Talent wise possibly Glover. If he can improve stamina and his skill level Riakporhe. But for some reason I feel like Chamberlain maybe a dark horse if he can get the mental aspect of his game right. Chhamberlain is unfortunate in that he seems between weight classes. Too big for light heavy and possibly too small for the likes of Okolie and Riakporhe at cruiserweight.
Richard Riakporhe looks to have some serious power and looked great against McCarthy. He has 2 great wins in a row and is the most far advanced. Once you get to CW unless you can punch you aren’t going to do much. The rest of those on your list are very unproven. Other than Craig Glover who is building himself into a contender at British title level in 2-3 fights time.
I think you would have to say Riakporhe. He isn't the best technically but has raw power and carries it through the rounds. I think he would have to improve a lot to get to world level but he has the right team around him. Although I did just have a look and he is 29 I thought he was early 20s for some reason.
I forgot about Sam Hyde. People saying Riakporhe but he was losing widely against Sam Hyde before Hyde got injured.
Richard was not losing widely to Sam Hyde but he was gassing due to lack of conditioning and he was a bit messy at times but his power was always going to win him that fight. I'm looking forward to Richard bursting Okolies bubble some point but he needs to work on a few things first and he needs a tactical gameplan to avoid getting Okoliepussed with gangly arms. Isaac Chamberlain is still a live dog... he just needs a better trainer and some better mental discipline. But he will be a dark horse and one to watch out for.
Yep. You don't spar with Usyk and get called back for more sparring if there's no talent there. I think he freezes on the big stage which is hard to fathom after his performance against Camacho. He might end up being one of those great sparring partners but fail to make an impact in the ring. As someone mentioned above his lack of size is a problem. He needs to juice up.
On Okokie, and to avoid being a victim of the Okolipus - there is no better study out there than Evander Holyfield as a small man who has always dealt with the bigger man trying to hold on and bully. You will see Holyfield and his use of the head and forearms soon put a stop to the bigger man looking to bully him. The bigger man never looked to use such tactics on him because of what he was doing back in return. Richard and any future Okolie opponent needs to study that and implement the Holyfield technique.
Sorry, just not buying into Riakporhe. He comes across as a nice kid and his back story is quite inspirational but apart from impressive power, he has little else going for him. He did well to land that shot against Hyde because he was getting outboxed. He was not in that fight at all, it wasn’t a matter of being patient and biding his time for the right moment, he was simply out of his depth. Luckily for him, he had the equaliser. Maybe he could win a British title...
Glover has a decent punch and he's not a bad fighter too. Same goes for Jordan. Jack Massey is good too. I'm picking jordan
Riakporhe was poor in the Hyde fight and without the injury Hyde would of likely won (was a freak injury really, swelled so fast and big). However in his last fight he was a lot better, I think he was really tense in the Hyde fight, big night and show for him. He looked a different fighter in his last fight to the one I saw against Hyde.
