Who will likely be heavyweight champions in the next 5 years?

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  1. Mendoza

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

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    Wilder is done for now. Fury if he fights anyone decent will eventually lose. Joshua has the tools and styles to be around 5 years from now, but I think we have seen his best.

    So it's one of the young up and comers. The one who best fits the age, and ability for this is Hrgovic.
     
  2. Goose

    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    Andy Ruiz gonna eat his way back to the top
     
  3. Geo1122

    Geo1122 Active Member Full Member

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    Yoka. If he can stay interested that is. There’s quite a few that don’t rate him on here. Personally I think he’s head and shoulders above the likes of Dubois and Hrgovic.
     
  4. Mendoza

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

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    Dubios had a rough go when they sparred. Not likely.
     
  5. Slowhand

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    Makhmudov and Hrgovic. Usyk will be the last "normal" size fighter in the top five @ HW.
     
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  6. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yoka is a cheat of Jarell Miller proportions. There is no way to look at the twin scandals of the year off for PEDS, and the Duhaupas non-fight, and conclude otherwise.

    He is going nowhere.
     
  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Dubois has no personality though.
     
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  8. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    I’d like to see someone just come out of nowhere and take over the division...someone we’ve never even heard of yet.
     
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  9. Geo1122

    Geo1122 Active Member Full Member

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    I think him not showing up for a few tests is terrible, and perhaps says more about his sometimes disinterest in the sport, then it does about what he may or may not be taking. In no way is it as scandalous as Miller.

    That’s besides the point. I still think Yoka, should he remain interested, is the most talented of the prospects, and the one most likely to be next in line as the number one in the division.
     
  10. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd like to see Makhmudov vs Usyk
     
  11. macademics

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  12. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    But then there was the phony fight against Duhaupas, which was held under modified kickboxing rules, one explanation of which is that the drug testing is less stringent for kickboxing.

    Pattern.
     
  13. Geo1122

    Geo1122 Active Member Full Member

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    Just to be clear, I’m not saying that Yoka is or isn’t a drug cheat. Or that I do or don’t want him to do well. I’m simply saying that I think he’s likely to come out on top over the next several years.
     
  14. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Unless those two start fighting in England or Germany, I see them both getting robbed against American Domestic fighters.
     
  15. scandcb

    scandcb Active Member Full Member

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