Marco Huck Wants a Klitschko Brother, Doesn't Care Which One

by Scott Christ on Nov 9, 2011 10:06 PM EST in Boxing News Analysis

Marco Huck is trying to goad the Klitschkos into a fight with insults.

Marco Huck appeared on German television this week and challenged the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali, to fight him in 2012, saying, "I don’t care which brother I can get my hands on, I would fight both of them right away."

Huck can be seen now in the photo above, which has been widely circulated, standing with a cardboard cutout of himself holding the Klitschko brothers, now in the form of babies.

This is very similar to the way David Haye went about eventually making a fight with Wladimir Klitschko. Like Haye, Huck is attempting to insult his way into a fight. But while Haye did take a few fights at heavyweight before facing Wladimir, and even picked up the WBA belt, Huck appears to have little interest in fighting at heavyweight unless he is facing one of the big two.

I've noted before that I don't think Huck (34-1, 25 KO) is a good matchup at all for either Wladimir (56-3, 49 KO) or Vitali (43-2, 40 KO). At about 6'1", Huck would be towered over by either brother, and it's not as if he's such a good, powerful, or explosive fighter that those advantages would be likely neutralized. We've seen both brothers fight guys his size, and the results weren't pretty. Vitali has dominated Tomasz Adamek and Albert Sosnowski in the past two years, while Wladimir had his way with David Haye (who is a bit taller), Eddie Chambers, and Ruslan Chagaev. None of those fighters had much success at all.

Still, better Huck than the likes of Jean Marc Mormeck.

What's your take here? Do you think Huck has any legitimate shot, and is it a fight you want to see, a fight you'd accept seeing, or a fight you're against?

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Probably thinking about getting a big paycheck more than anything else.

by Kory Kitchen on Nov 9, 2011 10:43 PM EST reply actions

Legitimate shot? Nope.

But Huck would give his all, so I’d accept seeing…….it would be pretty big in Germany.

by DPlainview on Nov 9, 2011 11:00 PM EST reply actions

No shot...

but he sure as heck would put up a better fight than Haye… And it would be huge in Germany.

by tylerj19 on Nov 9, 2011 11:07 PM EST reply actions

How quickly we forget the Adamek fight

he gave his all too…

by tacklerford on Nov 10, 2011 8:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Huck's style is all wrong for this

And for the heavyweight division in general. He has such a strange style to begin with, relying on bum rushes and spurts of activity. If he can’t impose his physicality on his opponent, then he becomes a gatekeeper type at best. Hell, it’s not like he’s even convincingly beaten any top cruiserweights.

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by Brickhaus on Nov 10, 2011 1:09 AM EST via mobile reply actions

For a moment I was thinking that it is exactly these spurts of activity, his aggressivity and unorthodox style that might give him a slight, tiny chance against WK (none against VK though), as Wladimir had his problems with fast-charging, hard-hitting guys before. But the much, much more likely outcome would certainly be just another pizza-face.
Does he have a legitimate shot at this point of time? certainly not. Would I like it to happen? Not really. Would I see it? Of course.

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by DrHenrik on Nov 10, 2011 2:45 AM EST up reply actions

I don't get it

Why is he in such a hurry? Why does everyone want a Klitschko NOW? It’s likely that in a short while the brothers will start to decline. Right now Huck doesn’t stand a chance, but in two or three years… who knows?
It’s not like he’s run out of options at cruiserweight. I think he has unfinished business with both Cunningham and Lebedev, those fights would still make good money in Germany, why rush to heavyweight so soon?

by Radu on Nov 10, 2011 3:29 AM EST reply actions

It’s likely that in a short while the brothers will start to decline.

Also likely that in a short while the brothers will start to retire. And even if they decline, opponents can barely win a round against them. How far would they have to decline for someone to have a legit shot?

I think he has unfinished business with both Cunningham and Lebedev, those fights would still make good money in Germany, why rush to heavyweight so soon?

Because he stands a good chance of losing those fights for less money than he’d make to lose to a Klitschko. The greater glory is in a Klitschko fight.

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by Scott Christ on Nov 10, 2011 4:24 AM EST up reply actions

Paycheck is all he wants. In Germany this fight would be HUGE commercial event, but Huck must fight with at least one middle HW before.

by Mihali4 on Nov 10, 2011 5:32 AM EST reply actions

The only good thing i could say about this is that Huck is a better opponent than Mormeck……..So, that’s not really saying much.
I don’t think he is a better fighter than Adamek and is not much bigger naturally, so no, i would give him pretty close to zero chance of beating either Klit.
It would be the same old story. He would take a slow, methodical beating, imo.
Just stick to your own division Huck. You haven’t even proven you are better than Lebedev yet.

by Matt Mosley on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM EST reply actions

Ideally I wouldnt want this to happen, but Klits have all but cleaned out the HW division so might as well pick on the cruisers now.

Would prefer to see an Arreola, Fury, or Povetkin fight before him though.

by Shitali Klitschko on Nov 10, 2011 3:47 PM EST via mobile reply actions

All these guys have the bluster to shit talk their way into a fight with the Klits, but then the fight happens and they dont do shit. This is probably the case here again. I don’t really wanna see this fight if it happens. Maybe Arreola hasn’t “earned” the shot (who has?), but would probably give the best showing (especially vs. Wlad).

by KidSleez on Nov 10, 2011 9:36 PM EST reply actions