Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

So Ituama vs Franklin.....is this ppv?

 

It was originally intended to be, but now with the postponement it will be on regular DAZN.

Chisora-Wilder next weekend will be PPV. I like that fight, but the undercard is poor.

 

Teimuraz Surov, who is a year older.
I like him, much more aggressive than David (who can get very physical and aggressive when he gets tagged lol) and still pretty good technically. He competed at 91kg the last 2 seasons and made it to the national semi’s both times. Has decided to give 91kg+ a go this season.
Both Surov’s fighting next week at an amateur tourney.

 

Viktor Vykhryst beat Mariusz Wach on a wide points decision last night in Budapest, the judges scored it 100-90, 100-90, 100-88.

 

Hopefully Vykhryst will have a meaningful opponent his next time out. Poor old Mariusz Wach should retire.

 

Thank god Itauma V Franklin wasn’t PPV…

 

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No way two old guys, one a career fringe contender, the other would have been a career fringe contender if not for atg cherry picking, is worth being a ppv.

 

When Wach fought Itauma he looked like a detransitioning tranny.

 

Wach should have retired years ago.. In his prime he was next to impossible to drop much less KO. He's still a fairly durable journeyman, but a shell of what he once was in that regard.

 

Anyone heard of this Brazilian HW Abner Teixera dude making his debut on the Wilder V Chisora undercard?

Always interesting when a new HW enters the scene but his amateur record is pretty meh.

 

Interesting. Brazil isn't exactly known for its boxing scene.

JDS is talking about making the jump soon too. I think prime JDS would have been an interesting addition to the HW division even if he probably wouldn't have become a top shelve HW. Lets see how he does in his upcoming MMA fight against a purely stand up fighter. If he can turn back a few years and looks good there he might be able to get some decent offers seeing as he's competing on a huge bill promoted by Jake Paul.

 

He’s shot to pieces.
I still remember watching his breakout performance KO against Werdum.

 

Yeah he's decent/pretty good. Don't think he'll be a top guy, he's turning pro late at 29. But he could be a decent top 20 sort of contender.

And he was Olympic Bronze Medalist and medalled twice at the Pan American Games so he was definitely better than 'meh' as an amateur. He has wins over Teremoana, Ghadfa, Putilov, Tiafack, Edwards.

 

He might be but I don't think his amateur record suggests he has too much ceiling in the pro ranks. We've seen better amateurs turn out to be complete hype jobs.