Sunday, April 22, 2007
Valuev - good riddance?
Ok, the Heavyweight division is no more interesting or American than it was before... but at least now, a fighter who wins with skill alone is holding a belt, and Universum now has no excuse not to make a unification between Chagaev and Klitschko. Valuev had skill, and was a hard worker.. but his rise to the top was marred by questionable judging, and his size bafflign opponents strategically. With Chagaev's win, Sauerland and King also both lose ground in the division, which is a good thing. Unification took a small half-step in the right direction. We are literally two fights away from possibly having the Klitschko brothers accomplish their dream of standing atop the heavyweight divsion alone. I'd pick W. Klitschko over Chagaev any day of the week. V. Klitshcko, if he has anything left, should also outbox Sam Peter fairly easily, should Peter win the title from Maskaev (which should almost certainly happen). Sure Briggs or Ibragimov would have the WBO belt, but would anyone care? Not me. I sure hope it's Briggs, though. At least a fight between he and a Klitschko would be interesting, and sell some tickets in the USA.
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Chagaev will still lose to either Klistchko
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