Present Day Ketchel vs. Papke?
Posted: 16 Sep 2012, 12:33
It is arguably the greatest MW rivalry in history – 2-time world MW champion Stanley Ketchel (51 career wins – 48 via stoppages) vs. one-time world MW champion Billy Papke (37 career wins – 32 via stoppages).
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/blog/?p=1052
They fought four times (each a brutal encounter) for the world MW title – Ketchel won three and Papke once.
In the four bout series, Ketchel becomes the only boxer to ever stop Papke and Papke is the first and only (non HW) boxer to ever stop Ketchel.
With all the talk about Ward, Martinez and Chavez Jr. (among others), is everyone missing out on a MW fight series that may become the greatest of the 21st century? Possibly!
Now, who’s Ketchel? This appears rather obvious - WBA MW titlist Gennady Golovkin (24 career wins – 21 via stoppages) – they even appear to resemble each other (a little), don’t they?
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Human:9028
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Gennady_Golovkin
Now, who’s Papke? Is it IBF MW titlist Daniel Geale (28 career wins – 15 via stoppages) or is it WBO MW titlist Dmitry Pirog (20 career wins – 15 via stoppages)? Sorry, no clear call on a resemblance.
Pirog seems to fit the Papke ‘role’ (via KO ratio) but a Geale-Pirog match should (hopefully) determine the true ‘heir apparent’.
The obvious question: After ‘Ketchel’ is done with ‘Papke’ (and this may take a while), who’s next – ‘McCallum’, ‘Toney’ or maybe ‘Leonard’ (i.e. Martinez, Chavez Jr. or Ward)???
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/blog/?p=1052
They fought four times (each a brutal encounter) for the world MW title – Ketchel won three and Papke once.
In the four bout series, Ketchel becomes the only boxer to ever stop Papke and Papke is the first and only (non HW) boxer to ever stop Ketchel.
With all the talk about Ward, Martinez and Chavez Jr. (among others), is everyone missing out on a MW fight series that may become the greatest of the 21st century? Possibly!
Now, who’s Ketchel? This appears rather obvious - WBA MW titlist Gennady Golovkin (24 career wins – 21 via stoppages) – they even appear to resemble each other (a little), don’t they?
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Human:9028
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Gennady_Golovkin
Now, who’s Papke? Is it IBF MW titlist Daniel Geale (28 career wins – 15 via stoppages) or is it WBO MW titlist Dmitry Pirog (20 career wins – 15 via stoppages)? Sorry, no clear call on a resemblance.
Pirog seems to fit the Papke ‘role’ (via KO ratio) but a Geale-Pirog match should (hopefully) determine the true ‘heir apparent’.
The obvious question: After ‘Ketchel’ is done with ‘Papke’ (and this may take a while), who’s next – ‘McCallum’, ‘Toney’ or maybe ‘Leonard’ (i.e. Martinez, Chavez Jr. or Ward)???