Scenario to make this the GOAT HW era

It has potential to be a great era.

The players and pieces are all in place.

But, the most important attribute for a great era, is great fights.

You've got
Fury, Wilder, Joshua, Ortiz and then Haye, Povetkin, Browne and then you've got Chisora, Whyte, Pulev, Ustinov as third tier fighters who might not be elite, but could put on some firework displays between them. And then a load of other guys like Duhupas who seems like a tough sob.

You've also got Wlad, depending on his performance in the rematch, he could do a Floyd Patterson and hang around for a few more years.

The potential is definitely there.

I for one am interested in the heavyweight scene now, more than say 1-2 years ago.

 

For me, Wilder, Joshua and even Fury are still too unproven at this point. If they turn out to be as good as the hype suggests then yeah, we're looking at a golden era of HW boxing.

There are plenty of scenarios that could make this era great in terms of being competitive but they all include these 3 guys winning.

Personally, I think that there's a good chance Wlad and Povetkin derail the two hype trains in the next few months though, I can also Joshua beaten if he picks too tough title defense.

 

I agree with this sentiment. Too many people in boxing who just want to **** all over the newer generations of boxers and write about some nostalgic glory days of boxing which never really existed. I don't know why those guys watch boxing either, it's like they're just waiting for a sloppy boring match on the elite level like Fury-Wlad so they can **** on the current era some more.

 

You forgot Joe parker.

 

I think the only one who could become a Klitschko is Anthony Joshua. Wilder is already a bit old and every contender seems to be giving him at least some problems. I don't see him lasting into late 30s as the dominant unbeatable champ.

Fury might be as good as the hype suggests but he seems to have some bipolar personality and mental issues, he already talked about retiring and so on. I don't see him having the sort of mental strength to motivate himself again and again while he's on top.

Joshua is young enough to start a dominant era, he could even afford some losses at this stage. He also has a nation behind him and looks like a big draw already.

One thing's for certain though, HW division will definitely be the most interesting in the next 2 years. Even if Povetkin and Klitschko win it sets up an epic match between Joshua and Klitschko.

 

But you class someone as sh*tting over this generation of fighters, even if they just happen to voice an opinion that this era doesn't seem to be as strong as previous ones.

It's you who gets ultra defensive and then starts drawing up swimming and sprinting comparisons to deride their opinion.

 

Don't see this era of heavyweights as great in any way

 

You've got to be kidding me?

In your scenario:

Fury beats Joshua, he loses to Wilder, then avenges the Wilder defeat as well as beating a few other contenders etc, and that would put him into contention to be the greatest HW of all time??

 

70's era of HW's was the best for me followed by the 90's.

There were some very skilled HW's who fought in those decades such as Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Norton, Holmes and later on guys like Lewis, Bowe and Holyfield.

I don't know about this era but to be fair Joshua looks promising. He also looks robotic and I haven't seen him do much aside from a standard 1-2 combination. But he's got very good power and a good amateur background so hopefully he can galvanize the division.

 

2 hype trains, wlad can't beat anyone except he could beat fury, that's how much I rate fury. Wlads completely gunshy, and fighting anyone other than fury in the real top 5 he gets demolished and quick

 

We're going to have to wait and see.

Everyone's d*ck is hard at the minute, but he may not turn out to be any better than what Frank Bruno was.

I do agree that this current division is very exciting though. We've got some good fighters and some great characters.

After years in the doldrums, it's finally sprung back to life.

 

Where is Ortiz in your fantasy?! Though he'll probably be avoided by Wilder (and I'm actually one of the few guys who like Wilder), Joshua, and Fury... So not having him in your fantasy is probably an unfortunate reality
After knocking out Jennings, he'll prob be knocking out cans until he gets old and then somebody may fight him, or they hope he gets injured.

 

And what happens if wlad beats fury, then beats ortiz and winner of povetkin vs wilder (povetkin) and finally beats Joshua? Then he would be the greatest heavy of all time. But there are to many ifs for every scenario. So just enjoy...