The worst World challenger of the last 10 years ?

The worst world challenger of the last 10 years 2015-2025 ?


My list :

2025 : Serhiy Radchenko 11-7-0 (5KOs) (WBC Bridgerweight)

2017 : Siboniso Gonya 11-1-0 (5KOs) (WBO Bantamweight)

2019 : Dominic Breazeale 20-1-0 (18 KOs) (WBC Heavyweight)

2024 : Reyneris Gutierrez 10-1-0 (2KOs) (WBO Minimumweight / Mini Flyweight)

2023 : Steven Butler 32-3-1 (26 KOs) (WBO Middleweight against Alimkhanuly)

 

2023: Francis Ngannou 0-0-0 (Lineal Heavyweight Championship)

 

2016:

Vyacheslav Glazkov
(IBF Heavyweight challenger for vacant title vs Charles Martin)

 

****! Rod Salka was in 2014!

 

Stiverne. Breazeale belongs nowhere near this conversation.

If David Allen gets a title shot he'll be the answer by quite a bit.

Radchenkos resume is clearly the worst because hes barely above .500(he has a losing record in amateurs) but this is because he started facing top Cruisers and Bridgers when he was 6-0 and wasn't given rebound fights after losses. He knocked down Glowacki, Balski and Szpilka in fights he lost. Hes still probably the worst of the 19 fighters who've fought for the Bridgerweight title so far but hes not as bad as his record. It looks like he lost his early 30s being managed poorly.

 

Glazkov was actually more worthy than Martin.

 

Clever shout!

 

If you look at Glavkov's opposition prior to facing Martin and Martin's opposition, its up for debate for sure. You could argue Martin was worse. And the way he turned up wearing a nappy and lay down against AJ under minimal pressure was embarrassing. He looked miles and miles off competing for any world title belt. It stunk of a guy who turned up to lay down and die.

 

Glazkov would be a bigger challenge to AJ for sure, but hey, that's injuries for you. Also, IBF sucks out loud. They should have never stripped Fury in the first place. But AJ did what he had to do, destroyed Martin like no one before or since.

 

It was a poor show, but it wasn't the full Malik scuba show...

Martin just wasn't very good.

 

Apinun Khongsong
Jin Sasaki
Akihiro Kondo
Andrei Mikhailovich

 

Usyk is finally getting to fight for the lineal championship

Ngannou really beat Fury
Aj took the lineal title from Frank
Dubouis smashed Aj
Now usyk gets his shot lol

But seriously, did Ngannou beat Fury? I personally still score it for Fury, but only just. Absolutely humiliating display

 

Could have gone either way. Which is, as you called it, a humiliating display.

 

Eric Molina

 

How did he get the opportunity twice year after year really bugs me haha. I guess win over Adamek was ok. Imagine if he beat Breazeale, he might have gotten the third shot at the title.