If we trim the fat and the title holders at cruiser all fight each other, there is no reason the division shouldn't be unified by late 2017. The 3 title holders are Bellew, Usyk and Leb. Throw in Glow and Huck, with possibly Shumenov and you can easily have a series of fights over the next 18 months, without promotional issues and network ****.
All that remains are the balls of the fighters on show. Usyk is confident but how will Bellew or Leb feel about facing him?
Time to man up guys.
Oi that's the last greatest American cruiserweight about lol poor guys no wonder they try to trash the best division in boxing.
Well there is Andrew Tabiti and Michael Hunter but not sure how much of an impact those 2 will have, both seems pretty flawed
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Usyk will outclass everyone quite easily.
I dunno about easuiy but yeah, from last night, he does seem to be the most well rounded of the fighters at the weight.
TBH, I can see Usyk willing to travel to the U.K. to fight Bellew... but I'm not seeing bellew to take such a fight.
As of Lebedev... he only fights at home, in front of "Putin's yes-men spectators"... No hope, then...
Yeah, I'm concerned about Bellews balls too lol
Not fair on Leb though, he fought for a world title in Germany and has fought in the UK a couple times too.
my dream cruiserweight tourney would start with:
lebedev-drozd
bellew-briedis
gassiev-dorticos
usyk-huck
I don't think we need all this fluff. Let the guys get what ever dates they have this year out of the way and then the 3 champs can fight each other.
TBH, I can see Usyk willing to travel to the U.K. to fight Bellew... but I'm not seeing bellew to take such a fight.
As of Lebedev... he only fights at home, in front of "Putin's yes-men spectators"... No hope, then...
He will school Lebedev
No Excuses - Unify Cruiserweight ???
Simply not feasible...
To date, it's impossible to make Lebedev (Russian) vs Usyk (Ukrainian)... or Lebedev vs Bellew (U.K.)... They will all want to fight "at home".
Thats not impossible.
Having promoters and/or networks unwilling to work with each other is approaching impossible, venue can be figured out.
The only excuse these guys at cruiser have is that they are afraid of one another...if the fights don't happen.
TBH, I can see Usyk willing to travel to the U.K. to fight Bellew... but I'm not seeing bellew to take such a fight.
As of Lebedev... he only fights at home, in front of "Putin's yes-men spectators"... No hope, then...
I would mind.
The best should fight the best and the title holders are the best guys in the division, with Glow and Huck deserving of spots in the tourney.
Usyk v Huck would be good, while Bellew and Leb go at it early next year and then the winners fight each other. Bang, you get an undisputed champ.
Sadly that's unlikely.
my dream cruiserweight tourney would start with:
lebedev-drozd
bellew-briedis
gassiev-dorticos
usyk-huck
One of the problems making the best fights in this division is that there's actually no big earners at Cruiserweight. There's really nobody you can chase for a big payday so from a business perspective you might be able to earn similar in 1 or 2 easy fights.
If anything Bellew might be the money man because he has Hearn and Sky behind him and they pay quite handsomely for fighters to go to the UK and fight but as i say, the general public have never heard of the other best Cruiserweight's, so Bellew's team might see it as a case of it not mattering who Bellew fights. They could just bring in some contenders to get beat. The public aren't going to be screaming for him to fight Usyk or the others because they have never even heard of them. Of course boxing fans will want it but the real money comes from the general public anyway.
the WBC, WBA and IBF have three very legit mandatory challengers waiting their turn right now in briedis, dorticos and gassiev. i wouldn't mind if they got their shots first
usyk could occupy himself with huck and/or wlod or build his profile a bit more
I would mind.
The best should fight the best and the title holders are the best guys in the division, with Glow and Huck deserving of spots in the tourney.
Usyk v Huck would be good, while Bellew and Leb go at it early next year and then the winners fight each other. Bang, you get an undisputed champ.
Sadly that's unlikely.
No Excuses - Unify Cruiserweight ???
Simply not feasible... :)
To date, it's impossible to make Lebedev (Russian) vs Usyk (Ukrainian)... or Lebedev vs Bellew (U.K.)... They will all want to fight "at home". :)
Thats not impossible.
Having promoters and/or networks unwilling to work with each other is approaching impossible, venue can be figured out.
The only excuse these guys at cruiser have is that they are afraid of one another...if the fights don't happen.
the WBC, WBA and IBF have three very legit mandatory challengers waiting their turn right now in briedis, dorticos and gassiev. i wouldn't mind if they got their shots first
usyk could occupy himself with huck and/or wlod to build his profile a bit more
Bellew will get destroyed after dealing with his cherry pick in BJ Flores... WBC was gonna force the mando but Bellew signed to fight the first guy to call him out to be able to make a title defense before getting destroyed by Briedis/Drozd, so hopefully by summer we will have gotten rid of Bellew and can focus on the actual talents in the division
Usyk vs Lebedev is the best fight that can be made @ cruiser atm, Lebedev is one of the most proven fighters in boxing and he shouldnt really have those 2 losses on his record
And Usyk vs Lebedev would be a massive Ukraine vs Russia event
Oi that's the last greatest American cruiserweight about lol poor guys no wonder they try to trash the best division in boxing.
If we trim the fat and the title holders at cruiser all fight each other, there is no reason the division shouldn't be unified by late 2017. The 3 title holders are Bellew, Usyk and Leb. Throw in Glow and Huck, with possibly Shumenov and you can easily have a series of fights over the next 18 months, without promotional issues and network ****.
All that remains are the balls of the fighters on show. Usyk is confident but how will Bellew or Leb feel about facing him?
Time to man up guys.
No Excuses - Unify Cruiserweight ???
Simply not feasible... :)
To date, it's impossible to make Lebedev (Russian) vs Usyk (Ukrainian)... or Lebedev vs Bellew (U.K.)... They will all want to fight "at home". :)
Bellew will get destroyed after dealing with his cherry pick in BJ Flores... WBC was gonna force the mando but Bellew signed to fight the first guy to call him out to be able to make a title defense before getting destroyed by Briedis/Drozd, so hopefully by summer we will have gotten rid of Bellew and can focus on the actual talents in the division
Usyk vs Lebedev is the best fight that can be made @ cruiser atm, Lebedev is one of the most proven fighters in boxing and he shouldnt really have those 2 losses on his record
And Usyk vs Lebedev would be a massive Ukraine vs Russia event
Honestly. I think Usyk destroys any of them. Imagine if he got out of first gear?
I don't know if any of the rest will balls up and face him. Bellew maybe. As much as people talk **** about him, he has faced some good opposition and always comes to win.
I think Usyk v Leb is more likely than Usyk v Bellew.
After watching that at ringside, I think Bellew will be contented with his mandos for a while lol
Honestly. I think Usyk destroys any of them. Imagine if he got out of first gear?
I don't know if any of the rest will balls up and face him. Bellew maybe. As much as people talk **** about him, he has faced some good opposition and always comes to win.