Tony Yoka defeated jorneyman Travis Clark in pro debut. Will he be a world champion?

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Will he be a world champion one day?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Scott90s

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    Easy. All he has to do is fight Wilder.. If Wilder could become a world champ anyone can.

    I reckon he has potential.. Yoka vs Dubois anyone?
     
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  2. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think he has the talent, athleticism and IQ for it. Him and Hrgovic will be Joshua's biggest threats in his likely reign.
     
  3. houmzz

    houmzz Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think Dermizen would handle him in the pro ranks as well.
     
  4. SluggerBrawler

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  5. TSoprano

    TSoprano Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Didn't impress me. Looks like he is very vulnerable and easy to hit as well.
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Yeah he could very well do, he beat him in the APB so it's barely any different to real pro boxing.
     
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  7. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    he is not a puncher so will have to take the long route a lot of the time
    he has the size /speed /athletisism to be a good heavy

    seen him kod as an amatuer so will have to box safe with the lack of power
    is fundamentally sound technician / jab right cross his bread and butter go to / and with quick feet /height and reach to get him out of trouble he will not be easy to hit with more than 1 punch at a time.

    can he become a champ / depends on what kind of fighters emerge and who he goes up against

    lets not forget arreola /molina/etc etc have had multiple shots at world titles and tony yoka is way more fundamentally sound a technician thean tehy ever were.

    if he faces a average fighter for a world title shot then yest he could become a world champ / but his light hitting at the longer duration fights mean he could be pressured and steamrolled out of it later on in fights .

    akinwande was not a huge puncher but as he progressed in the ranks he learnt to sit down a bit and increase his power and he was a decent fighter

    i see yoka in the same light / never going to excite the division but unless you ko him looks to have enough about him to give problems to top fighters as he progresses as a pro.
     
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  8. greenhornet

    greenhornet Boxing Addict Full Member

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    idk how far yoka is going, but it is straight to the top for the cameraman who shot that video.
     
  9. slender4

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    He looked really nervous in that fight. I don't think he has it. Solid contender but not a champ.
     
  10. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    I would say winning one of the WBO, WBA, WBC, or IBF belts can happen for Yoka.

    He's been boxing since age six. A bit of a poor man's Lennox Lewis, what I mean by that is skilled, and fast, but not as powerful and perhaps even less durability.

    IMO, a better prospect than Wilder, and he's a belt holder
     
  11. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    I am not psychic...........
     
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  12. Kevin Willis

    Kevin Willis Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    What exactly is athletic about him? People are just saying that because he is black, so many think just being black automatically makes you athletic. Hrgovic is far more athletic than him but in a poll I guarantee the brain washed masses would say Yoka was more athletic.

    Watch me get banned again for something so benign as this.
     
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  13. Todd498

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    I wish Nistor would go pro. I think he'd do great.
     
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  14. Serge

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    He has a very pro oriented style and for sure he would make a nice addition to the current HW pro scene.
     
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  15. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I didn't even read the title of this thread properly before commenting on it. I do that al the time on here lol

    I think Yoka could definitely pick up a world title. Worse fighters than him have managed to do so.