Who should Wladimir Klitschko fight next?

[nathan_nall]

Good thread/poll

In a perfect world, he'd fight Vitali. But I think these guys need a little anger in their corner, and wouldn't have that versus each other.

[The Hammer]

Good thread/poll

In a perfect world, he'd fight Vitali. But I think these guys need a little anger in their corner, and wouldn't have that versus each other.

They will never fight each other, it wouldn't be right.

Vitali is only a fight or two away from retirement anyway.

[PEBBLES!]

People who want 2 brothers to fight each other are really ******.

Imagine one of them dies in the ring? C'mon how ******. Why should 2 brothers risk their well being all for the entertainment of the public?


Don't be ridiculous.


Wlad should fight Adamek next.

That's of course if he can't get the winner of Harrison/Haye to sign a contract

[The Hammer]

you know, I think Derek Chisora will win impressively tomorrow, and move into the WBO rankings.

He will make a suitable opponent for Wladimir some months from now.

There are actually a LOT of very good young heavyweights right now - I'm talking about people like Glazkov, Price, Wilder, Helenius, Pulev, etc. But they are mostly a couple of years away from being well enough established to be legit title challengers.

[-DSG-]

fight tua then hopefully adamek haye or povetkin will step up

[The Hammer]

Wladimir's options are few for a December 11 opponent. His management has contacted the promoters of both Derek Chisora and James Toney, who has been calling out the Klitschkos for years.

- Tua wants to wait until 2011, have warm-up first then fight Wlad
- Mormeck was considered only as a last resort, but he doesn't want the fight until 2011 anyway
- Adamek wants to wait until March 2011 by which time he will likely be WBO mandatory
- Solis wants to wait for a mandatory shot at Vitali
- Valuev is having surgery
- Arreola is injured
- Boytsov is coming off surgery
- Povetkin is afraid of Wlad
- Dimitrenko wants to fight a Klitschko in 2011 in a big Ukrainian event
- Ibragimov is scheduled for October, and not ranked by the WBO or IBF
- Banks is Wlad's best friend and it would be a mismatch
- Chagaev, Thompson, and Chambers have already been stopped in fights with Wlad

There may be other options like Robert Helenius, Derek Rossy, Gonzalo Omar Basile, Alex Leapai and Chauncey Welliver, but these pickings are indeed slim.

I think Wlad's best choice is Derek Chisora. People will say Derek is too inexperienced and unproven, but given the available options, he's not too bad as stay-active opponent.

Of course, no matter who he fights, Wlad's haters will say it's bad choice. But if he really HAD a choice, he would be fighting Haye or Povetkin instead of Chisora or Toney.

[sunny31]

He should fight valuev, stylistically that might be tricky for him.

[The Hammer]

He should fight valuev, stylistically that might be tricky for him.

I'd love to see Wlad vs. Valuev...

But Valuev is having surgery in October.