Tom Schwarz, 19-0 (12)....Nr.2 contender to Joseph Parker!!!

Schwarz is alright... a bit of grit to him... decent athlete, but he's a bit basic and robotic. Think his ceiling is probably European level based on what he's shown currently. Regardless someone like Parker has WAY too much for him right now.

 

be a okay voluntary defence lol.

 

May the Schwarz be with you!

So he's basically the second coming of Timo Hoffmann?

Well at least he's young so a loss or two won't be a career ender like somebody who turns pro at 34 years old.

If Grigorian is his trainer he might do okay. Then again, there's so much parity in the heavyweight division he might actually snatch a belt or two.

 

Tom "Lonestar" Schwarz

 

Boxing organizational rankings mean less with each passing month, and that's saying something.

They are essentially worthless. Use Ring Magazine, Box Rec, or while they were around, Fight news. These three are MUCH better than the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO.

Schwartz management must have PAID some coin to get him ranked #2. I'll be sad if Parker goes into full Wilder mode and picks him for a title defense. Actually Schwartz is too dangerous for Wilder

My attention to modern heavyweight champions is a little less every year.

Fans need to see Wilder, Joshua, Parker, Ortiz and Povetkin fight each other, except we see them fighting these bogus ranked guys, make some fast money with little risk, then ask the fans to pay for it again, and again, and again.

Enough already. 1 easy title fight, ok. But several in a year, no thanks.

 

Schwartz would be a top 3 opponent win for Parker who's accuracy is below average as I've seen for any HW champion. People also think guys should be fighting top level at these stages when reality is most eras fighters didn't move up fast at all until around 30 fights in.

Were in the era of Ducks according to most and thats BC they have not been watching in other eras. Fighters like Lewis, M.Tyson and specifically Klitchko didn't fight any significant fight until over 30 fights....ppl need to give some realistic thought.

Fighters don't peak in general until about the 30 fight mark its the youngest era in Hw history, only one champion is actually at his peak , Wilder and the top 10 are also not peak except Ortiz.

 

My belief is get the big money ASAP. You never know when something is going to unexpectedly appear and ruin your career i.e. Orzubek Nazarev etc. Broken hands, failed neurological tests, eye injuries, scar tissue above the eyes.

 

Maybe Wilder might be looking at him next..Or is he to dangerous all ready

 

I wonder if he could beat Dimitrenko

 

That's the thing other eras top fighters could lose fights come back and even be in tough fights without being called overrated bums, heavan forbid you have fighters who can win every round and then be called hype jobs...lol

 

YES, so so much this. I am so sick of boxing being so obsessed with zeros, and so many people not realising that there is always someone better - or at least with a style that suits some opponents better than others. It's one of the reasons I am so cagey about "top 15" type lists, the most accurate possible "top 15" list could conceivably have a guy at #8 who would beat #5 2 out of 3 times but still #5 would be the much easier favourite against a lot of other guys

I wish there were just more top level fights and much less "this guy is a bum" time commentary when someone doesn't walk through an opponent immediately. I actually think Joshua being beaten could be one of the best things for boxing right now, just to break the stigma as if he is beaten then he CLEARLY is not done or exposed - it's just that you win some and lose some. He is not immortal but he is realistically the most well rounded active HW.