Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

If that proved to be true, that hardly makes Parker out to be a **** fighter when people are making the case that AJ may be the second coming of God and the subset Parker joins would involve every other active heavyweight. You've been making out like Parker is going to get nowhere for ages. Not matter what spin you put on it, it's all irrelevant now.

He beat the #3 contender and the #5 contender from two different associations within months of each other and now holds a world title. He's gone far beyond all estimations you had of him to date, anything you say now is irrelevant. There are very few current HW fighters that anyone with a clue would bet on if they were facing Parker. Anyone who ends up in that position is not a bum.

 

Most of his fans here are realistic enough to realize he's not the finished product yet. Few (and none on here) think he beats Joshua at this stage. Honestly, please give the anti-Parker stuff a rest, his skills may not be top-class but he's a genuinely good guy with a good attitude who is a solid top 10 HW.

True, he got a world title via an easy route compared to past fighters, but the other beltholders got it about as easily too (AJ - Martin, Wilder - Stiverne, Parker - Takam then Ruiz).

 

Fair enough, it was a close fight, you can make a case for Ruiz Jr, and you have a right to your opinion, of course. Still, the majority of boxing writers thought it was a good decision, as did the majority in a poll on here, plus the Compubox stats back this up, so it wasn't a robbery by any means.

 

The future of the heavyweight division will be in Russia - Povetkin, Kuzmin, Plechko, Afonin, Romanov

 

How good is Kownacki?

 

Houmzz you seem very knowledgeable on the HW division... could you give me your top 10 heavyweight prospects currently?..

 

good list. But don't you list Izu Ugonoh, Oleksandr Teslenko? I think Izu is best prospect now maybe.

 

Your knowledge is really impressive!