Heavyweight Prospects

That list doesn't paint a particularly great future for the heavyweight division. Jalalov is the stand out talent as of now, but he does have a very amateurish style, he needs move than movement and a left counter to get to the top, or at least that's usually the case.

Wouldn't shock me if 4 years from now some of the top old guys now are still hanging around and beating up the next gen if Jalalov doesn't reach his potential.

 

Gurgen injured and Martin fight is off. Real pity.

 

Ivan Dychko beat Jalolov 5 times out of 5 in the amateurs. He clearly has Jalolovs number.

 

Why Dychko is so inactive?

 

He signed with a shitty promoter when he turned pro, and followed that by signing to Probellum right before they folded. He’s done a lot of camps as a sparring partner and generally stays training per Instagram.

 

I agree. Gurgen is a really good prospect imo, better than all of these guys except Jalolov and possibly Anderson. I think he would KO Martin which would actually be a really solid win for someone's 5th pro fight.

 

Jalolov was a lot worse before 2019. He was getting beat by a fair amount of not exceptional fighters.