Who should Vitali fight this spring?

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no matter who it is, i hope its shown in the states!

[Hayehammer]

WBC rankings:

1. Austin - fighting in eliminator
2. Solis - fighting in eliminator
3. Valuev
4. Povetkin - probably will wait for Wlad
5. Toney
6. Quezada
7. Peter - already beat him
8. Boytsov
9. Pianeta
10. Rossy
11. Adamek
12. Banks - Klitschkos promote him
13. Sosnowski - fighting Harrison
14. JC Gomez - already beat him
15. Thompson
16. Aguilera

Available opponents in bold. Toney is too old and small, and Thompson is unlikely. Adamek is too small and Aguilera is too inexperienced.

That leaves Valuev, Boytsov, Quezada, Pianeta, and Rossy.

pianeta hell no this dude is awful! they never let boytsov fight vitali!
So valuev or thompson!

[BrooklynBomber]

I see thompson causing lots of trouble to Vitaly and making him look bad in the early rounds.

[Tmann400]

i have a sneeking su****ion it will be quezada next. thompson is pretty damn risky as a voluntary defense.

[nomadman]

But just imagining Vitaly stand right in front of Valuev and trading with him like in the Sanders fight makes me wet.

Come on, Valuev isn't going to be throwing mad bombs like Sanders did, and he doesn't possess the speed or one-hit power to make the fight interesting. About the only good thing I can see about that fight is if Vitali brutalises Valuev and knocks him out (very likely) then it might make Haye and his irritating fans shut up for about five minutes (very unlikely).

[BrooklynBomber]

Come on, Valuev isn't going to be throwing mad bombs like Sanders did, and he doesn't possess the speed or one-hit power to make the fight interesting. About the only good thing I can see about that fight is if Vitali brutalises Valuev and knocks him out (very likely) then it might make Haye and his irritating fans shut up for about five minutes (very unlikely).

I would very much like to see that too, I dont like Valuev.

[Hayehammer]

Yeah actually thomson vs vitali would be a good fight!
Thompson still has something left !

[nomadman]

Actually, now that I think about it, Thompson seems like a good option. He's tall, tough, fairly skilled and an aggressive come-forward fighter. At the same time he doesn't possess outstanding power or speed. He's beatable. From a viewer's perspective this could heat up to be a pretty entertaining and competitive matchup. Or at the very least it won't be a one-sided drubbing.

[nomadman]

I would very much like to see that too, I dont like Valuev.

Well neither do I. But I'd rather see a competitive matchup than a massacre.

[mathed]

Only one choice...Adamek