Just curious, are y'all starting to get that SOMETHING is wrong with the Moses Itauma narrative?

It absolutely does as Itauma wants to fight him, so he'll seek a pathway that enables that.

Usyk avoiding all of his mandatories to take exhibition fights is also relevant.

 

That's because he's only just had his last fight a week ago. Let the man breath and announce his own fight rather than speculating out of your backside.

 

OK, Usyk is ducking his mandatories and cherry picking fights for money.

PATTERNS!

 

I get that. I question if it's him talking big and then running scared or just calling out guys to get a buzz around him. But, if I'm being honest, it would be nice to see a young destroyer holding down the division at a young age.

 

Quality ducking of the point.

It has everything to do with how stagnant the division has become. Being a mandatory no longer means anything, you have to bring money too.

That's why you have stupid fights like Dubios 3 or Fury 3 being in Usyks horizon rather than the fighters who have actually earned their shots the hard way.

 

When you have one like him, I guess there's a tendency to want to back him on a careful path, just in case, to get to your meal ticket, but I do get some of the vibes I was getting when Victor Ortiz was coming up at 140, and there was talk about how the gym showed that while he was really, really dangerous, he was not going to physically withstand the punishment when he stepped up.

 

Gassiev and Sanchez don't advance Itaumas career significantly. The Wardley/Dubois winner or Hrgovic are potential options.