Each Thursday right here at FightHype, we make some area for a cash shot of salty, typically NSFW reality from the depths of my bulbous, bulging sack. So, pull your hair again and brace your self. This week, we have now feedback/questions concerning Daniel Dubois, Anthony Joshua, Tank Davis, and the way forward for the heavyweight division.
Dubois?
Hey Magno.
I received’t lie, I used to be very stunned that Daniel Dubois A) Beat Anthony Joshua and B) Beat him the best way he did. I by no means truthfully thought a lot of Dubois, however was I improper? Is Dubois higher than I believed or is Joshua worse than I believed? Perhaps a mixture of the 2? I’d love to listen to your normal honest and balanced tackle this.
– Peter H.
Hey Peter.
It’s a mixture of the two– Joshua is inferior to hyped and Doubtful is best than acknowledged.
Joshua was at all times a flawed fighter. The man’s physique is an absolute conflict machine. I don’t assume a military of genetic engineers may design a physique higher constructed for battle. His thoughts, nevertheless, is brittle and vulnerable to distraction/doubt/confusion/suits of delusion. That’s at all times been AJ’s weak spot and it’ll proceed to be a deadly flaw till the day he lastly retires. Towards Dubois, he had no plan B and didn’t have the wherewithal to vary course when issues took a foul flip early on. You may say that he was concussed with that first massive shot and was by no means in a position to get his head collectively after that, however I feel that’s being very beneficiant with him. Apart from the Klitschko struggle manner again in 2017, he’s by no means actually been in a position to change the course of occasions when issues began going poorly. On this struggle, his nook additionally failed him. They’d nothing to supply and appeared ill-prepared to supply any significant recommendation or inspiration. It’s simple to have your man look good towards Francis Ngannou and Otto Wallin, however the reality comes out when he meets some pushback. And, I suppose, Joshua searching for them out and hiring them was one other signal of the ten cent thoughts contained in the billion greenback physique.
Dubois, in the meantime, was clearly slept on. There’s been a variety of doubt concerning his psychological toughness since that Joe Joyce struggle. And the Usyk struggle, the place he noticed he may harm Usyk to the physique, however by no means went again there and finally went away with a whimper, fortified that adverse status. However the man’s had a pleasant latest run and deserves some critical respect. Nonetheless, I’ll be the moist blanket and level out that he simply beat a really flawed Anthony Joshua and that his stoppage of Filip Hrgovic earlier than that was largely a back-and-forth affair ended on cuts. He’s massive and robust, although, and that can at all times make him a menace.
The Way forward for the Heavyweight Division
Magno.
I do know you’re a person who by no means shies away from taking a stand or making a prediction. So, let’s hear your tackle what the longer term will seem like for the heavyweight division for the subsequent 2 or 3 years, beginning with Usyk-Fury 2 in December. Thanks.
– Eddie
Hey Eddie.
I feel Fury beats Usyk in December, stalling the division on the prime as the 2 events meet for a rubber match. I feel Usyk wins that rubber match. Within the meantime, Dubois will get laid out by considered one of two keep busy fights he takes whereas ready on the winner of the Usyk-Fury sequence. Then, Joseph Parker strikes to the entrance of the road and fails at dethroning Usyk someday in late 2025 or early 2026. In the meantime, plans go forward for Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury within the fall or winter of 2025. And whereas all that is occurring, each Martin Bakole and Zhilei Zhang will get upset by some lower-tier opposition. I do know, these are very particular predictions. However I’m gonna save them in a safe spot as a result of I’ll seem like an absolute genius if all of them come by.
Tank’s Subsequent Opponent
Hello Paul.
I wished to know in the event you’ve heard something but about who Tank Davis could also be combating subsequent. The rumor handed round by guys like Mike Coppinger and Dan Rafael is that Lamont Roach is the man. I hope that’s only a rumor as a result of I’m not paying PPV cash to see Roach as a B-side. No one desires to see that. Are you able to verify or deny these rumors and if it’s not Roach, who do you assume has the within observe on a Tank struggle?
– C.W.
Hey C.W.
I DEFINITELY hope that Lamont Roach doesn’t land the Tank Davis struggle. That will be an actual letdown. As a fan, I’d nearly favor for him to not struggle till subsequent 12 months, simply to see if something larger/higher comes round and if Vasiliy Lomachenko may discover himself “within the temper” for Tank. I’ve heard that Roach rumor from the identical folks you might have, however I actually don’t consider anything– particularly something PBC-related– from institution media. I nonetheless say Rayo Valenzuela may discover himself in that B-side slot and, to be trustworthy, that’s not an entire lot higher than Roach. We’ll see.
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