He's dangerous but slow feet, questionable stamina, mentality and defensive flaws suggest that he'll be fortunate to grab a title, let alone hold...
I was responding to the ludicrous claim that Ortiz was no more a consensus top 10 heavyweight than Anderson was. Whatever Ortiz's shortcomings,...
"Ortiz resume doesn't back such an assessment." It backs it a hell of a lot more than Anderson's. "One could make a reasonable case he wasn't...
John Ruiz from August 2000 to April 2004: 1-1-1 with Holyfield, knocked Holyfield down in fight 2 Beat undefeated Kirk Johnson in 10 by DQ 12...
6th Ring ranked Jennings, as well as several dominant performances against mutual opponents with other contenders. 42 year old, 2 KO defeat,...
Ortiz was top 5/6 in Ring's end of year rankings from 2015-2020. All of the other major orgs had him up there. He was also given a roughly 50-50...
Apparently he did (quoted as starting at 15) but it's not recoded on Boxrec.
While Usyk is 17 months older than Fury, he was just 32 months removed from his best heavyweight performance (Joshua 1). Fury by contrast was 102...
Wasn't that 8 rounds into a 10 round fight that he was clearly losing? It's the opening point because it's the first significant fight the 25...
- 4.5 years into his pro career Bakole stepped up to fight cruiserweight title challenger Hunter, who outboxed the favoured Bakole, had him...
Aside from Fury, Wlad and Usyk are the most accomplished heavyweights this century thus far. Fury would have ended both reigns over a 10 year...
I think he would, he's never been counted out before amateur or pro. He may well have been milking it for extra recovery time and sympathy from...
Puritty holds that distinction: beat a young Wlad and never fought for the title:...
Ngannou has less wear and tear and is likely not mentally shot, I think he'd win this.
https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/did-wlad-duck-valuev-or-chisora.713816/ Hard to say with confidence but Boente's excuses were not convincing.