Daniel Dubois - Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic, Anthony Joshua Joseph Parker - Deontay Wilder, Zhilei Zhang, Martin Bakole Agit Kabayel - Arslanbek Makhmudov, Frank Sanchez, Zhilei Zhang Ranks this runs in order from best to worst
Every single streak looks way better than they really are, I think they’re nearly equally….decent. The best “overall” opponents on the list were beaten during absolute career low performances, to the point where they’re actually the worst wins (Wilder and AJ)… If AJ comes back and does well, I’ll rate DuBois wins a bit better, but was certainly not himself on the night - take nothing away from DuBois for handling business and doing what he needed to. The others were fairly unproven (Sanchez, Makh) or overrated in the first place (Miller and Hrgovic…. Really?). Bakole was fighting on less than a weeks notice. Overall, I think DuBois has the best of the three because at least two of his were people who were well prepared, tried to win, and in good form on the night considering their careers. I think Kabayals win over Zhang is probably the best single win considering quality of opponent, form on the night (this is why the wins over Wilder and AJ are hard to rate highly), and the fashion he beat them in.
The AJ and Hrgovic wins are easily better than a Zhang win. AJ wasn’t finished like Wilder was, Dubois was just on another level that night.
Voted Dubois Parker is close but bakole on short notice takes some luster off Kabayel looked great vs Zhang however Makmudov is proven to not be anything special and Sanchez is good but not on the level of Joshua or hrgovic I do agree with the above that these can be nit picked to be closer in quality
I can’t say for sure that you’re wrong about AJ, I just view it differently. DuBois put in a killer performance with what was in front of him for sure. Im not saying Hrgovic isn’t on Zhangs level as an opponent, but I was very impressed that Zhang got stopped relatively early.
I think both Miller and Hrgovic have proven themselves far more than Sanchez and much better than Makhmudov. Miller was robbed of a victory against Ruiz Jr in his very next fight while Hrgovic has beaten Zhang albeit by the slimmest margin. Ang Makhmudov was totally dominated and stopped by average Vianello losing every second of every round in one-sided fight
I think you misunderstood me, I was saying the former were unproven, and the latter were a bit overrated (as defining wins, at least.). I agree with what you say here.
Parker 2nd? He beat a man win no training camp, little sleep, overweight and arrived from a long flight on fight day. His win vs Zhang was also less impressive than Kabayel’s. Parker is easily last on the list get real.
It very close between Kabayel and Parker in my opinion. Makhmudov and Wilder are both overrated hype jobs with great punching power but clumsy limited boxers. However Wilder is more proven. Bakole and Sanchez are both good boxers. Bakole has the more impressive win but you have to give consideration of being short notice replacement. I agree Kabayel performance was more impressive than Parkers though.
Kabayel scored three back to back body shot KO wins over three fighters who were ranked in the top 10 by the Ring Magazine Big Bang was #4, Mak was #5, and I think Sanchez was #6 albeit I'm not 100% sure And he didn't even need to go more than 7 rounds once whilst achieving that completely unprecedented historic feat He also singlehandedly defeated Communism China Russia Cuba Maybe all not communist anymore but so what he did what he did Dubois cheated like crazy against Hrgovic and 100% should've been DQ'd. The fight was stopped on cuts which were so obviously caused by the 22 + billy goat butts which were clearly and undeniably intentional and the fact the referee who had the best seat in the house somehow managed to miss them all even though many were so flagrant a blindfolded Ray Charles could've seen them from a mile away on a darkly lit night And the ref somehow inexplicably deemed they were caused by punches which even the TV cameras didn't even try to substantiate says it all At the very least the fight should've gone to the cards and Dubois been deducted points and Hrgovic declared the winner Sorry but if you billy goat butt your opponent 22 + times slicing their eyes up machete style that's a clear as day DQ loss and you only have yourself to blame for walking away with an L which he categorically should of And if a ref somehow manages to miss all those billy goat butts and waves the fight off on cuts which were caused by them that's pure corruption because there is simply no way he didn't see most of those butts Walking punch bag Big Baby wasn't jacked to high heaven on all his PEDs and Dubois went dirty on him with the low blows and a few billy goat butts too. It's worth noting that Kabayel threw a million body shots in his three wins and he was able to keep them from drifting South AJ was a good win and free from dirty tactics J-Park beat The Dosser and Big Bang but he beat them on the backfoot on points whilst boxing extremely timidly and taking minimal risks, whereas, conversely, Kabayel walked fearlessly into the fire and bully boy'd Big Bang, Mak and Sanchez down J-Park would've lost to Big Bang had the later just let his hands go 1% more The Dosser can't box or fight and he's only beaten 2 world champions in 48 fights and one was shot to hell and the other is Stiverne who is the worst HW champion ever Bakole took the fight on 2 days notice, was woefully out of shape, in much worse shape and condition than we had been lead to believe, hadn't sparred in over four months which again we'd been lead to believe was not the case, and literally arrived in Saudi at 2:30am on fight day looking utterly exhausted after his long flight, all the chaos of all the last minute rush, and was sleep deprived and jetlagged Kabayel won all his fights via stoppage, via the use of legal tactics and 2 legal weapons, against fully fit and trained full camp opponents, 2 of whom undefeated, the other had suffered 2 losses albeit one of those losses was highly controversial and most had him winning it, and the other he dropped his opponent x 2 despite only throwing 5 punches the entire fight and he would've won that one via KO with ease had he just thrown 7 Dubois shouldn't even have 3 wins so he doesn't even qualify if we're being honest The Kurdish Slickness is the correct answer here
I agree with some of your points although Makhmudov's ranking was beyond ridiculous. He struggled badly with shot Takam whom 300 lbs Bakole dispatched extremely easily and lost every second of the fight before getting stopped by average Guido Vianello. I think Makhmudov wasby far the worst boxer of this lot, far worse than even old Wilder or one-day notice Bakole. Of course, Kabayel annihilated him in a great manner, but Makhmudov was worst among all Dubois, Parker and Kabayel last 3 opponents by some margin