Wladimir Klitschko vs. Marco Huck

[Gnome]

Would you accept Klitschko choosing Marco Huck as his non-mandatory opponent? If Jennings decides to wait to challenge the Wilder-Stiverne winner for the WBC belt, and a fight against the Fury-Chisora winner can't be made, I see this as a decent filler.

[tiny_acres]

I like Huck.I have no problem with him getting a good payday.

[PokerRob]

Who else is there before either his WBA mandatory against Chagaev or Ortiz or Jennings, or his IBF mandatory against the Fury/Chisora winner???

Andy Ruiz - Undefeated Mexican

Glazov - Undefeated Ukranian

Lucas Browne - Undefeated Australian plus a big guy

Shannon Briggs - #LETSGOCHAMP! lol


Less likely options are...

Steve Cunningham

Anthony Tarver


Very unlikely are...

Charles Martin

Christian Hammer


I cant see it being anyone else!

[Gnome]

Who else is there before either his WBA mandatory against Chagaev or Ortiz or Jennings, or his IBF mandatory against the Fury/Chisora winner???

Andy Ruiz - Undefeated Mexican

Glazov - Undefeated Ukranian

Lucas Browne - Undefeated Australian plus a big guy

Shannon Briggs - #LETSGOCHAMP! lol


Less likely options are...

Steve Cunningham

Anthony Tarver


Very unlikely are...

Charles Martin

Christian Hammer


I cant see it being anyone else!

I really hope Hammer and Martin are more likely options than Cunningham or Tarver - although they are cruiserweights like Huck, they would be Mormeck-class level opponents whereas a) Hammer is coming off some very impressive wins and b) Martin is undefeated with an 89% KO ratio.

[cold187]

Who else is there before either his WBA mandatory against Chagaev or Ortiz or Jennings, or his IBF mandatory against the Fury/Chisora winner???

Andy Ruiz - Undefeated Mexican - untested

Glazov - Undefeated Ukranian - IMO lost to malik scott and rossey, beat adamel but hindsite was shot

Lucas Browne - Undefeated Australian plus a big guy - untested but ranked in all bodies so ok

Shannon Briggs - #LETSGOCHAMP! lol


Less likely options are...

Steve Cunningham - beaten by fury, maybe if beats few more people like he did amir mansour

Anthony Tarver - unproven at heavuweight, is fight j banks soon though


Very unlikely are...

Charles Martin

Christian Hammer - is on a very good streak, lost when was young getting better with age


I cant see it being anyone else!

huck fight would be fine, massive in germany

[ikorolev]

Maybe Wlad vs Sturm, Abraham or Stieglitz ? Would also be big in Germany. These guys also deserved a good payday

[Gnome]

Maybe Wlad vs Sturm, Abraham or Stieglitz ? Would also be big in Germany. These guys also deserved a good payday

Ah, cmon. Did you see Huck v Povetkin? Povetkin's wins against Charr and Takam puts Huck's performance into perspective, in that it was a hell of a performance.

[ikorolev]

Was it the time when Povetkin was trained by Atlas ?

[ikorolev]

In an interview I saw, Povetkin was saying that even though Atlas is a very good person, he didn't really like him as a trainer. Per Povetkin, Atlas was having him think too much in the ring.

[klitoris]

4 inch height advantage
4 inch reach advantage

And Huck is a brawler.

This has mismatch written all over him. Huck would get knocked out and his career as a boxer would most likely end because of the punishment he would get. Huck is better off just trying to conquer the cruiserweight division because that's where he belongs. I'm more interested in him fighting Lebedev, Drozd, Hernandez, Mchunu. Plus he's 30 years old, he still has 5 years in him, why do this fight now.

Drozd is the only one who I can see in the Cruiserweight that would make sense to challenge for a Heavyweight title since he's already 35 and it would make sense for him to go for a paycheck. Plus he can challenge for the WBC belt (since he's the WBC belt holder) and that would mean a match against Stiverne or Wilder if he wins.

[Bodyshot3]

Huck's as brave, strong and fit as hell. He's also got the right attitude and experience......

.....but I really don't want to see him taking Wlad's jabs. He's not hard to hit and that rumble forward style is bad news against a man of Wlad's mobility, size and power. And I am pretty sure that Marco is a bit too long in the tooth and proud to try and fight Wlad anything other than head-on.

No thanks. Get Jennings in there or Fury/Chisora. Let's have a fight rather a one-sided beatdown.

[Lackeos]

Huck unofficially beat Povetkin. I think as long as Huck weighs an ounce over 200 pounds, he's a top 5 heavyweight. Ideally, though, I would prefer to see Huck beat a top 20 heavyweight before getting that shot, so that his challenger status is more credible to all. Wlad struggles to acquire legacy-defining opponents, so I think it's his responsibility to insist that challengers build their resumes up as high as possible before getting a shot, and the challengers' responsibility to do that so that they get a shot instead of someone else.

