Comments Thread For: Hearn: Michael Hunter Has Become The Boogeyman Of The Heavyweight Division

[kej718]

Did Ortiz retire?

[thabanga510]

Lol did Eddie see him vs Povetkin?

[Eff Pandas]

Silly man, silly talk. I like Hunter a lot, there's no quit in him but I don't think he's exactly striking fear in the heart of potential opponents.

This exactly.

Hunter is a skilled guy but hes Maurice Harris with a better record at HW. Hes got a spectacular KO loss ahead of him coming cuz hes not THAT skilled or THAT big to hang with the best HWs. No one who matters is worried about him.

Promoters gotta promote doe & love or hate Eddie he definitely promotes guys more than any other promoter today.

[Jkp]

What a blowhard. Hunter is a fine lower top 15 or so guy. Legit contender but no draw. Why not have Doper Dillian fight him Eddie? Oh yeah - that would expose the cheat as a total fraud so we can’t do that

100%. Dillian being protected. Theres decent easy fights to be made but Eddie won't make them.

[Roberto Vasquez]

Not really, Povetkin's style is going forward and doing damage he has been in some close fights before as well .I thought he won but how did he look better vs a different style that boxes around guys and won every round ? Povetkin was stunned in the first round as well at no point was Usyk in any danger in his fight coming off a long lay off and had a minor black eye which people were saying hes overatted in a sport where you punch guys in the face ? Ha

Witherspoon had 4 days notice for the fight. Usyk just took him into the later rounds. That fight didn't show if Usyk belonged at HW. Was just a warm up fight

Povetkin is a dangerous top 10 HW. Hunter showed he belongs around that level at least

[Satir]

His career is moving well, should be no complains, he's got some opportunities and fought some good names already

[JayCho]

Wilder and hunter were on same Olympic team. Wilder got a medal. Hunter got nothing. But now hunter is a boogeyman according to Eddie hearn. This is laughable

Wilder was on the olympic team in 2008, Hunter was in 2012 and lost in the first round tool Beterbiev who then lost to Usyk in the 2nd round! Tough draw!

[Southpaw010]

Hearn just has to talk up his clients. I had Povetkin winning that fight even without getting screwed on the 4th round KD that wasn't called. Hunter flew halfway across the ring and was kept up by the ropes. He would lose to the Top 4 without much problem. (Wilder, Fury, AJ, Ruiz). He would make great fights with the huge 2nd tier of heavyweights though and is still a solid fighter.

[REDEEMER]

Witherspoon had 4 days notice for the fight. Usyk just took him into the later rounds. That fight didn't show if Usyk belonged at HW. Was just a warm up fight

Povetkin is a dangerous top 10 HW. Hunter showed he belongs around that level at least

Usyk also had 4 days notice. We don’t need that fight to show us anything he won every round and has fought at heavyweight ,why do you guys create your own thing ? Povetkin being dangerous has nothing to do with who looked better because that would be Usyk ,Hunter is a better opponent but how did Povetkin look better ?


If AJ had defeated him already you guys would be saying he didn’t belong at Heavyweight which is absurd being he has a lot of time with the Klitschkos and camp for years and has a better win then most in Joyce .

[Corelone]

Hearn just has to talk up his clients. I had Povetkin winning that fight even without getting screwed on the 4th round KD that wasn't called. Hunter flew halfway across the ring and was kept up by the ropes. He would lose to the Top 4 without much problem. (Wilder, Fury, AJ, Ruiz). He would make great fights with the huge 2nd tier of heavyweights though and is still a solid fighter.

At least he's on the right side of the Hearn negotiations. He'll get the benefit of any doubt, the lions share, and anybody who doesn't agree will be ducking.