BN: Top Five Most Frightening Fighters In The World Today

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-five-most-frightening-fighters-in-the-world-today/

1. Kovalev
2. Golovkin
3. Joshua
4. Klitschko
5. Wilder


Odd choices there (especially the last two). How about this?:

1. Golovkin
2. Kovalev
3. Rigondeaux
4. Walters
5. Beterbiev

Maybe Inoue?

Rigondeaux?

Golovkin, Kovalev, Gonzalez, Joshua, Beterbiev

Qoxiivi wrote:Rigondeaux?

Golovkin, Kovalev, Gonzalez, Joshua, Beterbiev

Well no one will go near him!

Golovkin
Kovaloz
Beterbiev
Joshua
Mayorga - wouldn't want to spend much time with him, nasty fella

Mine would be in no order

Golovkin
Kovalev
Beterbiev
Kudryashov
Joshua

Valero's Conscience wrote:Golovkin
Kovaloz
Beterbiev
Joshua
Mayorga - wouldn't want to spend much time with him, nasty fella

You read the Wikileaks stuff on him then?!!

Golovkin
Kovalev
Klitshcko
Walters
Joshua

Can you really be feared if you have fought absolutely no one of note?

It's all circumstantial. Imagine being on a 12 hour flight and your only seat is next to Carl Froch. 12 hours of him talking you through the Groves fight at Wembley, in front of 80thousand. That's a scary thought!

hazharrison wrote:

Valero's Conscience wrote:Golovkin
Kovaloz
Beterbiev
Joshua
Mayorga - wouldn't want to spend much time with him, nasty fella

You read the Wikileaks stuff on him then?!!

Yeah, doesn't surprise me!

Just a horrible guy you want to see knocked out in every fight. A quitter as well, he never seems to be truly out of it when stopped and just gives up. A typical bully!

Kudryashov KO reel.

kudryashov can certainly bang. Looks like a big cart horse but then so does beterbiev and he stops everyone too. He's not exactly in a talent-loaded division so his punching power may overcome his other limitations. Hey big george did alright for a mummy.

Kudryashov is a beast. There was quite a few that he has literally put to sleep, not only stopped. Knocking out cold Juan Carlos Gomez in 22 seconds was impressive.

When he hits them, they stay hit SOF. Not disputing that. Gomez was a terriffic fighter in his day and even now in his 40's he potentially could have made life awkward but I have seen that punch. The idea that he'd get caught by a lead right hand thrown from row z through his guard in his heyday is... well... it wouldn't have happened. Well, ok yanqui diaz did it, so he has previous of being a slow starter, but apart from that!

Always good to see ko merchants rolling people, just not sure this guy is the second coming... feel the same about beterbiev. Its not like watching GGG where you feel like your watching a fighter not a slugger.

It's not just about his power for me, he has got great fundamentals and goes to the body good as well. Definitely a future player in the division.

Fair enough, he's already a player in the division, it's just not a great claim to fame. He obviously has deceptive timing/speed because shots that don't look like they should land are landing. I wonder whether they will when he fights someone who can defend and fire back. Maybe they will... watch this space, I guess.

To be fair, if you set even Paulie Malignaggi's highlights to 'For whom the bell tolls', he'll seem like a beast!

Don't know how good Kudryashov is, but he's knocking over tomato cans, one of his knockouts, I thought Roberto Duran had made a comeback, looked  about the same size.

Kudryashov is In a division that has always been regarded as 3rd rate and always will be.