IBF heavyweight tournament looking weak
October 23rd, 2010
By Jason Kim: It was learned today that Alexander Dimitrenko doesn’t want to take part in the IBF tournament. This yet another heavyweight that doesn’t wish to take advantage of this tournament, which will be deciding the mandatory challenger for International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
However, Mormeck is rumored to be fighting Hasim Rahman next in France. That leaves Eddie Chambers, who Wladimir already recently beat with ease. There’s also Jonathon Banks and Derrick Rossy. Those aren’t exactly appealing fighters because it would be hard to see any of them being competitive with Wladimir if they were to win the tournament.
Rossy has already been beaten by Chambers in the past, so you have to figure that Chambers would likel beat him again. As for Banks, he doesn’t look good at all at heavyweight since moving up in weight from the cruiserweight division. Banks is small for a heavyweight and has stamina problems, as well as a chin problem.
Banks would likely have a lot of problems with someone like Chambers. For that matter, all of the tournament fighters would have problems with Chambers. He appears to be the best that the tourney has right now.
If Chris Arreola joined the tournament, he’d have an excellent chance of winning the fight. However, I’m not so certain that Arreola is interested in fighting for the title against the Klitschkos.
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David tua should enter this comp and wipe the floor with theses bumz….but then if he fights any of the champs he will bee slaughterd
This is strange times. Not only dont’ the HW contenders want to fight the champion, they son’t want to fight each other.
Rossy was young and should not of fought Chambers when he did. He would run over Chambers & Areola at this point. He bigger, stronger, faster and in much better shape. He has stamina. A hard punch. I seen him fight a few fights he got the desire . My prediction he can have it all and the top seeds dont want to risk anything against a fighter like that..
o wait all the best prospects avoiding fights against the Klitschko’s ? is that what i saw on another article by Mark Hepplestall and everyone dismissed it ? say it aint so
i have probably been too hard on haye..it seems almost every fighter in the top 10 is afraid of vladimir. im glad at least the americans have the courage to face him. europe seems to be in hiding….though, i dont blame them in a sense. because usually as soon as you lose to one of them you are dropped from rings top 10. why exactly…gomez would give anybody,,haye included,,,a very tough fight. i might even favor him. yet after his lose to vitali, he is written off. didnt used to be that way in boxing.