That post all but guarantees Usyk/Itauma is next and Parker will get the WBO. So who does Parker face next? Hrgovic, or maybe they re-book Dubois?
Hrgovic is next in the rankings after Itauma, but not sure how long he needs for his cut. Dubois is next in line, but who knows if he is keen for a tough fight after his last outing. It might even be someone like Joshua, who still brings a lot of cash and might like another shot at a world title.
Turki wants Usyk to get beaten Usyk already upset the script vs Greedy Belly, AJ and maybe Dubois too and the fact that they came out and said they had no interest in financing Usyk vs J-Park after Usyk demolished Dubois in the rematch when both J-Park and Kabayel are infinitely more deserving than Moses who obviously hadn't even beaten Whyte then and are the fights the fans want to see was very revealing. Turki is going to throw all this money at Usyk vs Moses because he believes Moses will win
Unless WBO wants money lol. I’d rather he drops it though so Parker either becomes champion or gets his shot
A Win/Win fight for Itauma. Defeat at 20/21 years of age to a GOAT is only going to give him invaluable rounds and experience whereas an underdog victory propels him to Tyson style superstardom. For Usyk, a win over the brightest young star of boxing and a potential future great champion seals an already outstanding ATG career and leaves him as an untouchable.
Floyd still doesn't get the full credit for that fight from a lot. Canelo was only "a little kid", despite him having 40+ fights on his record. It'd be even worse for Usyk, as Itauma is even younger and legitimately has very few fights. High risk, little reward for Usyk at this stage.
Usyk, if he's anything like he was against Dubois, would school Itauma badly. But at 38 Usyk is old, and it can happen overnight. Itauma needs more rounds experience. Put him in with someone in the top 10 first.
Hrgovic would be interesting. I think Parker batters him at this stage. Dubios? Why reward him for calling in sick and skipping the queue? Moses doesn't even have a punchers chance against Usyk. I hope if this fight does happen that the bookies buy into the Itauma hype because it's easy money.
Hrg's chin saved him, first 6 rounds Moses looked awesome, very few fighters could have weathered that storm, his hand speed is hella quick to be fair.
Man, reading back through this thread gave me some good laughs. Tarrant legit trying to convince us all that Whyte wasn't shot to pieces when he got in the ring to be knocked over for Moses. How you feel now, Tarrant? L-O-L
It sure did! So I guess itauma’s scoffing at the opinion of a good chin being an asset in the sport was pretty stupid. Those right hands to the body by Hrgovic sped up itauma’s gassing process too.
I'd give it to Usyk but what would his strategy be? He certainly wouldn't try to tank shots nonstop to the chin until Moses passes out, like Hrgovic did.