The next great american heavyweight

No way ...He got ko'ed by Mark Brown a 40 yrs old journeyman...He's got power but nothing else...

 

bum! built his record by fighting bums and average fighters til he got exposed by brown

 

Tor Hamer

 

Deontay Wilder and Tor Hamer will make a lot of noise.

 

Wilder has still a lot to learn though. I would not expect too much from him. As of now you know nothing about him. He has the physical attributes, but he looks very wild. Against that kind of opposition it´s not a problem, but it will take a lot of time to get him ready for higher stages.

 

I like Wilder, but that's because he is about the only American Heavyweight prospect out there, besides Hamer. All the other American Heavyweights have no desire to be a great fighter. Like David Rodriguez just a few blocks from me. Dude is 31-0 with 28 or 29 KO's, but he basically fights a bunch of club fighters.

 

tony completely sucks dont ever bring his name up again

 

:roll: Were either of you clowns even there live, or did you just peek at boxrec?

Have you at the very least bothered reading an eyewitness ringside account?

There is no video available, so unless you were actually there or got the story secondhand you don't really know squat beyond the result on paper, and as we know that's not always the whole story. :deal

According to this: http://www.15rounds.com/simms-pitches-a-shutout-grano-tko%E2%80%99d-in-a-war-09280/,
TNT was getting the better of Oaktree much of the time and floored and/or stunned him early and often. It was basically an exhaustion TKO from the sounds of it, which fits with Grano typically being a blow-his-wad-early type.

He was hardly "exposed", as everybody already knew what he was (and still is) - an all-action banger whose shift comes without an "R" gear equipped.

Tony has a chance to acquit himself in the rematch this Friday. And if he and Kaufmann ever meet back up, and he repeats his feat from that upset, he'll be on his way to the kinds of opportunities he's been talking about looking for (Minto, Rahman, Holyfield).

The next great American heavyweight? Surely not. But with a couple more good wins he could certainly emerge as a solid American top-20 fringe contender.

 

Grano was toast against Kaufman until he cheated to catch his breath. He seems to have problems keeping his wind after 3 or 4 rounds. It was an exciting victory, but there's little to lead me to believe Grano is more than a club fighter.

 

Spot on...we just happen to have a HW climate where a passing fair club fighter with an equalizer in his glove can easily crack the top 20, as it thins out considerably past the top half dozen or so. :good Particularly if he works on his boxing skills and stamina as he claim to be..

 

Deontay Wilder in 5 years is going to be a force to be reckoned with.

BTW, for those wondering why I put him out such a long time. The man has with olympic experience less than 30 amateur fights, so let him build a record of 30 wins or so before demanding a real significant challenge.

 

Resume looks pretty bad.

 

"I watched A tony grano fight a while back and he didn't look to bad http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...9619&cat=boxer
what does every one else think of him.
could he become a Great American Heavyweight?"


Thats a pretty funny joke you got right there.

 

It's certainly possible with the right training and proper career management but he'll probably be a poor man's Tua.