You got:
1. Valuev
2. Baby Klitch
3. Maskaev
4. Shannon Briggs
Can he take any of them? Why or why not.
To be honest...I would take Evander of Maskaev and Briggs.
He still has a head like a cinderblock and would wear both guys down IMO.
It was nice to see the left hook work for him again.
Baby Klit might well actually Kill Holyfield.
But the fight I would love to see is Holyfield and Valuev.
I dont even really know why. Maybe cause I want to see if the Russian Side Show can even handle an over the hill ex champ. And I mean actual champ...not some alphabet crackwhore.
I'll take a shadow of Evander over the prime Valuev. Call me Crazy...but tell me why Im wrong.
I tought in Evanders fight with Toney, it looked as he couldnt take Toneys punches to the stomach. And even older today his body wont let him take it any better. With his age any with 678990 tough fights behind him, Evanders future wont look good if he step up the competion and climb in the ring with any of the belt holders.
He should in any case be gunning for a fight with Briggs, as at least he will be able to match Briggs work rate and have a slim shot of winning.
My only serious problem...
Is the fact that he was stopped by James Toney.
How does that figure into the equation?
Apparently age is a HUGE factor. Cause this guy fought Tyson and didnt get stopped.
My feeling on that is kinda just simply that in order to KO someone you have to connect first. I mean, i'm sure that any one of the belt holders has more power than Toney, but exept Klit., I dont think they'd be able to catch him clean as often as Toney simply because of the speed and skill factor. Its kinda like when RJJ fought Ruiz who's a legit hw with some ok power, he didnt get hit much and thus did not get KO'd, then he moved back down and got KO'd in back to back fights against smaller fighters. I know that isnt the best example, thats all i could think of now though. I guess maybe a better example would be from MMA, you've got Wanderlei Silva going the distance against a 300 pound+ pro kickboxer in Mark Hunt, and then getting KO'd recently by Dan Henderson, the 185 pound champ who moved up 20 pounds to make the fight. I wish I could think of a better boxing example, but the point is that power isn't everything, you have to be able to deliver the power to have the right effect.
Holyfield might have a chance against Valuev and Briggs. If Evander's stamna is good, he can outbox Valuev by moving around. Against Briggs, he can do the samething. Briggs stamina is not that good.
My only serious problem...
Is the fact that he was stopped by James Toney.
How does that figure into the equation?
Apparently age is a HUGE factor. Cause this guy fought Tyson and didnt get stopped.
You got:
1. Valuev
2. Baby Klitch
3. Maskaev
4. Shannon Briggs
Can he take any of them? Why or why not.
To be honest...I would take Evander of Maskaev and Briggs.
He still has a head like a cinderblock and would wear both guys down IMO.
It was nice to see the left hook work for him again.
Baby Klit might well actually Kill Holyfield.
But the fight I would love to see is Holyfield and Valuev.
I dont even really know why. Maybe cause I want to see if the Russian Side Show can even handle an over the hill ex champ. And I mean actual champ...not some alphabet crackwhore.
I'll take a shadow of Evander over the prime Valuev. Call me Crazy...but tell me why Im wrong.
He could beat Maskaev Briggs and maybe somehow outbox Valuev Holy would get ko'd by Wlad!
His only chance is against Briggs and that is because Briggs is tired after 2 rounds. Holy would keep the pressure on Shannon until Evan tko's him. However, Sultan and Holy would be a great war while it lasted. Both guys are the same height and weight and they like to go to war.
I would give Evander a decent chance of beating Briggs, he might throw too many punches for Shannon and he still has a sound chin. I don't think he would beat Valuev or Wlad Klitschko. Maskaev I don't know, possibly Holyfield has a chance, but I'd favour Maskaev.
Evander's best shot would be against Briggs or Maskaev IMO.Both guys would be in danger of being outworked by Holyfield.Especially Biggs,who was outworked by an older Foreman.If Shannon fought Evander like he fought Sergei a while back,I could see Evander winning.
Holyfield would be able to give good fights because of his heart and determination, but I don't think he would be able to beat any of the champs. In his prime for sure, but not now. Plus since he's HGH supply got cut off its gonna be harder for him to recover.
No chance to win title. He is a shot fighter currently beating journeymen with his reputation. Against a legit heavy, with his ability to take punishment, he could seriously screw up his health further. His current opponents offer little or no offence. Prior to this latest winning streak Evander couldn't avoid getting hit. Thats the scary part against a legit heavy. He has shown improved skills and movement in his last 2 fights, though? Wonder where there fountain of youth was sourced from.
I'd take Holyfield over Valuev. What we haven't seen so far is Valuev fighting a guy with a plan and with a bit of ability to back it up. I would like to see how Nikolai would cope.
Valuev yes Klitshco no Briggs yes Maskaev no
reasons:
Valuev struggles with anyone with boxing skill or brians, power is even with Evander and the giant dont let his size put you off, Briggs is not as good as he could be and with the other two i think you know why he would lose. But i know Evander will end up an unlucky man beacause Vitali K the better brother will have his titles back by then
Holyfield would get battered against valuev. He is too small. I dont see him being able to get to Valuevs chin on a regular basis, if at all. I dont care how much juice he shoves up his ass, he cant beat the fact that he'll be giving up a nearly a foot in height and 150lbs in weight.
Valuev would TKO him inside 6 rounds.
Could barrera beat holyfied? thats only about half the difference