Comments Thread For: "Fighting Words" After Usyk-Fury 2, what and who comes next at heavyweight?

[BrankoB]

That list was probably way too long. I am Ok with a hand full of good contenders and the young guns coming up the ranks, but why include Pulev, Wilder, AJ or even Wlad on that list of - who comes next?

[famicommander]

The Dubois/Parker winner should be the obvious choice. Pulev should be a stay-busy fight, and it should only take place to get rid of the Regular belt once and for all and ensure that Pulev doesn't inherit the full WBA title.

[Willow The Wisp]

Firstly Pulev!? Oh hell no, even in his prime he was average.
& Aj didn't have a rematch clause with Dubious, just 1 fight left on his contract with Rhiyad. He was still offered the rematch but ducked.....back of the line with Wilder, wink wink nudge nudge.
I think the trilogy is signed & sealed, & what gets me is nobody is writing that Fury could become 3 times! The real linear heavyweight champion of the world facing his 3rd world number 1. Yet when Aj went for his 3rd paper belt reign against Dubious (boxing no world number 1s) all these rags couldn't stop talking about it??
The fights id like to see out of all those names, Fury v Bakolie, 2 giant Walrus just leaning into each other.
& i want to see Wardley & Itauma step up another level, if the sparring stories are true Itauma has it. At 15 he was showing up after school & scrapping with the likes of Joyce & Bakolie.

Atm i have Dubious & possibly Itauma dominating the future, America, you need to step up your heavyweight game, the sport misses you.

Perhaps Itauma could step up against Jared Anderson in a cross Atlantic showdown. Moses is chronologically young, but his hype is fully mature. Both youngsters could prove quite a lot in a match that nobody who's being honest can call.