Highest rated available contender (Ortiz) or highest rated unbeaten contender (Hrgovic) would be my choices. Ortiz is available. And Hrgovic has a fight scheduled with Rydell Booker in November, which I'm sure he could drop for a world title shot. Hrgovic is 28. He has tons of amateur experience. He's been a pro for three years. If he loses, he still got to mix it up with the World Champ. Wouldn't hurt his career any. And it would show if Arum/Warren and Hearn can actually work together. Kabayel is awful.
Fury actually has a belt now, so he has to fight WBC ranked contenders. For all the crap Wilder took about fighting WBC contenders, you guys sure don't want Fury fighting any of them. (LOL) Are WBC contenders "too dangerous" all of a sudden? You guys acted like they were a joke for years. (LOL) Fury was going to fight the #1 contender. If that's off because they can't have a live gate, pick the best fighter out of the WBC top 15 you can. Apparently Fury is more than ready.
According to the WBC , Fury has to fight Wilder , but Wilder has sidelined and benched himself for the foreseeable future. This should allow Fury to fight whoever he wants in the meantime.
Sorry but i dont think so! Schwarz is not even top 3 here in Germany. I dont want to be disrespecfull since i respect ALL pro fighters! But we dont even know if Schwarz is European Level. He is good German level for sure, but if you want my honest opinion, he would never win against Kabayel, Charr and Huck, NEVER! 1) Kabayel 2) Charr 3) Huck .... Schwarz I put Charr on 2 because of his WBA belt, otherwise i think Huck beats him via points. Dont underestimate Huck! Yes his prime is over, and he was never close to Usyk, Haye, Briedis or Nelson + other Cruiserweights, but he is MUCH better then Schwarz. Kabayel will never go down in 2 rounds against Fury, he s too good for that. I also dont believe Fury would stop Charr or Huck in 2, they are also too good for that. Schwarz is in Germany (HW) somewhere between 4 and 10, i cant judge him properly. He never fought a great guy on European level.
Wilder hasn't benched himself. Apparently, Finkel is planning to sue to block Fury from fighting anyone, saying Covid prevented them from rescheduling (because the gate is so important to Arum and the gang). But I don't know how far that will go. Fury apparently is the one who "has to fight" in December "for his own well being" ... according to Warren. If he needs to fight for his own well being, fight the best available. We were going top get the WBC champ vs. the WBC #1 contender, the Ring Champ vs. the #2 contender ... swapping that out for the Ring/WBC Champ vs. Agit Kabayal doesn't cut it. It's a garbage fight. It's like people getting excited that Ali chose not to fight Foreman, Frazier or Norton again and instead chose Jean Pierre Coopman or Evangelista. It's a garbage fight. I've always liked Fury. When people said he might fight Kabayal I ignored them because I thought better of him. But that's a ***** move if he takes it. Fight Ortiz. Fight Hrgovic. There are 14 ranked fighters to choose from above Agit.
Andy Ruiz isn't busy. Im not suggesting he loses. If he takes a fight against a no hoper like Kabayel then that just perpetuates the current situation of fighters taking easier options than what's available. That's not what the fans want.
Its on Fury to face top WBC rankers as soon as Wilders rematch clause is relinquished. If Wilder gets to sit around and do nothing , then Fury gets to fight a soup can. . Simple as that. Fury would be fighting Wilder soon but Wilder has been in hiding since last year. If they wanted the fight it would be happening. If they pushed for the fight and Fury stalled , he would get stripped. Those are the WBC rules , so that tells you that Wilder hasn't been trying to make the fight.
First of all, they fought this year. So Wilder hasn't been "hiding since last year." Second, Arum has been very upfront about all of them working together to try to reschedule, including discussing how the state of Nevada has been working with them to reschedule, but there is a flood of sporting events coming at the end of the year that were postponed. And Finkel has threatened to sue Arum and Warren if they try to fight someone else. So nobody is hiding. Fury is the WBC champ. He doesn't get a free pass to fight anyone anymore. If there is a fight in December, pick a WBC contender that's good. WBC heavyweight champs don't get non-title fights. Apparently, Fury is fit and was preparing to fight the #1 contender. So fight someone who is good.
Anyone who thinks Fury is fighting someone with a pulse doesn't understand boxing business. No big fights are happening, they can't happen. They need venues with live crowds. We want venues with live crowds. Promoters can't afford to pay an Andy Ruiz big money to fight Fury in the UK in a closed-off fight. The TV networks are already losing money... This is merely a keep busy fight. Whyte Povetkin & Usyk Chisora is the HW fun for this year.
Yet there are big fights. Aj v Pulev Loma v Lopez One things for sure. Fury v Kabayel or someone similar, is going to give a poor return for all concerned.
That fight would be boring. Miller is a power house with very slow feet and he’d be giving fury huge reach and height advantages. The entire fight would just be fury jabbing.
I think you'll find people go a bit easier on Fury as he seems to be willing to fight an undisputed fight straight after Something Wilder never was Oh come on AJ vs Pulev a big fight? Its the mando everyone wishes would go away
Thing is he'll be AJ's next IBF mandatory even if Fury doesn't take this fight so he's getting a title shot at some point regardless. Might as well get him out of the way.