Has anyone heard of Virichis, Chagaev, or Ibragimov? Who will fight (and defeat) Briggs?

Question

What new boxers are emerging from the slavic yoke? Who will be the next champion?

Answer 1

Out of these three I think that Ruslan is the best. He has excellent technique, a lot of knock out power, he's very fast and explosive and also, it's important to point out that, he is trained by Michael Timm, one of the best young trainers out there today. So far they are working flawlessly. Ruslan's big break is coming up soon, a title match against Nikolay Valuev and we'll see how he does there.

Vladimir Virchis and Sultan Ibragimov are good fighters, but, in my opinion, there are some lot more promising and talented boxers coming from their countries at this moment. I believe that next Ukrainian big star will be Alexander Dimitrenko. This man is only 24 years old and already undefeated in just as many professional matches. He is 201 cm tall, but very skilled, athletical and incredibly technical boxer. He is trained by Fritz Sdunek, another great European coach. The way his career has been going so far, it will without a question only be a matter of time before Alexander gets his title shot and I think that in the future he has every chance of becoming the world champion and a true successor to the Klitschko brothers.
Russian future in heavyweight division also looks very bright at this time. They have two world champions at the moment, possibly three soon, and several very talented young fighters that are rapidly making their way through the rankings right now, most important of which are Alexander Povetkin and Denis Boytsov. Povetkin really needs no special introduction. Since winning the Olympic gold in 2004 and turning professional he has destroyed and humiliated all his opponents and, given his style, power and truly superior technical ability, I have no doubt in my mind that he will within no more then 2 years become one of the most dominant heavyweights in the world and probably rule this division in time to come.
And Denis Boytsov is a story for it self. At the age of 20 he is undefeated in 16 professional matches, 15 of which he ended by a knock out. I don't know if you have ever seen him fight, but to me he looks just like young Mike Tyson, so incredibly aggressive, powerful and explosive with great combinations and really devastating knock out power. His matches are an absolute pleasure to watch and there is surely a great future in this sport for him as well.

So, in the end, times are great for European heavyweights right now and are only looking to get better. This is where all the heavyweight talent is coming from nowdays and will continue to do so in time to come and if some people are too narrow minded to accept this fact, that's their problem really.

Answer 2

Yes, heard of all those names.

As much as I like Briggs, I think any of the names you mentioned can beat him. Briggs always seems to be worried about his stamina due to asthma....so he fights a little, rests a bit, fights again, rests again.

Briggs has explosive hands and can knock anyone out. His right hand is very sneaky and is something all Heavies need to be wary of.

But because of the first things mentioned, if he doesn't knock his opponent out, he can lose the fight due to being "out-worked".

Answer 3

i imagine the concept Don King and something of the "powers that be" do not desire the belts unified. as long as there are 3 (or 4) diverse champions there'll consistently be the argument over who's extra effective, and for this reason there'll consistently be some pastime contained in the heavyweight ranks. If the belts were to be unified that could want to spell the suitable of any intrigue contained in the burden type. i don't believe of we are going to ever see someone get a shot at each of the belts.

Answer 4

i love boxing yet i do not know any of those names and briggs is not a compelling champion
boxing is in very bad trouble
i wish i could get into that mma stuff but it just doesn't do it for me