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WBC never made him. Whyte got messed around a bit by WBC, even before the PED thing. I don’t blame Wilder. I blame the WBC. They pick and choose what fighters they want to force into mandatory fights. Adonis Stevenson went about 4 years without a mandatory. That's true the WBC are partly to blame, but be could have chosen to fight him anyway I'm sure.

Unlikely to happen but Dubois vs Whyte

Chickensh*t Dirrell

Zeuge is sharper and should be ahead through 6, Smith's not being outclassed though, and his power has checked Zeuge a few times

Is this confirmed?

If he can't get a decent fight in the states he should come back across the pond and make decent money in what will be an easy fight against someone like Sam Eggington. Better than not fighting at all.

But joshua ducked the white rhino!!!

Except that nobody but the casuals believe he's anywhere near the best in the world at this point. TBE is an illusion anyway. It's Floyd fans and nut lickers who created that belief and because he never got an 0 on his record it makes some fools believe it's the truth. No fighter is the best ever...Ali wasn't the best either. Pacquaio wasn't the best. These are foolish claims. Ali wasn't 'TBE' but he is the greatest, it's different

If Kell Brooks eye is ready he would be someone who is kinda known. Also would make for a potentially entertaining fight.

If they were all an equal weight they would have developed their skills differently

I'm proud of McGreggor because we both have as much buisness being in the ring with Mayweather as each other

Not defending his record but bjs is a bigger fraud

WBO champions Parker Usyk Winner Kovalev-Shabrannsky Gilberto Ramirez Billy Joe Saunders Cotto Horn Crawford Flanagan Lomachenko Valdez Magdaleno Tete Inoue Kimura Tanaka Yamanaka The belt holds the weakest champions with the exception of Usyk, Lomachenko, crawford The sheer amount of Top Rank/Frank Warren champions and top contenders makes a mockery of it

seems like ya'll want him to walk away from everyone He literally said make the wilder fight straight after that

Spence Dubois Loma Usyk Mikey

Haha, Mansour don't talk no sh*t

“Marinating” the fight isn’t a problem if they are fighting the other top guys in their division. It would also be nice if the alphabet groups didn’t force such overmatched mando’s but that’s life

Gorman vs Dubois would be a good matchup for both of them at this stage of their careers

LHW as well but I don't talk about you I talk about people in this thread claiming it's cream of the crop. CW is the division where it happened already and it was stacked too We all know it's just between Bud and Spence, Keith and Danny are out of the picture Just like CW tournament was about Usyk and Gassiev from the start LHW doesnt have clear favorites Let’s hope the WW division follows the CW and the fights actually happen. That’s been the best thing about the WBSS.

The weekly reach column is what OP is citing from the the website. Here's how "reach" is defined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_(advertising)#cite_note-1 That's not at all equivalent to PPV buys. In this case it is, Sky Sports Box office is a ppv channel that doesn’t show many events

There is a huge difference in the lil weights compared to lhw and cw... Yeah, I have them ranked Bud just ahead of Usyk, but the point was more that he’s had more chances that Usyk hasn’t had the chance to fight in multiple weight classes in the same way, especially with him turning pro at 26

For the argument that bud has fought in 3 divisions it’s worth pointing out that the weight difference between these is less than the 25lbs between lhw and cruiser

He looks talented, but until he wins against better opponents most will assume he’s gonna fail once he steps up the opposition. Also not sure lomachenko is the best comparison, PBK’s footwork isn’t quite the same and he uses upper body movement more in defence

I think the WBSS is reaching its most meaningful stage in 2018, with this year having a number of gimme fights. I don't think anything truly resounded has happened in the tournament, but with Breidis/Usyk and Eubank/Groves now in action, the tournament has some context to it. I agree, just thought it was worth a mention as a set up

No mention of the WBSS?

I don’t know where he’s the “A-side” because it’s not in the uk. He’s Anthony “no Yarde, not Joshua”, unless he’s got confused and thinks he’s the other guy :p

http://i.imgur.com/kgEjU2B.png Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Maybe he trains that way because he's 34, still undefeated and hasn't gone the distance in years?

If they put that, along with the McDonnell fight on there it definitely becomes a ppv worthy card

Ideally it would be but they'll make that a headliner at Anfield I reckon. They should put it on the UC and have his first defence there instead imo.