Can't believe HW division get exciting again

[Ray*]

Well it's not like they had a hard act to follow.

[BostonGuy]

Division is loaded, no doubt. But not just the top, even the top 20-30. The problem is they won't/ don't fight each other.

Look at the undefeated heavys (and most untested/ protected)
Tyson Fury
Deontay Wilder
Glazkov
Erkan Teper
Anthony Joshua
Joseph Parker
Lucas Browne
Andy Ruiz
Robert Helenius
Charles Martin
Gerald Washington
Dominic Breazeale
Hughie Fury
Luis Ortiz
Trevor Bryan
Trey Lippe (Morrison's son, training with Roach)

As you can see, there is a lot of talent. Too bad the age we live in, the best hardly ever fight the best. Otherwise, we would get a lot of good match ups.
Until they do fight, the division will not be that exciting.

I think we are starting to get good matchups. Joshua-Whyte was a good matchup and so was Ortiz-Jennings. In January we have Wilder-Szpilka, Mansour-Breazele and Glazkov-Martin. I think in the next several years we're gonna see some quality matchups and some classic battles.

[Fury4daWIN]

A division is only as good as the fights that are made in it. There are tons of good prospects coming up at the moment, and lots of good solid action fighters in the top ten/fifteen, but unless they fight each other it's all meaningless. Thank god for fighters like Jennings, Mansour, Thompson etc, and hopefully Wilder grows a pair of balls in 2016 and starts acting like the champion he's supposed to be.

For what it's worth, some great fights I'd like to see in the near future:

Fury vs Ortiz
Ortiz vs Takam
Takam vs Jennings
Jennings vs Povetkin
Povetkin vs Wilder
Wilder vs Parker
Parker vs Joshua
Joshua vs Ortiz
Scott vs Mansour
Helenius vs Pulev
Pulev vs Chisora
Fury vs Wilder
Wilder vs Jennings

If even half those fights get made I'd be a happy man.

[HanzGruber]

No one will wanna fight him. Wilder is about to say now: "can he pass the test?"

He's with golden boy anyway fight will never happen. He's in line for the wba

[Kenchiro]

as much as we hate wlad, half his opp from the last 10years knocks out wilder! there is no bigger fraud than wilder as champ in boxing....somebody quote me on that!

[SterlingStained]

characters.

that's the only reason why heavyweight matters.

because there's a character that is holding a belt. it helps a lot if the character is white. the more characters the sport has the better the sport is. boxing is lacking in the crazy character department right now.

not enough crazy nutjobs with entertaining personalities.

[Fury4daWIN]

characters.

that's the only reason why heavyweight matters.

because there's a character that is holding a belt. it helps a lot if the character is white. the more characters the sport has the better the sport is. boxing is lacking in the crazy character department right now.

not enough crazy nutjobs with entertaining personalities.

I don't think it really matters if they're white or not. Personalities comes in all shapes and sizes. I love that Fury's such a wild man though, and his gypsy background gives us something different from the usual street hoodlums and ex-cons that traditionally made up the more colourful characters in the sport's history. It also helps that he's so articulate and knowledgeable. I think his time at the top is only going to benefit the division in all sorts of ways.

Aside from Fury you've got the loudmouth Wilder and the cool but utterly intimidating King Kong Ortiz. Lots of other fiery personalities as well, Whyte, Szpilka, Chisora etc.

[SterlingStained]

I don't think it really matters if they're white or not. Personalities comes in all shapes and sizes. I love that Fury's such a wild man though, and his gypsy background gives us something different from the usual street hoodlums and ex-cons that traditionally made up the more colourful characters in the sport's history. It also helps that he's so articulate and knowledgeable. I think his time at the top is only going to benefit the division in all sorts of ways.

Aside from Fury you've got the loudmouth Wilder and the cool but utterly intimidating King Kong Ortiz. Lots of other fiery personalities as well, Whyte, Szpilka, Chisora etc.

of course it does.

just ask eminem.

[bojangles1987]

Ortiz/Jennings is exactly what boxing should be. Two guys using their skill to actually fight, rather than their size to cheat. Damn good fight and I'm looking forward to both of their next fights.

Wilder is another exciting fighter, Fury is usually exciting but got ****** into the black hole of cheating and boredom that is Wlad. If nothing else we'll get some actual fights now instead of Wlad cheating everyone, and that's a good thing.

[Fetta]

Jan 16th we get 3 big man fights and more players will emerge.

Im happy!