Who is the best currently active American heavyweight?

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

The Klitschkos have destroyed all of the best American heavyweights

Chris Byrd
Eddie Chambers
Chris Arreola
Samuel Peter (American Citizen)
Hasim Rahman
Lamon Brewster
Shannon Briggs
Tony Thompson
Jameel McCline
Calvin Brock
Kevin Johnson
DaVarryl Williamson
Monte Barrett
Ray Austin
Larry Donald
Ray Mercer

The list goes on and on.....

And all were bums or even old. One of those bums even knocked Wlad the **** out. hahahahahahahaha

[pelonxsoldier28]

Non, they all suck

[gingeralbino]

Tarver v Chambers. Who wins between them 2?

[Schmerzen]

wladimir already beat the best active american hw.
americans dont have good heavyweights anymore, tunney is just rubbing salt in the wounds with this thread.

[nomadman]

Chambers is average at best. A green Povetkin already kicked his as.

You're really reaching here.

Povetkin didn't kick anyone's ass that night. Did you see the fight? Because if you did you'd know that the early rounds (when both fighters were still fresh) was all Chambers. Only when he slowed down was Povetkin able to land his shots with any regularity (none of which looked like they hurt Chambers in the slightest, and gutted out a decision). I'm not a big fan of blaming a loss on the loser's lack of preparation, but that was a clear case of that there. And green as Povs was Chambers was just as green. Both fighters have moved on from there, Chambers upwards, Povetkin downwards.

[nomadman]

I thought Dimitrenko was better than he really was. Chambers is a mediocre fighter with fast hands.

A green Povetkin already murked him. Wlad is chinny and overrated, he has been fighting poor opposition lately which really proves nothing to me.

Of course it doesn't, because you're determined to label every fighter in the division a bum. Therefore a win over them proves nothing. Weak though this division may be, there are clear hierarchies of skill within it, and Chambers is by no means near the bottom end. You only have to watch his fights to see that, if you can be bothered.

[nomadman]

wladimir already beat the best active american hw.
americans dont have good heavyweights anymore, tunney is just rubbing salt in the wounds with this thread.

They've also beaten the best of most every other nationality, and the few who are left are either unwilling to get in the ring with them, or look to pose no real threat at all.

[The Hammer]

Tarver v Chambers. Who wins between them 2?

I think Chambers wins that one.

Tarver is an excellent commentator/analyst - much better than the likes of Berstein, Kellerman and the effeminate Farhood. But he's well past his prime as a boxer.