What do you next for your fighter? Whyte - coming off a strong win but gona need a fight whilst he waits for Wilder/Fury. I’d go for Washington. He’s been in with some big names, he’s ranked high and coming off a big KO win. Or Breazeale, he’s known, he’s not very good and highly ranked. Dubois - coming off a really good domestic level win. I’d be looking at a Charles Martin, Wach, Helenius, Huck type. Top 25 name who aren’t going to cause too many problems and should be able to tee off on for fun. Price - on a bit of a roll (albeit low level opponents) Feed him Lucas Browne’s carcass. See if he can get a highlight reel KO. Joyce - not the best performance last time out but got the job done. Mandatory for Kabayel which would be a tough fight but I’d just go for it. European title and not getting any younger. Nobody is going to call him a world champ if he sits around waiting for Charr let’s be honest. As a fan I’d love to see him against Povetkin, I think Pov causes him all sorts of problems and would be interesting to see if Joyce has any reply. Gorman - needing to rebuild. Give him Dave Allen. He’s not gona hurt Dave too much and it gets him another payday so I’m sure the white rhino would be up for it. For Gorman it would be a decent name on the resume and a nice confidence booster before stepping him back up.
Whyte - I think Michael Hunter would be a good shout. Dubois - I’d match him against Bryant Jennings see if he can do a better job than Joyce. Price - The Breazeale fight could be quite interesting. Joyce - Either Kabayel or Chisora Gorman - How about Richard Lartey ? If Dave Allen decides to fight again i think a fight with Tom Little makes a lot of sense.
Hughie Fury: Fred Oquendo. Call him the most avoided man in all of boxing, hasn’t broken a sweat in years since no one will fight him. Then pull out of the fight and leave Oquendo at the alter yet again.
Whyte - a fight in the US to build his profile there ready for pursebids to kick off. As I reckon Whyte will go down the pursebids route of fighting Wilder in the US. A tick over with no risk so I would go with Eric Molina or Mansour. Dubois- I would probably send him down the chasing Joyce route and put him in with a former opponent. So I would probably put him in with Stiverne as Jennings is too risky for me. Failing that get him some rounds so I would put him in with Hammer as he’s fairly durable. Before stepping him up to a top 10 fight. Price - I would put him in a title fight before stepping into a decent payday vs Hunter on a PPV or DAZN card. Also would like to see if he could finally clinch the European and stick him in with Kabayel. Win that and he will be in a decent fight. If not the Hunter fight, I believe Joyce for the WBA regular after he beats Charr would be a great fight to go out on. If he can catch Joyce he’s a world champ. Granted it’s the regular but would be a good one for Price. Joyce- force the Charr fight as surely the mandatory has to be called sooner or later. After that a defence against Price and then try and win the real WBA belt. Gorman - rebuild vs the winner of Little vs Browne then go for the commonwealth after Joyce relinquishes against someone like Junior Fa.
I’d stick Joyce and Price together. Few quid for both and not a bad pay check for headlining a bill. Dubois, step him up again. Think any of the opponents you mentioned would be fine. Gorman, Dave Allen, said that yesterday. Whyte I’d keep away from Hunter as someone mentioned, that would be a harder fight then it needs to be I think. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Whyte in with Jennings.
Hunter would be a unnecessary big risk for Whyte. I would choose someone who is ranked highly in the top 15 who they could make as an PPV headline fight at the O2 but a person who Whyte would be a massive favourite against. I would choose Brezeale or Kownacki. Joyce - Kabayel is a good choice. Tough fight but hes not getting any younger and needs to keep moving up in quality of opponent. Plus a EU title will put in the frame for WC shot talk. If not then Charr with regular title is a good option. DDD - 21 years olds, only once gone over 6 rounds. No rush, put him in with a durable fighter that will give him rounds like a Wach. Before defending his British title against Hughie or Price. Gorman - Dimitrenko or Lepai would be good options that he shoild deal with.
If I was Hearn I definitely get whyte a fight stateside against well actually quite a few to choose from.... Bryan Milller Martin Washington Arreola/Kownacki winner Franklin Stick it on national tv in the states and then get him to call out wilder
Whyte v Breazale/Bryan/Kuzmin/Takam with Eddie promoting skills he could get away with Whyte v Bryan as PPV Joyce - Helenius / Charr Price Dubois - Jennings even Tom Scharwz or Tyrone Spong Price - Charles Martin/Arreola/Takam
