I get that he is protected, but the division is cleaned out. Usyk, Gassiev and Huck moved up. Glowacki, Cielak and Tabiti coming off losses. Lebedev retired. Kudrashayov and Durradola seemingly finished. And Mchunu, who I like but who has some big weakness, on deck to fight retread champs Breidis, Dorticos, or Makabu (Makabu already beat him). Tischenko and Pulev not ready. Lerena seems pretty legit as a contender right now. This want from being the best division back to its historical spot as the worst. By the way, I have never seen Okolie and am not following him. Anyone have the lowdown on him?
Glowacki, Cieslak, Tabiti coming off of losses are still better than Lerena. He's trash and would be throttled by all three of them. Briedis, Makabu and Dorticos decimate him.
Fair enough, so there is one defense each. If the champs do 2-3 a year, that brings us to Lerena pretty quickly. Just saying.
Mentioned in the opening post. He will not be ready for some time, really. Hopefully he is another Usyk.
How is the division cleaned out? It's still ridiculously deep. Oh and Lerena isn't even on par with an old Lebedev. Let alone Briedis or Dorticos.