk has good power and can finish fights when the chance arises but he is too keen on that amateur style that has been so successful for him. He is a cautious fighter and prefers out boxing his opponents. He's not one to throw many big power punches out of habit. I think as he progresses, certainly as he moves to Heavyweight, I think we'll see a more free and dangerous Usyk and I think he'll have good power, not extraordinary, but enough to keep the top heavyweights honest.


  • #11
    megadodge
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    Talib Fiasco wrote: »
    Usyk has good power and can finish fights when the chance arises but he is too keen on that amateur style that has been so successful for him. He is a cautious fighter and prefers out boxing his opponents. He's not one to throw many big power punches out of habit. I think as he progresses, certainly as he moves to Heavyweight, I think we'll see a more free and dangerous Usyk and I think he'll have good power, not extraordinary, but enough to keep the top heavyweights honest.

    I'll admit I actually haven't seen him as a pro, but "cautious" was definitely not a word I would have used to describe the amateur Usyk. I thought he was a very physical fighter, but maybe his style has changed as a pro, I'll have to have a look at him.


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  • #12
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    megadodge wrote: »
    I'll admit I actually haven't seen him as a pro, but "cautious" was definitely not a word I would have used to describe the amateur Usyk. I thought he was a very physical fighter, but maybe his style has changed as a pro, I'll have to have a look at him.

    Physical yes, but he is cautious in terms of calculated...he rarely if ever took/takes risks. In his pro fights he could easily do a Beterbiev on it and neglect defence and just steam roll opponents but Usyk is more of a boxer. Even as an amateur Beterbiev was very come forward and aggressive whereas Usyk used his feet a lot more and wasn't willing to get involved too much in the inside


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