Has Tomasz Adamek made you more interested in the big men? Is the HW division back?

I think Adamek is great for the heavyweight division. He is smaller, but is very quick for 200+. Him and Haye have been good for the division, but I think Adamek coming in shortly after Haye has been the icing on the cake for me. I'm now really interested in this division. I think the heavies may be going thru a bit of a renaissance. Look at all these names: W. Klitschko V. Klitschko T. Adamek D. Haye C. Arreola N. Valuev E. Chambers. A. Povetkin R. Chagaev Now I'm not saying this is a GREAT division, but those are 9 very talented, big name fighters( I know Valuev is awful to watch, but he is a not an easy guy to beat. Chagaev also I realize has really fallen off, but he is worth mentioning). Some are not as exciting as we'd like, but I can think of quite a few divisions that are thinner than that. And I think Adamek adds a new, exciting piece to that puzzle. Thoughts, comments, criticisms always welcome

Comments (15)

Afactor4

I don't remember where I read this but I read that Emanuel Stewards thinks that Robert Helenius is a serious threat in the Heavyweight division to Wlad.

16y ago

Siggy

no and no arreola's a slow, fat punching bag. i'll be interested once boytsov finally steps up his competition.

16y ago

check_hook

The problem is I don't think ANY of them can beat the Klitschkos. If the Klitschkos won't fight each other, we need someone who can beat them. Otherwise we will be excited about a bunch of guys clearly below the top of the division. agree.....HW division needs a Tyson type figure to start tearing through the ranks all the way to the top.......... Maybe Haye can beat one of them..........

16y ago

SNPER

Tua vs. a Klitschko I think this fight will be made with Vitali. If not, Wlad should fight him after Haye. If Tua wins another one or two fights this year, there can be no excuses for not giving him a shot.

16y ago

THE_BIG_HURT

No, he didnt make me more interested in the division and I'll tell you why. While Adamek did great, i really have no interest in seeing him fight either of the Big brothers because i dont want to see the guy get his ass kicked by them. if anything he further hurt the division in my eyes because he basically embarrased one of the Bigger Punchers in the division and moved him out of the picture even further after his one sided loss to Vitali. I feel nobody can compete with Wlad or Vitali and the only way they are losing is if some hard punching fighter Catches them with a huge shot and even thats unlikely with these guys (with the exception of Haye because of the speed). So eliminating one of the Hardest punchers in the division just leaves me with even less hope for these big dudes to be beat.

16y ago

Bring_It_On

LMFAO @ Valuev and Arreola being "very talented".

16y ago

Phirsole

We either need a freakish smaller man like a Tyson to come along, or a big, modern day heavyweight with all the tools. Because right now, no one is beating the Klitschkos unless they get very lucky, or one of the brothers gets injured. This, exactly.

16y ago

Joeyzagz

Yeah them 2 are making people believe that the heavyweight is about speed rather than size, I really like Haye but I do think the K bros are a step 2 far, i do want him to win though, i would say the HW is the 4th best at the moment, 1:WW 2.JW 3.SM, any dissagreements? None of these guys would survive the 90's-00's Lennox era. In no order: 1. Lennox 2. Bowe 3. Tyson 4. Holyfield 5. Foreman 6. Tommy Morrison 7. David Tua(This guy alone ko's 9 out of the top 10 Heavys) 8. Ray Mercer 9. Michael Moorer 10. Ike Ibeuci Even the leftovers from this era were better than "Arreola" "Chambers" and the green Russian guys. 11. Briggs 12. Mcall 13. Puritty 14. Corrie Sanders 15. Maskaev 16 Rahman 17. Chris Byrd 18. Golota 19. Brewster 20. Ruiz Its no small wonder how all 5 Klitschko losses occured in the SUPERIOR heavyweight era. They are beneficiaries of a garbage division, and its hard to give them any credit at all.

16y ago

Kevin_Malone

I've come to respect the Klitschkos but I don't think the heavyweights are any better until someone can beat them. I don't think Haye or Adamek can beat them. I'm interested in Povetkin but I don't think he can beat them either...

16y ago

paul750

Well we saw what happened to Ibragimov, and he was a pretty good smaller heavyweight. We either need a freakish smaller man like a Tyson to come along, or a big, modern day heavyweight with all the tools. Because right now, no one is beating the Klitschkos unless they get very lucky, or one of the brothers gets injured.

16y ago

paddyman87

16y ago

Shattered_Jaw

The K-bros are so dominant it's beyond a joke. The fights are just raw beatdowns and AMERICANS BE MAD. See above post for evidence.

16y ago

BURNER

Adamek Haye Chris Are making the big man division exciting again.

16y ago

Jim_Jeffries

I like Adamek, but I much preferred his more aggressive style at CW. Haye was much more fun to watch there as well. Both are a shot in the arm to the division, but I can't say I'm crazy about their new safety first styles.

16y ago

bojangles1987

16y ago