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This was touched on in another thread but I felt it deserved its own thread. There is a nice squad of white American heavyweight boxers out there, but they seem stuck in a rankings rut. Unlike the Slavic fighters who have stampeded to the front of the rankings and taken the title belts, with more waiting in the wings in the eliminator fights, White Americans don't seem to be in any big fights.
It seems that fighters like Mollo and Fields, Mesi, Minto etc. keep fighting obscure journeymen. Is this their choice, or is it hard to arrange a fight with a top calibre opponent. I do believe one boxer (Minto?) fought against Krasniqi in some eliminator fight a while ago, but outside of that it doesn't seem that anyone is stepping up to the plate, or being allowed to, if thats the problem. Meanwhile, all the top non-US white fighters seem to be slugging it out in higher profile, higher ranked opponent matches.
JD, I'd like to hear your take on this. I'm new to the boxing scene, but its frustrating seeing time go by without any of the american whites make a rise to the top rank, which boxers like Chagaev, Povetkin, Ibragimov etc. have been able to do.
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It seems that fighters like Mollo and Fields, Mesi, Minto etc. keep fighting obscure journeymen. Is this their choice, or is it hard to arrange a fight with a top calibre opponent. I do believe one boxer (Minto?) fought against Krasniqi in some eliminator fight a while ago, but outside of that it doesn't seem that anyone is stepping up to the plate, or being allowed to, if thats the problem. Meanwhile, all the top non-US white fighters seem to be slugging it out in higher profile, higher ranked opponent matches.
JD, I'd like to hear your take on this. I'm new to the boxing scene, but its frustrating seeing time go by without any of the american whites make a rise to the top rank, which boxers like Chagaev, Povetkin, Ibragimov etc. have been able to do.
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