Realistically, who is the best HW fighter CBS and Okolie could beat?

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  1. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    I may take some slack here. I was hoping to ask this question if CBS had beat Zurdo.

    I am from Bournemouth and have been to many CBS fights so I am quite sad that he lost against the better fighter. I wonder what CBS will do next, will he try and go for Gevor's WBC if it doesn't get stripped? Or will he fight someone like Cieslak or Massey? Or maybe move to HW for the extra money.

    Okolie has moved up to HW and is somehow 8th in the HW BoxRec rankings.

    Realistically, who is the best HW either fighter could beat? Chisora, Wallin?
     
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  2. catchwtboxing

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    Christian Hammer.
     
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  3. ryanm8655

    ryanm8655 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He’d lose all of his advantages at heavyweight, perhaps could go for bridgerweight. He’s not a good enough boxer to make heavyweight work. Okolie will be terrible too but does at least have the height/frame to create some intrigue ( sort of).
     
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  4. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Okolie doesn't have the chin, and will get outwrestled by stronger guys when he goes to octopus mode. He is out next Kingpin Johnson/Christian Hammer type.
     
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    ryanm8655 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree, he’s terrible.
     
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  6. destruction

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    I doubt CBS moves up to HW.

    But if Okolie moves up then the kinds of HWs he can beat are way outside anyone’s Universal top 25.

    He would also need to avoid an over 6ft 5 or someone who had a longer reach than him.

    Some possible fights

    Lenier Pero 11-0
    Kristian Prenga 16-1
    Joseph Goodall 11-2-1
    Jonathan Guidry 21-1-2
    Cassius Chaney 23-2
    Dante Stone 17-1
    Andrzej Fonfara 31-5

    Okolie is such a risk with his chin and lack of inside fighting game that he comes unstuck against someone no one expects him to.
     
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