Now the HWs are all aging, who’s up and coming from Paris Olympics?

Well after Jalolov wins his second Gold… he’ll rise up the ranks quick. And it will be pretty cool to see how the first Pro Double Gold winner at Super Heavyweight will do. Should be pretty damn easy to promote that!

Also Putilov, out of Germany might turn pro. That dude has serious potential.

 

Haven't watched any Jalolov which pro fights of his would you rec watching to get a scope of him?

 

Just watch his last three I’d say. His left hand is definitely a weapon.

 

Why would his size be taken away...?

 

Jalolov is already old, overrated/one-handed, and probably still won't get any big fights.

Hope I am wrong but I already see this guy as being a relative bust. I mean, he is better than a lot of the crappola out there, but he sure doesn't knock my socks off.

 

I hope we have a breakout performance and a star is born, doesn't matter who they are or where they come from. Boxing needs some excitement for the next generation.

 

Are there any Yank heavyweights?

 

We have a more than useful Australian heavyweight called Teremoana Teremoana Jnr, who will likely medal in Paris. Perhaps even win the gold.

 

Only 16 fighters have qualifed for the Super Heavyweight division in Paris. That's a good number b/c it means there will be no byes. What's going to be interesting is how they are seeded. There's been no announcement of how that's going to be done. I reckon the fighters should be seeded based on a couple of criteria - firstly, those who qualified through the initial Olympic qualifiers in each continent & secondly, results between those fighters over the past 18 months (that is, during 2023 & 2024). That would mean the 8 seeded fighters comprise 2 from the Americas, 2 from Europe, 2 from Asia, 1 from Oceania & 1 from Africa. The other 8 fighters who qualified for the Olympics through repechage tournaments would be unseeded. Based on the foregoing criteria, I reckon the seeds (in order) in the Super Heavyweight division should be as follows:

1. Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) - First in the Asian qualifier, wins in 2023 against Kamshybek Kunkabayev (second in the Asian qualifier), Joshua Edwards (first in the Americas qualifier), Teremoana Jr (first in the Oceania qualifier) & a walkover result against Mahammad Abdullaev (second in the European qualifier).
2. Teremoana Jr (Australia) - First in the Oceania qualifier, 4 wins in 2024 against Abner Teixeria (second in the Americas qualifier) & a win against Mourad Kadi (first in the African qualifier).
3. Joshua Edwards (United States) - First in the Americas qualifier, win in 2023 against Delicious Orie (first in the European qualifier), walkover result against Abner Teixeria (second in the Americas qualifier).
4. Abner Teixeria (Brazil) - Second in the Americas qualifier, win in 2023 against Teremoana Jr (first in the Oceania qualifier), win in 2024 against Delicious Orie (first in the European qualifier).
5. Delicious Orie (Great Britain) - First in the European qualifier, win in 2023 against Mahammad Abdullaev (second in the European qualifier).
6. Mahammad Abdullaev (Azerbaijan) - Second in the European qualifier. Win in 2023 against Mourad Kadi (first in the African qualifier).
7. Mourad Kadi (Algeria) - First in the African qualifier. No wins against other seeded fighters in 2023 or 2024.
8. Kamshybek Kunkabayev (Kazakhastan) - Second in the Asian qualifier. No wins against other seeded fighters in 2023 or 2024.

There are some other very good Super Heavies in the Olympic tournament who I haven't seeded. That's b/c they haven't met my first criteria of having qualified for the Olympics first-up through the initial Olympic qualifiers in each continent. There's already a geographical bias built into the first of my two criteria in that some continents get two seeded fighters while others only get one. I don't think there's any justification for further discriminating on the basis of geographical location. If the seedings aren't done for the Olympics based on clear, fair and objective criteria (which they haven't yet announced), boxing won't be in the 2028 Olympics.

 

Hey whatever happened to Omarov?

I remember way back in the day there was this mythical time when Majidov, Hrgovic, Dychko and Omarov were going to invade the heavies all at once.

Three out of four were some degree of bust, and Omarov just disappeared altogether.