Who’s the next great HW boxing champ?

[BangEM]

After the Klit bro era - AJ was the next big thing in the division. But his reign only lasted 3yrs. Fury is the new king of the division and I don’t think he’ll survive the end of 2022 with a belt. And AJ is mentally shot - he was too dumb to let Hearn ruin his career and too ****** never to have a great boxing mind around him.

So as we look into the future - which prospects have what it takes to dominate the next era?

Only boxers in their 20s, pls.

[Boxing>MMA]

Fury will go down as an ATG, and AJ was not robbed of a "great" career. He never had the talent to be great to begin with. Jalolov and Anderson to answer your question.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

It’s Fury’s era for as long as he wants it to be.

Guys like Sanchez, Hrgovic, Jalolov, Anderson etc all have potential but I doubt any of them have the kind of potential to become an elite HW like a Fury.

[famicommander]

AJ didn't have a reign. At no point was he the legitimate champion of the division, nor was Wilder.
Tyson Fury (d. Wilder for vacant title)
Tyson Fury (retired)
Wladimir Klitschko
Lennox Lewis
Hasim Rahman
Lennox Lewis
Shannon Briggs
George Foreman
Michael Moorer
Evander Holyfield
Rid**** Bowe
Evander Holyfield
Buster Douglas
Mike Tyson
Michael Spinks
Larry Holmes
Muhammad Ali
Leon Spinks
Muhammad Ali
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
James Braddock
Max Baer
Primo Carnera
Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Jack Johnson
Tommy Burns
Marvin Hart
James Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
James Corbett
John Sullivan

These are the only true heavyweight champions of the modern era. Everyone else is just a claimant.

[BangEM]

These dirty trolls are still here. SMH

You can’t be elite with zero unifications and 1 title defence in 15 yrs. I guess Wlad and Vitali weren’t legitimate champions because Lennox retired. And he actually beat Wlad.

After Wlad, only one HW reigned supreme and that’s the guy with multiple unifications and title defences.

Regardless, don’t derail my thread.

[RoadOfTheGypsy]

Interesting thread ****Em; I would argue for Jared Anderson.

Sure, like most prospects he is untested but he has been giving Fury some work in sparring.

If he keeps his head on straight and is brought up the right way I see him being a future star in the HW division.

[j0zef]

Nobody really stands out, and Fury is only 33 - he has plenty of time to reign if he wants to. As for who can be a threat, I liked what I saw from the kid last weekend, Jared Anderson. He's young and shows promise. Best chance is Hrgovic, the man deserves and is dying for a shot at the big leagues. My dark horse is Murat Gassiev. That could be the fanboy in me though - but if he just tightens up a little more head movement and develops a real jab, he can pose any HW significant problems. He looked a bit out of shape last time, so it's definitely a tall order. Call it fanboyism.

Lastly, any of the recent Olympic medalists obviously have a good chance. As an example Richard Torrez, who earned Silver last year and is only 22.

[LeOoze]

Frank Sanchez. He's only 29, very young.

[El_Mero]

Gonna go out on a limb and say Joyce. Seems slow af but he has a chin, brings the pain and seems to know how to time quicker opps.

[REDEEMER]

I’m going Sonny Conto out of Philadelphia if I picked one .

Vlad Sirenko is also fighting Rudenko this weekend he’s creeping up .

Out of the U.K guys I’d probably go with Johnny Fisher ,but hard to tell a lot of talent there to .