Top fighter in each divison in 5 years time

There's no way Fury would be the top heavyweight. A titleholder maybe, but the best boxer in the world, no way.

Klitschko won't be around in a 5 years time, probably not even Povetkin or Pulev (if they would, they would be far from their peaks). I guess that we will have to wait and find out, but my prediction is that Fury doesn't have the potential to become unquestionably the best. Joshua maybe, but honestly I didn't follow him so far, thus don't really know about his current abilities.

 

I honestly have no idea, especially considering that there is only one dominant champion at the moment. Five years is a long period. I would say that we will have 3 or 4 different guys holding the titles. Maybe Pulev but unlikely, maybe even Wilder, he is still a bit of a mystery. Joshua is an obvious option, 5 years is enough time for him to develop and win a title if he develops like he should. Maybe even David Haye, I have no idea really. After Wladimir is gone, the situation will surely get more clear. I actually predict a lot of politics and a lot of avoiding, hopefully I will be proven wrong. I think that it will take years until some boxer establishes himself as the number 1 after Klitschko is gone. I doubt that it will happen 5 years from now.

I'm just saying that I can't see Tyson Fury being unquestionably the best because he just doesn't have those qualities.

 

While I agree if still around the likes of Gonzalez, Inoue, GGG, Ward, etc will probably be top fighters, we don't know what division they will be in.

 

Well Fury is in the mid 20s, there's a lot of space left for the development. I just don't see his circus approach and tactics bringing him to the highest heights.

I can't see Povetkin and Pulev being the factors they are now due to their age. David Haye will be 38 as well, so the possibility of him being on the top is extremely small as well. Joshua seems to be the natural pick, but we never know what the time brings.

Like I said, I don't think that we will have a clear number 1 for some time after Klitschko due to the corrupted boxing politics and promoters. However, I actually can see Fury as one of the top guys, but the best boxer, I wouldn't bet on that. I can tell that guys like him and Wilder are just waiting for Klitschko to retire, so they could certainly be among the first to grad some titles.

 

That's true. It's more than likely that Klitschko will be gone in 2 years time. Pretty wise move from Fury do take that time and wait. If he is still undefeated by then, there is a good chance of him being the biggest name in division at that moment (I don't like his comments towards Klitschko, nor have much of respect for him btw), so I'm pretty sure that he would use it.

As for Wilder, I'm not sure. I just don't know enough about him, he needs to step up. I'd give him a good chance against Stiverne, but that's just a guess I'd say (let's be honest, Stiverne is pretty limited). I wouldn't say that he is just waiting to cash out. He definitely plans to make some noise. How much is that realistic? I don't know, but overall, I like him better than Fury.

 

Joe Parker at heavy