Is the Heavyweight division the most stacked in boxing right now?

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  1. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think it is. It is so good right now that I don't really care about any other division at all, first time ever since I started watching boxing that I can say that.

    You have the elite of the division.

    Joshua
    Fury
    Wilder

    The super talented Cruiserweight king moving up and will probably be the best of them all.

    Usyk


    Then you have the next group of really talented guys in world title contention.

    Ortiz
    Povetkin
    Whyte
    Parker

    Solid contenders who will be challenging soon or put up a good title effort.

    Miller
    Breazeale
    Kownacki
    Joyce
    Pulev

    Good fighters who are there or there abouts (gate keepers).

    H.Fury
    Ruiz
    Hunter
    Chisora
    Martin
    Takam
    Kabayel

    Some top talents just making their start in the game.

    Hrgovic
    Yoka
    Gorman
    Dubois
    Ajagba


    Stacked! I've missed countless names too. (add to thread and i'll edit it)
     
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  2. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well, there's no dominant champ like prime Wlad Klitschko, who wins without breaking a sweat, so it's really wide open right now and exciting to watch. If another dominant champ emerges the division will become less exciting again. Especially, if he will have a not very fan friendly style.
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No there`s only four very good heavyweights right now if Usyk moves up then it will be more stacked Whyte`s a decent heavy but not that good, Ortiz is the fourth best heavy the other next level heavies are okay but nothing special any heavy lower than that isn`t really that good at all.
     
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  4. Simon Head

    Simon Head Member Full Member

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    Disagree. I definitely think even at 39Povetkin is far better than Ortiz.
     
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  5. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Cruiser, Bantam, Light Heavy, Middle...

    All clearly above heavy
     
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  6. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Hard to disagree when you lay it out like that. HW is very clearly one of the best and biggest divisions in boxing.
     
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  7. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cruiser? The top Cruiser by a mile has gone to Heavy, Gassiev going to heavyweight too. Bantam I don't watch much of, besides Inoue fights. Light Heavy is strong admittedly. Middle is good but not Heavyweight level, imo.
     
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  8. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    if youre collecting mediocrity, yes.
     
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  9. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Joshua... very good. Fury.... very good/potentially great. Wilder..... just above par. The rest? Meh. So no, it's not stacked...
     
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  10. Crixus139

    Crixus139 Member Full Member

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    Its very entertaining lots of good fights to be made not just at world level
     
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  11. GALVATRON

    GALVATRON Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    [url]https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/the-super-stacked-heavyweight-era.608361/[/url]
     
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  12. PunchersChance.

    PunchersChance. Active Member banned Full Member

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    Cruiser above heavy wtf are you smoking
     
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  13. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No.
     
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  14. Boxingfan200

    Boxingfan200 USYK #1 P4P banned Full Member

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    its above average for sure.. and the best its been since earIy 2000s
     
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  15. GALVATRON

    GALVATRON Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Current Head to head :

    1. Joshua
    2. Fury
    3. Wilder
    4. Joyce
    5. Povetkin
    6. Whyte
    7. Ortiz
    8. Breazeale
    9. Parker
    10. Miller

    ( Usyk ) TBA
    ( Klitschko ) TBA

    Outside Top 10.

    1. Hrgovic
    2. Vlad Sirenko
    3. Nathan Gorman
    4. Dan Dubois
    5. Pulev
    6. Efe Ajagba
    7. Adam Kownacki
    8. Charles Martin
    9. Izu ugonoh
    10. Hughie fury

    In limbo for Now in no order or until they do something or some more .
    Chisora
    Stiverne
    Jennings
    Hunter
    Takam
    Yoka
    Ruiz
    Bakole
    Gassiev ( TBA )

    Taking out of top 20 due to inactivity ( Trey Morrison / George Arias )

    Stacked ? Oh yea , more then you know ! :ggg
     
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