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By Cliff Rold - They can’t all be champions.
Even in this watered down era of beltholders and interim beltholders, some guys never get a strap. It might be by way of management’s course or timing. It might also be the thickness at the top.
In the confines of the Heavyweight division, that means Klitschko with a side of Povetkin. It’s not an easy ceiling to bust through.
Chris Arreola had a shot at Vitali Klitschko a few years ago and while he showed guts there was little hope of victory from early on. Seth Mitchell, buzzed bad in each of his last three fights and stopped in the first of two with Jonathan Banks, doesn’t look like any sort of threat to the stop of the class.
So what?
What Heavyweight has missed more than anything during a largely down period is awesome scraps. We’ve been getting more lately. Steve Cunningham lost his last two fights moving up from Cruiserweight, but his rematch with Tomasz Adamek and scrap with Tyson Fury were both fun. Povetkin-Marco Huck was both controversial and thrilling. Both Tony Thompson-David Price fights were memorable. [Click Here To Read More]
Even in this watered down era of beltholders and interim beltholders, some guys never get a strap. It might be by way of management’s course or timing. It might also be the thickness at the top.
In the confines of the Heavyweight division, that means Klitschko with a side of Povetkin. It’s not an easy ceiling to bust through.
Chris Arreola had a shot at Vitali Klitschko a few years ago and while he showed guts there was little hope of victory from early on. Seth Mitchell, buzzed bad in each of his last three fights and stopped in the first of two with Jonathan Banks, doesn’t look like any sort of threat to the stop of the class.
So what?
What Heavyweight has missed more than anything during a largely down period is awesome scraps. We’ve been getting more lately. Steve Cunningham lost his last two fights moving up from Cruiserweight, but his rematch with Tomasz Adamek and scrap with Tyson Fury were both fun. Povetkin-Marco Huck was both controversial and thrilling. Both Tony Thompson-David Price fights were memorable. [Click Here To Read More]
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