Valuev is following the Klitschkos' Footsteps: Fighting Owen Beck

[ChrististheAnswer2]

Does Jesus appreciate you talking like that?

Do you have nothing better to do with your time than flame me?

[!! Mr. Soprano]

Do you have nothing better to do with your time than flame me?

Flame you? Did I?!
You were 'swearing' and with you being a religious person, I thought I should point it out that perhaps you got a little carried away that's all.

I was actually being polite and not trying to flame you

[BLOODSHED]

Olympic medals don't mean jack.

Have you seen Olympic boxing? It's a whole different animal as compared to professional boxing. In the Olympics, it's all about offense (mostly).

Are you still grieving over Ruiz loss? Some fighters just suck and Russian fighters are among the best fighters side by side with Cubans. I do not see Mexicans or American fighters winning any Olympic medals, just fight in one-sided fights American promoters set up.

[Manny_P]

I knew this was coming that's why I was cheerin fo Ruiz. Valuev is the next Klitschko and I called it. LOL!!!

[mECHsLAVE]

Valuev's level of opposition in 2005 was actually better than most top HW's, with wins over Levin, Etienne, Donald and Ruiz. He's taking a match with Beck as a safe defense- this is simply King not wanting to risk Valuev losing the belt before he can setup a megafight in Germany with Wlad.

Valuev is not the only top HW to take cake opposition lately- Toney's last fight was against Guinn (1-2-1 in his 4 going into the fight) which got him a title shot, and Byrd fought only once in 2005, sitting around completely healthy dodging Wladimir, and finally defends his title a guy that just lost to Wlad. So let's not single Valuev out and make him out to be the only top HW who fights creampuffs.

Really, Brewster and Wlad are the only top HW's who actually challenged themselves and won in '05. The rest of the top HW's should be ashamed of their year last year for the most part.

[j]

want to add in here that i believe both brewster and byrd have a year or so to fight wlad. it comes down to whoever signs the contract first. that would seemingly be byrd since he is no longer under dkp. but either way they both have to fight the wladster.

the only question i'm wondering about is wether byrd or brewster can fight someone else before facing wk.

now, if the whole valuev/beck fight goes down, that is somewhat pitifull. he should at least pick a guy who won his last fight. and taking a quick peak at the heavyweight rankings, beck is not ranked in the top ten in any of the four divisions. i know it's his first defence, but most heavyweight champs pick a guy who is at least ranked in the top ten or have won thier last fight.

[BLOODSHED]

Nothing is safe with this ogre. He lost to Donald and Ruiz in my eyes.

I just hope he doesn't turn out like the Klitschkos.

Valuev's level of opposition in 2005 was actually better than most top HW's, with wins over Levin, Etienne, Donald and Ruiz. He's taking a match with Beck as a safe defense- this is simply King not wanting to risk Valuev losing the belt before he can setup a megafight in Germany with Wlad.

Valuev is not the only top HW to take cake opposition lately- Toney's last fight was against Guinn (1-2-1 in his 4 going into the fight) which got him a title shot, and Byrd fought only once in 2005, sitting around completely healthy dodging Wladimir, and finally defends his title a guy that just lost to Wlad. So let's not single Valuev out and make him out to be the only top HW who fights creampuffs.

Really, Brewster and Wlad are the only top HW's who actually challenged themselves and won in '05. The rest of the top HW's should be ashamed of their year last year for the most part.

[Dirt E Gomez]

Nothing is safe with this ogre. He lost to Donald and Ruiz in my eyes.

I just hope he doesn't turn out like the Klitschkos.

I'd prefer he turned out like the Klitschkos so then I could actually believe seeing him vs a good fighter will actually be close, instead of him getting blown out of the water.

And FYI, I don't recall swearing to ever be a sin or anything worthy of being damned over.

[Leo Pradun]

I'd prefer he turned out like the Klitschkos so then I could actually believe seeing him vs a good fighter will actually be close, instead of him getting blown out of the water.

And FYI, I don't recall swearing to ever be a sin or anything worthy of being damned over.

then why be christian if u can do everything that non christian people do????

[Yogi]

People should only think about their favorite fighters and stop hating other people's favorite fighters. I only think about the Klitschkos and some other fighters, but other than this no other fighters do I think of. I dont care about the other fighters.

If that's the way you think, you'll have to forgive those of us who are much more of a boxing fan and have different opinions on many fighters, rather than simply a fan of a certain fighter(s).