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I really enjoyed his fight last night, the guy is one tough strong fighter who loves to get stuck in. Their talking about putting him in with Luan Krasniqi and why not?

Time ain't on his side so why not keep rolling onwards and upwards, still doubt he could handle most the top ten guys but we could still be in for a fun ride.

Any thoughts on where Big Matt should go next?

Luan Krasniqi sounds reasonable to me.

yep sounds good i think he could/will win the european title.then audley will have a go im sure,although audley will probally stay clear of skelton until matt is 65 and shot to pieces and it would still be his biggest test to date

Not sure were Skelton is in the Euro rankings but certainly not in top 5, and it's unlikely Luaaaaaan takes him on in a voluntary defense

Skelton is 3 in the EBU ratings, behinf Samm and Wladimir. So safe to say he aint the mandatory and is unlikely to get a voluntary defence unless Mr Warren can weave his charm.

3? damn

Where's Audley in the rankings?

bennie wrote:Where's Audley in the rankings?

9th i think

Skelton is out till september

I'm unable to access that link. Could somebody cut and paste the top 10 please.

Contenders:
WC KLITSCHKO Vitali (UA/D) INELIGIBLE WBC
1 Wladimir KLITSCHKO (UA/D)
2 Sinan Samil SAM (TR/D)
3 Matt SKELTON (GB)
4 Michael SPROTT (GB)
5 Danny WILLIAMS (GB)
6 Dennis BAKHTOV (Rus)
7 Attila LEVIN (S/FI)
8 Nikolay VALOUEV (RUS/A)
9 Audley HARRISON (GB) INELIGIBLE WBF
10 Tomasz BONIN (PL)
11 Steffen NIELSEN (DK)
12 Georgi KANDELAKI (GE/BG) INELIGIBLE WBU
13 Herbie HIDE (GB)
14 Vladimir VIRCHIS (UA)
15 Albert SOSNOWSKI (PL)
16 Paolo VIDOZ (I)
17 Cyril SERROR (F)
18 René MONSE (D)
19 Richel HERSISIA (NL)
20 Balu SAUER (Rus/D)

Cheers, Adam.

Those are some messed up rankings, what's with all the UK-based fighters in the top-10. And where is Timo Hoffman, I thought they were gonna make him the mandatory

Dutch Windmill wrote:Those are some messed up rankings, what's with all the UK-based fighters in the top-10. And where is Timo Hoffman, I thought they were gonna make him the mandatory

He is the mandatory thats why he aint in the rankings coz he is the challenger.

Dutch Windmill wrote:Those are some messed up rankings, what's with all the UK-based fighters in the top-10. And where is Timo Hoffman, I thought they were gonna make him the mandatory

Yes, he is the mandatory. The ratings must be out of date.

Yeah well normally you put that in your rankings.

If u open up the link adam put in it has

champ : - Luan Krasniqui
challenger : - Timo Hoffman

I dont think they put the challenger in the rankings so that it is easy to understand who the mandatory is and who will be the next mandatory.

Yeah I meant...never mind.

yeah soz guys, should of put up the champ and challenger.

those are April 2004 ratings.

how come golota never gets a mention, you`d think he`d be a top 10 european at least, even if its just taking into account who he`s been in with.

Those rankings are of before the Byrd fight I guess

You have to have an european licens to be ranked and Golota doesnt

thanks mate

Can someone tell me how the rankings are actually worked out - rankings in general that is?

MMMMM Matt Skelton Vs Nikolay VALOUEV anyone? 8)