Is this statement true?

[TonyGe]

Can of worms, what is legitimate?

Folks balked at Usyk-Spong, I thought Spong was a good choice myself, a legitimate introduction to HW.

Some folks mad Fujimoto is fighting DD. I think that's a fine pairing for DD.

I think probably the hype is what's bad not so much the fighters. The way folks talk is like the current champs are at all times lightyears ahead of any comp, then they lose and we make excuses for them and hardly ever just give a man a fair shake.

Chisora, for example, is either overpraised like he's a great old'en or he's under appreciated as if he's never given us a good showing.

I'm pretty ******* actually. I realize the difference between most champs and the next guy in line ain't that much actually.


Wilder-Fury comes to mind. Bum with no skills, but, he somehow caught the best mover in the division perfectly. Inversely, Fury has no chin even though he got the **** up. Truth is, they're very very close.

If you are referring to Wilder he's hardly a bum. That somehow you are referring to happens a lot to his opponents.

[Redsox]

Heavyweight: Wilder, Joshua, Fury, Ortiz, possibly Ruiz Jr, possibly Pulev, and Usyk after we see him in a legit heavyweight fight, are the legitamate contenders (Wilder and Ruiz are the titlist).

Can't really say much about cruiserweight because Usyk blew up that situation.

Light heavyweight: Beterbiev-Gvozdyk, Bivol, Kovalev, Gzovdyk, maybe Pascal, maybe Yarde, maybe Browne, maybe Elieder Alvarez, maybe Zurdo Ramirez (Beterbiev, Bivol, and Canelo are the titlist).

Super middleweight: Callum Smith, David Benevidez, Caleb Plant, BJS, and things fall a bit after that.

Middleweight: Alvarez, Charlo, Golovkin, Andrade, maybe Korobov, maybe Eubank Jr.

154: JRock, Harrison, Charlo, Munguia, Lubin, Lara, maybe Castano, and a nice group of guys on the cusp.

147: Spence, Crawford, Pacquiao, Porter, Danny, Thurman, possinly James, etc.


Bored with the whole thing now, but you get the point.

that is a really good job of picking the legitimate contenders.

[TBear]

Poll added.

[TBear]

In some weight classes this is true. In others it isn't.

True, I believe the statement means overall in boxing.

[jackson8]

Surprised I haven't thought of this but I think it is true. Dilutes the value of being a champion now.

[KillaMane26]

Depends on weight class like someone mentioned

[NC Uppercut]

Legitimate contenders are hard to come by nowadays. If they have 10 fights, without a loss, seems like they go down Diva Street instead of facing one of the over exasperated Champions

[Phenom]

Depends if you consider the secondary belt holders as champions if you do then that statement is true

[aboutfkntime]

In some weight classes this is true. In others it isn't.

this

also... it depends what you count as a legitimate champion

[aboutfkntime]

Not true at all; the fighters of today are 100x better than the fighters in the past.

There's just so many champion level fighters now, because boxers are up-to-date on all the latest training techniques.

The level of skill is just much higher these days.

completely disagree with all 3 points