If Usyk retired today, who would emerge as the next boss of the division?

What's everyone's obsession with Hrgovic? He's bang average

 

I can bet my house on that AJ of today with smash Usyk. Will 100% stops him.

Go call me AJ fanboy, but people have no clue what their watching. Usyk is absolutely done at Boxing. He is a shadow of himself and people have no clue what their watching, and let their emotion speak.

Given Usyk won 9-3, 8-4 at the very worst against Fury, this was almost a shot Usyk.

He is like 60-70% of the version, hell after watching that fight again, he is prolly not even 50% of the AJ 1 version he was back then.

And i'm 100% certain that snake Hearn is whispering in Turkis eyes and will try to make Usyk - AJ, so AJ can get a win over shot to s*** Usyk.

 

lol...nice joke...

 

I might get eaten alive but I actually think this has been a great heavyweight era. A lot of strong and entertaining personalities, big names, I think the level of talent was higher than people think and we'll come to really appreciate this era in 5-10 years

 

He looks like he could be good... But so have plenty of Olympic gold and silver medalists - that's where proof comes in, and he's provided remarkably little.

 

It was, but Fury ducking and staling the division has ruined the potential.

So many good names, and all kind of different styles, and if we are to be fair there is 3 Elite fighters in Usyk, Fury and AJ. And Usyk is a clear ATG.
Wilder with his power is also going to be dangerous in any given era.
You also have huge behemoths like Hrgovic, Zhang, Joyce, etc.
Parker, Whyte, Ruiz, Kabayel, all quality opponents. Dubois, Bakole, Anderson, young powerful and hungry operators as well.
Wallin was highly ranked and was highly praised by Fury fans on here as well.

Ortiz, Sanchez, Makhmudov was highly praised as well.

To say this aint stacked division you had to be completely out of your mind.
Top quality whatever you look at.

Povetkin and Pulev when they were younger as well.

 

If beating a mentally damaged Joshua makes you boss then Andy Ruiz is the boss for knocking out a undefeated Joshua. Steve Cunnigham was beating a in shape 20 something year old Fury before Fury mauled him and got away with forearming him the throat so I guess Cunnigham is the boss.

 

Itauma looks very good - fast hands, and power in both - it depends on how he is managed - but i'd expect him to be fighting for a title before too long. He's not hat the beard / gut test yet and that will be interesting to see

 

Yes - he's good excellent potential IMHO.

 

This is absolute fantasy. Joshua would be having another melt down before he even stepped in the ring.

Guy's an absolute melt.

 

Joshua has defeated one prime real deal contender ever and that's Parker. He would never step up to a guy like Hrgovich, much less "run the division"

 

Usyk schooled him twice.

What in the hell are you on about?

 

No one's mentioning Richard Torrez Jr -- that's who Richard Dwyer has recently said could potentially match Usyk ~