Was just looking at all the names in the alphabet and my own rankings, and really, I can see Duhaupas, with his size, chin, and resourcefulness, beating a bunch of the fighters who are ranked fairly highly in one body or another. Stiverne especially, as he struggles with taller hw's and relies on his power, which considering Duhaupas's size and near impenetrable chin, would be tailor made for him. I'm putting him solidly into my top 20 right now. Molina not so much, but I could actually see Duhaupas getting into true contender status. He'll be favorably ranked in two organizations now and can really have a lot of favorable options. Also, it's getting to the point where he has a legit chance to make a name for himself as one of the ATG chins in heavyweight history. Never been down, faced some good punchers, took absurd punishment from Wilder without going down or even really buzzed. If he fights a few more top contenders, which is now very likely, and continues to never get kd'd or really buzzed before he retires, he'd have a very solid resume as a top 10 HW ATG chin.
One more decent win will have him in the top 20, but right now, nah. Helenius wasn't a top 30 heavyweight anymore.
Duhaupas is definitely a good gate keeper for people who want a shot at a title, I reckon. I can't see him ever being a title holder, but anyone in the top 20 are going to have a really rough night against him.
I don't see how anyone could passionately claim he isn't top 20. You've got these guys: 1. Fury 2. Wlad 3. Povetkin 4. Wilder 5 Ortiz And then it gets murky after: 6. Jennings (just got knocked out) 7. Browne (about to drop once Chagaev fight turns to NC) 8. Chagaev (past prime and got knocked out) 9. Pulev (no meaningful wins in almost 3 years) 10/11 Martin and Joshua (paper thin resumes) 12. Malik Scott 13. Takam 14. Glazkov 15. Stiverne 16. Teper After that, it's fair game and he could be argued a couple spots higher.
He has a pretty good chin, went 11 with Wilder and the distance against a likely roided Teper. As for his level, he isn't a contender yet, Helenius had done nothing since coming back from injury and had looked very beatable against Rill so it wasn't that big of an upset. I'd say he's at gate keeper level at the moment, good enough to beat the pretenders but genuine contenders will have his number.
