Who do you think the winner goes onto fight?
How much more popularity does the winner get, does Wilder gain mass recognition from the fans if he wins? Does AJ expand to and take over the US if he wins?
Can AJ or Wilder rebound from a brutal stoppage? This is almost guaranteed to happen to 1 of them.
Gassiev or Usyk may even move up to HW and be potential foes as well, I believe they've talked about it before.
AJ will reign as the top guy at Heavyweight and biggest boxing star in the world.. He can fight anyone and fill out stadiums.. But the biggest fight would be with Fury if he comes back.. Then possibly Haye if he beats Bellew.. Whyte rematch.. Parker.. Joyce.. Olimpic gold medalist Tony Yoka should he stepping up by then.. But by the time Dubious is ready, he will be the the most formidable challenge to AJ and that will be built up to one of the biggest fights in UK.
Who do you think the winner goes onto fight?
How much more popularity does the winner get, does Wilder gain mass recognition from the fans if he wins? Does AJ expand to and take over the US if he wins?
Can AJ or Wilder rebound from a brutal stoppage? This is almost guaranteed to happen to 1 of them.
Gassiev or Usyk may even move up to HW and be potential foes as well, I believe they've talked about it before.
-In terms of fights, I'd expect the Joseph Parker fight, and then a cycle of mandatory defenses (Bellew-Haye winner likely in line for the WBA shot, Dillian Whyte in line for the next WBC shot, Jarell Miller heading toward the IBF). Add in voluntary defenses against folks like Tyson Fury, Povetkin, and even possibly Vitali Klitschko and you've got the next three years of heavyweight boxing pretty well figured out.
-How each guy is viewed will depend on how the fights go, regardless of who wins/loses.
If the fight approaches Joshua-Klitschko (skilled slugfest that ends inside 10 rounds), with the rematch doing the same (with the other fighter winning), you basically launch both guys as attractions.
-Gassiev/Usyk, out whatever cruiserweight that emerges unified will likely get their shot during the voluntary defense period that should happen.
After Wilder-Joshua, almost regardless of what Joseph Parker does, the boxing world will basically once again have an undisputed heavyweight champion (With the WBC, WBA, and IBF all working together well at this point).
With one undisputed champion (and Wilder/Joshua both in position to basically be fighting three times a year), you'll likely see a carousel of mandatory defenses, with spectacles mixed in when voluntary defense windows open up.
There's a possible rematch
The established names
Fury
Povetkin
Ortiz
Haye
Parker
Middle of the road guys
Whyte
Miller
Jennings
Plus one or more of these young guns might become a threat
Dubois
Yoka
Efe agaba
Joyce
Hrgovic
Dubois, Okolie, Gassiev maybe. There’s interest in the heavyweights due to the AJ/Wilder/Parker axis, but as soon as one of them cleans things up it really is a paper-thin division. Haye and Fat Fury can jog on.
Miller looks like a threat. Haye if he beats Bellew. Del Boy might even gets a title shot here, lol.
I can see it now. Wilder actually shocks AJ then makes a routine defence in Alabama against Chisora and decimated.
Chisora heavyweight King 2019.
Who do you think the winner goes onto fight?
How much more popularity does the winner get, does Wilder gain mass recognition from the fans if he wins? Does AJ expand to and take over the US if he wins?
Can AJ or Wilder rebound from a brutal stoppage? This is almost guaranteed to happen to 1 of them.
Gassiev or Usyk may even move up to HW and be potential foes as well, I believe they've talked about it before.
Usyk may come up and Daniel Dubois might be ready for a top level fight in a few years.
I'm gonna assume one of them will grab Parker's belt before then.
So we got Big Baby Miller, Ortiz if he cleans up, and maybe Tyson Fury if he comes back.
Otherwise the winner will have a long line of cans to crush in Kownacki, Rivas, Breazeale, Whyte, Schwarz, Bryan, Joyce, etc.
I hope Fury, but Fury seems a long way off from getting his sh^t figured out.
Yea, he told us he's been active in the gym, then showed up in public days later looking like a whale that's been rotting on a hot beach for 3 days. I do not believe that his body will be able to come back the abuse it's seen for 2 years now. With Foreman, he came back and still had power, but lost whatever movement he had. Fury never had power so he's fuked.
It will be a wasteland until some of these young prospects start coming down the line in a couple years. We''ll have to make do with the winner fighting guys like Whyte, Breazeale, Miller, Pulev etc until the next round of former olympians are ready for the big time
The loser will be deemed a hypejob and the winner will be compared to great heavyweights and get **** on anyway.
I disagree. While the loser will most definitely be deemed a hype job, I think the winner will also be deemed a hype job who beat an unproven HW. And with no better HWs in the class there will be no body to prove themselves against and will die a hype job. it’s kind of a vicious cycle around here.