With Joe Joyce humbled, who’s the next to be hyped?

Oleksandr Usyk after he twice beat washed up Joshua has become a god to many.

 

Moses maybe

 

There are still people worshipping Otto Wallin.

 

That one baffles me, he's so mediocre. Gatekeeper level at best.

 

'Worshipping' nope no one has.

 

Ironically it had been Hergovic until Zhang again rained on his parade

 

The Jerry Forrest win is actually a pretty good win. Jerry has been in with a number of "top" guys and is a good measuring stick. The thing is, I don't think he's as big a puncher as it's being portrayed, but I actually think he's a better boxer than people think.

 

I suppose Forrest was OK but after Forrest he did not take on a notch better fighter.

 

I certainly can't keep up w/every persons views here, and you're relatively new.

See above. That's fine regarding Frazier.

Yes, Whyte did, and that was a bad loss given Pov's age. But many still consider him a top 10 HW. AJ got stopped by fatso Andy and out boxed TWICE by a former CW. **** happens. AJ is still somewhat of a "darling" to some fans, and considered a top 5 HW. I'm not going to look up Wallin's record but he came close to stopping Fury on that cut. Overall Wallin had a very good showing vs. who still might be the #1 HW today.

Bottom line. I think you were being unfair to Fury. We can agree to disagree, I don't consider recent Whyte or Wallin record padding fighters.
It's all the rage to dump on Fury these days b/c the Usyk fight fell through. I was irritating by that myself. However I'm not going to add to the witch hunt against Fury. If Fury was right in his head I think he beats Usyk on his size advantage. We might still see that one.

 

Oh you mean "Jared Anderson the next great american heavyweight"

ESPN repeats it so often it comes off lime a WWE bit

 

If there is any lesson in this bout—it's that grit, courage, and willingness to fight the top contenders can heal the crestfallen spirit of the division and the sport in general, result notwithstanding.

 

Right? At this point the dude might as well go whole hog and make that his nickname. Or for a real power move, pull a Marvelous Marvin Hagler and legally make it part of his name.

Jared A. Nextgreat-AmericanHeavyweight

 

Wallin was. Whyte wasn't, he was the mando despite needing a Povetkin rematch to get there. Wallin was a cherry pick like Tom Schwarz that went wrong. He was supposed to be just another big lump with a padded record that Fury was supposed to dominate. This is the thing with Fury though. People in mythical head to head matches only judge how he would do based on his best performances. Fury has had many struggles agaisnt regional fighters and fringe contenders. He's not the head to head monster he's being made out to be.