Current most Avoided Boxers in any division?

[Sallywynder]

Undoubtedly Bakhram Murtazaliev is the most avoided boxer at Super Welter.

Some believe Devin Haney is the most avoided at Welter.

Is David Benavidez avoided at SM and LH?

Is Jai Opetaia avoided, or has he just cleaned out all the Cruisers?

Who else we got?


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[TheIronMike]

Jai Opetaia is the biggest name at cruiser.

Janibek or whatever his name is is pretty avoided, because he offers high risk low reward even with 2 titles

[Sallywynder]

Jai Opetaia is the biggest name at cruiser.

Janibek or whatever his name is is pretty avoided, because he offers high risk low reward even with 2 titles

Whats with American fighters being so terrified of Russian and eastern blok fighters? Wow!

Janibek Alimkhanuly (also spelled as Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, born 1 April 1993) is a Kazakh professional boxer and unified middleweight champion who has held the WBO title since 2022, and the IBF title since October 2023. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2013 World Championships, 2013 Asian Championships and 2014 Asian Games. He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division, losing in the quarter-finals.^[3] He won the WBO Interim middleweight title on May 21, 2022, before being elevated to full champion on August 30, 2022, and he then won the IBF title on October 14, 2023.

[famicommander]

Jai Opetaia is the biggest name at cruiser.

Opetaia is the one doing the ducking. Briedis is the only quality opponent he has faced.

Zurdo's last 5 opponents:
Yuniel Dorticos (former IBF cruiserweight champion)
Chris Billam-Smith (reigning WBO cruiserweight champion)
Arsen Goulamirian (reigning WBA cruiserweight champion)
Joe Smith Jr. (former WBO light heavyweight champion)
Dmitry Bivol (then reigning WBA, now undisputed light heavyweight champion)

Opetaia's last 5 opponents:
Claudio Squeo
David Nyika
Jack Massey
Mairis Briedis (former 3X cruiserweight champion)
Ellis Zorro

Zurdo has been fighting killers while Opetaia has been fighting bums hoping to eventually cash out against Usyk.

[Sallywynder]

Opetaia is the one doing the ducking. Briedis is the only quality opponent he has faced.

Who is he ducking?

[famicommander]

Who is he ducking?

See the edit.

Gilberto Ramirez has had 3 fights at cruiserweight and has picked up 2 belts against reigning world titlists and a defense against another former world titlist.

Opetaia has been fighting the absolute worst guys he can fight without getting stripped of his belt, except for the Briedis rematch (which was a great win).

Opetaia is the legitimate divisional king from the first Briedis win, but he has shown absolutely no ambition to unify or even face quality contenders.

[Sallywynder]

See the edit.

Gilberto Ramirez has had 3 fights at cruiserweight and has picked up 2 belts against reigning world titlists and a defense against another former world titlist.

Opetaia has been fighting the absolute worst guys he can fight without getting stripped of his belt, except for the Briedis rematch (which was a great win).

Opetaia is the legitimate divisional king from the first Briedis win, but he has shown absolutely no ambition to unify or even face quality contenders.

Opetaia says he will fight Ramirez. Ramirez also says he's ready to fight Opetaia. Dont know where this is at?

Teddy talks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HagCDcjyaqU

[TheIronMike]

Whats with American fighters being so terrified of Russian and eastern blok fighters? Wow!

Janibek Alimkhanuly (also spelled as Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, born 1 April 1993) is a Kazakh professional boxer and unified middleweight champion who has held the WBO title since 2022, and the IBF title since October 2023. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2013 World Championships, 2013 Asian Championships and 2014 Asian Games. He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division, losing in the quarter-finals.^[3] He won the WBO Interim middleweight title on May 21, 2022, before being elevated to full champion on August 30, 2022, and he then won the IBF title on October 14, 2023.

Pose that question to his promoter Bob Arum. If Janibek has nothing to offer, why fight him?

[M312]

Opetaia is the one doing the ducking. Briedis is the only quality opponent he has faced.

Zurdo's last 5 opponents:
Yuniel Dorticos (former IBF cruiserweight champion)
Chris Billam-Smith (reigning WBO cruiserweight champion)
Arsen Goulamirian (reigning WBA cruiserweight champion)
Joe Smith Jr. (former WBO light heavyweight champion)
Dmitry Bivol (then reigning WBA, now undisputed light heavyweight champion)

Opetaia's last 5 opponents:
Claudio Squeo
David Nyika
Jack Massey
Mairis Briedis (former 3X cruiserweight champion)
Ellis Zorro

Zurdo has been fighting killers while Opetaia has been fighting bums hoping to eventually cash out against Usyk.

Opetaia has Saudi backing. They are trying to make the fights, even invested in Zurdo.

Turki loves the guy - and he does not like duckers.

[Dr Z]

Kyosuke Takami, you have to be above flyweight to fight him. That the excuse fighters have for not fighting him. I think they are scared. He wiped the floor with Caindog. He is the only man to stop him. Fighters need a shot of sake to share the same ring with him! No man below 110 pounds can stand with him today.