Heavyweight may be THE Division in 2014

[soul_survivor]

The division's looking exciting again. Say what you want about Wilder but he has elite level power and will cause any heavy on the planet problems, he is slowly edging toward a world title shot some time next year.

Fury, Haye, Jennings, Mitchell, Pulev and Joshua all have bright futures. I know Haye is looking at the twilight of his career but I fully expect him to beat Fury and have another world title shot.

Fury losing isn't that big a deal, he still has the skills, size, ability and persona to make it big in the years to come.

I'd like to see Wilder/Jennings by 2014, Fury v Mitchell or Pulev or a couple of those other hard eastern european heavy contenders.

Haye v Vitali/Wlad is a must after the Fury fight, noway one of those fights doesn't happen. Things are looking good 200lbs plus.

[Earl-Hickey]

Still think young Hughie has the best chance of the lot, although he's still just a baby so expecting him to be on top within 4 years might be a bit much

[Dorsey_Wittmann]

Still think young Hughie has the best chance of the lot, although he's still just a baby so expecting him to be on top within 4 years might be a bit much

I agree but I think he'll need at least 5-7 years to get to the top, he's really not ready yet IMO

[yoz]

Still think young Hughie has the best chance of the lot, although he's still just a baby so expecting him to be on top within 4 years might be a bit much

Hughie should call-out Wilder. He'd do a number on that American hype job.

[bojangles1987]

Most those fighters are average or terrible.

[Tom Cruise]

Most those fighters are average or terrible.

Agreed. The main reason it could improve is because there are some genuinely interesting matchups, the quality however is still pretty poor.

[Earl-Hickey]

Can't belive people are starting to hype this wilder guy

[4Corners]

Most everyone at heavyweight is still average or crap at best.

Wilder has a big punch, that's it. He'll get folded when he fights someone decent.

Fury is okay, not a bum, but not very good either.

Haye is the best heavyweight not named Klitschko. I still think Bryant Jennings is the best American HW.

[taansend]

In the 80's the heavyweight scene was full of average fighters who produced either really terrible or really good fights.

Watching two average heavies in a tear up is better than watching a very big good heavyweight outjab & smaller average one.

Hopefully the next 5 years or so will produce some big fights & bigger upsets.

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

Here are the 6 fights I would love to see in 2014 :

Deontay Wilder vs Seth Mitchell/ Hughie Fury

Vitali Klitschko vs David Haye

Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury

David Haye vs Alexander Povetkin

Tony Thompson vs Dereck Chisora

Wladimir Klitschko vs Kubrat Pulev

The heavyweight division can certainly be THE division. It all depends on the fighters' and promoters' choixes. Let's get it on!