HW question ...

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  1. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    Just for the sake of it ... name 3 HW fighters who are currently outside your top 10 who you would expect to be in it 2-3 years from now.
     
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  2. Dance84

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    Hrgovic and Dubois. That's it though
     
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    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    Boxrec's current ten is as below .. it seems pretty close to the mark with no super obvious exclusions.

    1 ➡ Anthony Joshua
    2 ➡ Deontay Wilder*
    3 ➡ Oleksandr Usyk
    4 ➡ Tyson Fury*
    5 ➡ Andy Ruiz Jr
    6 ➡ Dillian Whyte
    7 ➡ Alexander Povetkin
    8 ➡ Kubrat Pulev
    9 ➡ Luis Ortiz
    10 ➡ Dereck Chisora

    I think there's a very good chance ... Ruiz, Povetkin, Pulev, Ortiz and Chisora will be gone from
    this list in the next couple of years.
     
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  4. JDub

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    Dubois
    Hrzgovic
    Wilder.
     
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  5. JDub

    JDub Active Member Full Member

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    what do the *’s mean? I’m guessing pending result of upcoming fight but I have learnt repeatedly to NEVER just guess.
     
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    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    * = upcoming fight.
     
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  7. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jalolov, Dubois and Hrgovic are obvious choices. Might throw Makhmudov there as a 4th name, and Cuban Frank Sanchez is facing Dawejko in March so based on how he looks there, he might be a candidate as well.
     
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    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    All are good choices. I'm a bit concerned that Makhmudov is going to be avoided tho. It's hard for me to think of abc top 15 ranked fighters who are going to take him on.
     
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  9. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    His promoter should push for Oscar Rivas since they're both based in Canada. Would be a hell of a fight too.
     
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    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    To be honest ... although Rivas would be a great fight I'd rather it not happen ... due to Rivas' eye problems. I think he had a detached retina and being hit with a Makhmudov uppercut could do him some serious damage. I guess Makhmudov might have to take a leaf out of Wilder's book and just build up quantity over quality if need be. If he gets to 25-0 it makes it hard for him to be ignored.

    Dychko is another I reckon might struggle to get good opposition ... but he needs to get journeymen who'll take him 10 rounds or close to it. There could be a reason related to stimina issues why he had trouble getting signed.
     
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  12. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    100%. Ortiz, Povetkin, and Pulev are very old. Ruiz Jr, might eat himself out of the top 10. 2-3 year from now Wilder will be old, but I suspect he'll be clipped if he fights men in the top ten who are not old.

    Chisora won't last in the top 10 either.

    2-3 years from now, at least five names will be off this list, maybe more.
     
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  13. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Once Makhmudov lands his uppercut, the end is near. Hrgovic I'm sold on. Jarolov could be a monster. Dubbios 50/50

    Either way these guys are the future. Not old men, or fat men who currently occupy the top 10.
     
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  14. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    I think Milas only fought twice last year.

    Goodall is another HW who only fought twice in 2019 against modest opposition.
     
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  15. micker1

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    I don't really see chisora as top 10. There is the European champion who beat chisora who is nowhere to be seen. I think Dubois needs to beat joyce and he is in there already.

    Some decent fighters about. Over the next 5 years the new crop will be either found out or be champions.
     
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