Many Good Matchups Possible at HW Now - Name Some You'd Like To See

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  1. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    I'd like to see:

    Itauma-Okolie

    Wardley-Hrgovic

    Usyk-Parker

    Joshua-Bakole

    Kabayel-Dubois
     
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  2. Ice8Cold

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

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    All good fights.

    Would love to see Miller fight Chisora still.
     
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  3. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Itauma/Hrgovic

    Usyk/Parker

    Zhang/Bakole

    Kabayel/Dubois

    Joshua/Wardley
     
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  4. Fleisch3000

    Fleisch3000 New Member Full Member

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    Parker / Usyk
    Hrgovic / Kabayel
    Dubois / Fury
    Itauma / Zhang
    Okolie / Bakole
     
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  5. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Nearly all of the top 50 and top 100 heavyweights are currently not scheduled.

    I wonder what the promoters and fighters are waiting for, with so many possible good matchups?

    Time for Jalolov, Joshua, Parker, Torrez Jr., Bakole, Ajagba, Zhang, Sanchez, Anderson, Yoka, Chisora and Wardley to have something scheduled for November or December.
     
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  6. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kabayel-Bakole is the single greatest fight that could be made at HW. To different variants of offensive beasts who want nothing more than to stand at mid range and punch. Would be a non-stop war for as long as it lasted. Would be absolutely epic. Try to set up a fun card of matching fighters who love to throw down against each other. I want a night of slugfests. Turki could make it fun, offer bonuses for knockouts and knockdowns, etc. Try to do everything to encourage mayhem.

    Could even bring in little guys too, why not? Imagine Bam-Nakatani. Only thing I know about that one is that it doesn't go the distance and is a high speed raging technical war until someone can't get up anymore. That's going to be a little guy version of Holyfield-Bowe I.
     
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  7. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    Bakole and Kabayel might be incredibly disappointing dependig on how Bakole reacts to those body shots.
     
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  8. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Zhang, huffing and puffing, managed to knock Kabayel down. Bakole's gas tank is MUCH better than Zhang's. He can manage to keep up a barrage. Anything could happen. Only thing I know is no judges are even needed, only a ref who can count to 10.
     
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  9. SimonLock

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    Jake Paul vs Joshua
    Itauma vs Zhang
    Any combination of Usyk / Parker / Kabayel / Fury
    Dubois vs Wardley
     
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  10. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Okolie vs Zhang is still something I desire for.
     
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  11. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Took the words out of my mouth. Agreed with everything except i would want to see Kabayel Wardley. I think AJ is just looking for a payday and isn't serious about being champion again.
     
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  12. TheWizard

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    Won't happen next, but I'd love to see Itauma vs Kabayel next year.

    Bakole vs Dubois might sound random but it'd be fireworks.
     
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  13. Pompey Junglist

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    Itauma v Hrgovic

    Wardley v Dubois

    Kabayel v Joshua

    Okolie v Wilder

    Zhang v Chisora
     
    Pompey Junglist, Aug 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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  14. ChiefGego

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    Fury vs Zhang
    AJ vs Zhang
    Dubois vs Parker
    Parker vs Usyk
    Hrgovic vs Kabayel
    Itauma vs Chisora
    Itauma vs Ajagba
     
    ChiefGego, Aug 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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