Your prediction: Who will be heavyweight champion in 2030?

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Who will be HW champion in 2030?

This poll will close on Nov 25, 2028 at 5:36 PM.
  1. Richard Torrez Jr.

    18.9%
  2. Leo Atang

    3.8%
  3. Moses Itauma

    86.8%
  4. Damazion Vanhouter

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. Aleksei Dronov

    1.9%
  6. Daniel Dubois

    9.4%
  7. Justis Huni

    7.5%
  8. Jared Anderson

    1.9%
  9. Danier Pero

    3.8%
  10. Fabio Wardley

    13.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    I think Atang probably has the most promise of the three, it's earlier enough to iron out plenty of his flaws, certainly his team has probably noticed them as well. Although sometimes you have fighters that are incapable of adjusting and learning from past mistakes or even catching them early, so they don't become a liability eventually. Granted, maybe they don't. I ean, I see stylistic threats that long time matchmakers even miss and let's be honest, when you hear many of these coaches giving their fighters advice in the corner, 70% of them are ****ing idiots who just tell them to go out and throw more punches.

    I have a feeling it'll go one of two ways, either Franklin is super defensive from the start and drags him into a long drawn out borefest like against AJ. Or Itauma catches him early, stuns him, Itauma flurries, lands nothing clean and as per usual, the super skittish British ref freaks, leaps in far too soon, and waves it. Fearing what's to come and not giving credit to Franklin's powers of recovery or noticing his abilities to roll with a punch.
     
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  2. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    Considering Atang’s age - may be safe to say he has the highest ceiling of the three. I think we can rule out this Vanhouter dude.

    Watched an Itauma interview today, and of course my eyes started to feel drowsy a few seconds in. He said that he was only looking to fight 2-3 times this year which I find rather disappointing. He is going to be so so protected.

    The only hope that we have that it won’t be a ridiculous early stoppage after a half decent start by Itauma is that we’ve literally seen on more than one occasion of Itauma being taken the distance by part-timers. Yeah - Franklin is a gatekeeper at best but he is much better than a part-timer, and has shown he can defend himself well at times.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    You have a longer attention span than I, I bail seconds into most Itauma interviews. He's like NyQuil laced with heroin.:lol: I'm thinking Franklin will probably make it to the 5th or 6th, and Itauma's stoppage most people will roll their eyes at. Franklin has no real chance of winning, his power is bordering on non-existent. However, if Moses is packing the same kind of fine china as his brother Karol, you never know.:lol: But yeah, he's already disgustingly risk averse and being handled with kids gloves. Which tells me all I need to know about his true ceiling. He's being protected for a reason and it's not because he's "the future" of the Heavyweight division.
     
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  4. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    There definitely a weakness in that shining armour. Still a huge amount of unanswered questions whom Franklin is simply not the man to ask of them.

    I still find it really odd that Itauma ducked Sanchez, with a huge reward on offer. I would really like to see Itauma fight someone who actually has a decent jab/straight (whom can box a bit) and a reach advantage - eg Hrgovic or Zhang.
     
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  5. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Based on what I saw yesterday, Joshua Edwards and Adam Olaniyan probably should be in the poll.

    They both look better than Leo Atang and Damazion Vanhouter, and probably are more likely to win a title than Richard Torrez Jr.
     
  6. fencik45

    fencik45 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At least half those guys have zero chance. I'd actually say about eight of them.
     
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  7. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Unless he flames out on personal issues, Moses Ituama will be the reigning undisputed champ by then, having demolished the entire division. I honestly think he's about to go on a run like a young Mike Tyson did -- hopefully he doesn't flame out the same way.

    Usyk will still be the lineal champ, but will be fighting bull**** fights in Zuffa and will deny Ituama the chance to fight for the lineage. Get ready for such exciting fights as Usyk vs Zurdo and Usyk vs Johnny Fisher.
     
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