[Yes We Can]

I'd prefer to see Huck vs Haye,

[greg]

... I don't mind watching Huck against any HW top ten except Klitschko...Wlad is just too smart for this hot headed brawler...I see it as a one sided fight with Huck being methodically taken apart...

[ClivePatrickLyons]

Huck BIG HEARTED but not very good at defence can take a punch from a good cruiserweight's but i cringe to think what Klitschko power will do to his health.

[Ricky_]

Huck has no business at HW.

[Freedom2013]

According to the WBO rules, Huck can become Wladimir's WBO mandatory by moving up to heavyweight.

[hurricanemitch14]

for someone that dont belong at heavy he looked good against povetkin with no warm up fight. i thought he won........with that being said he dont beat wlad

[Lackeos]

I've seen too many people in here saying that Huck wouldn't beat Wlad. Well no sh*t. No heavyweight beats Wlad, they all get dominated. What's really at issue is whether Huck is among the most worthy candidates to get dominated next. In another thread, I said that the Fury - Chisora winner was my top choice for Wlad's next victim by domination, but Huck would certainly be among the most worthy options. I'm just happy when a title shot doesn't get handed all the way down to thoroughly unworthy challengers like Leapai, Wach, Pianeta, Mormeck, Briggs, Charr, Sosnowski, etc.. As long as it goes to someone anywhere near the top, it's cool.

[Gnome]

4 inch height advantage
4 inch reach advantage

And Huck is a brawler.

This has mismatch written all over him. Huck would get knocked out and his career as a boxer would most likely end because of the punishment he would get. Huck is better off just trying to conquer the cruiserweight division because that's where he belongs. I'm more interested in him fighting Lebedev, Drozd, Hernandez, Mchunu. Plus he's 30 years old, he still has 5 years in him, why do this fight now.

Drozd is the only one who I can see in the Cruiserweight that would make sense to challenge for a Heavyweight title since he's already 35 and it would make sense for him to go for a paycheck. Plus he can challenge for the WBC belt (since he's the WBC belt holder) and that would mean a match against Stiverne or Wilder if he wins.

I have to agree in this. He should prove he is the best CW in the world by beating some of those guys (plus Fernandez and Jones) before fighting Wlad (which would be seen as a cash-out).

[Leonid]

I've seen too many people in here saying that Huck wouldn't beat Wlad. Well no sh*t. No heavyweight beats Wlad, they all get dominated. What's really at issue is whether Huck is among the most worthy candidates to get dominated next. In another thread, I said that the Fury - Chisora winner was my top choice for Wlad's next victim by domination, but Huck would certainly be among the most worthy options. I'm just happy when a title shot doesn't get handed all the way down to thoroughly unworthy challengers like Leapai, Wach, Pianeta, Mormeck, Briggs, Charr, Sosnowski, etc.. As long as it goes to someone anywhere near the top, it's cool.

All of Wlad's challengers were actually top 15-20 fighters at the time of the fight (not only per ABC ratings, but boxrec also, Leapai may be the only exception here, nearly #25-30, but WBO #1 and mandatory). So these "thoroughly unworthy challngers" actually were "anywhere near the top", exactly in the same range where Huck would be (he already have losses to 2 of the top 10 guys and would lose to most of the others). I think that Cunningham, an underrated fighter, who beat Huch and is proven at HW, both deserves and "needs" his shot more. Therefore no, Huch would not be my top 5 choice for the next fight.

[dominik]

huck is an athletic guy with good Speed and aggressiveness but he is rather raw in his boxing. his technique is not terrible but he is not very precise with his punches and often wild.

his main asset is his explosiveness and strength, he overpowers his opponents at the CW and against wlad that won't really work of course because wlad is bigger and stronger.

still huck would of course be a better Opponent than leapai or mormeck, but that is not hard to achieve:).

[Nightgaunt]

I think we have seen quite enough brawler against either Klitschko looking for the lucky punch. Is that really all it boils down to these days, that we want to see someone whose only chance is that one lucky punch? I have no interest in seeing Wladimir against Huck or Briggs, it will be one sided beatings, if they would win via a lucky punch there's a big change they lose the title in the next fight or the rematch. Can we please wait for the real challengers who bring a good package to the table to take over from Wladimir when he's done?
I kinda like Huck, because he shows a lot of heart and is always out to brawl, but in the end he lost against Povetkin and Povetkin could not touch Wladimir. I don't really want to see this fight just because I agree with Huck deserving a nice pay day.

[Crease]

Wlad vs Huck then?

I can't say that the match-up particularly interests me. I watched the Huck vs Povetkin fight, and to be honest if he can't get past Povetin, then I give him a greatly reduced chance of success against Wladimir.

Besides there's been talk about Tony Bellew getting a shot at Huck, I'd rather see that fight or maybe a unification with Hernandez or Lebedev.

[Crease]

I'd rather see Wladimir take his voluntary title defence against Tyson Fury.