Just last week they seemed to be indestructible and levels above the rest. Many people even had some of them, especially Joshua in HW ATG top 10. Now, after AJ was destroyed by a short out of shape dude, not only Joshua, but the Big 3 as a whole dont look too impressive. It's almost like somebody clicked a button and everything turned upside down. Usyk, Gassiev, Hrzegovic now would be favourites to win titles. Wilder could get KOed soon as well. Ortiz almost did it last time.
Tyson still comes out looking fine. If he struggles with Sharts it'll be another story. Wilder's looked vulnerable for a while now. He's just managed to keep his head afloat his past few fights.
Their credentials were unresolved to begin with, this is simply the natural progression of them. But its true that AJs took the brunt of this,going from unified to poleaxed by a fattie (albeit aprimeone) is certainly worse than having to gass out old Ortiz.
No one ever said they are indestructible. Stop with the strawmen already. The whole reason the division is exciting is *because* they are vulnerable. I'd much rather have today's HW division than return to the Wladimir jab-and-grab era, even though he was superior to all of today's HWs. Other than Fury, the rest of them all take risks.
True, but after Ruiz Joshua I won't be surprised anymore if Ortiz KOes Wilder or Fury losses to Schwartz
At the end of the day, as another poster stated, this heavyweight division is so much more interesting. How boring was the klitschko era? I literally didn’t care about heavyweights at that time. It may be poor on quality but who cares? It’s fun.
You can't rely on alphabet champions, bro. They'll break your heart every time. That's b/c they are an inferior species of h/w champion. Only ever take them serious if they go lineal.
But he also didn't fight anybody. He only fought old and slow Wlad, donkey and Chisora. And Donkey almost KOed him.
