DUBOIS, AJ, TANK, AND THE FUTURE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION || FIGHTHYPE.COM

Each Thursday right here at FightHype, we make some area for a cash shot of salty, generally 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 gained’t lie, I used to be very shocked that Daniel Dubois A) Beat Anthony Joshua and B) Beat him the way in which he did. I by no means actually thought a lot of Dubois, however was I unsuitable? 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 typical truthful and balanced tackle this.

– Peter H.

Hey Peter.

It’s a mixture of the two– Joshua is inferior to hyped and Doubtful is healthier than acknowledged. 

Joshua was all the time a flawed fighter. The man’s physique is an absolute conflict machine. I don’t suppose a military of genetic engineers might design a physique higher constructed for battle. His thoughts, nonetheless, is brittle and susceptible to distraction/doubt/confusion/suits of delusion. That’s all the time been AJ’s weak point 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 alter course when issues took a nasty flip early on. You could possibly say that he was concussed with that first large shot and was by no means capable of get his head collectively after that, however I feel that’s being very beneficiant with him. Apart from the Klitschko combat manner again in 2017, he’s by no means actually been capable of change the course of occasions when issues began going poorly. On this combat, his nook additionally failed him. That they had nothing to supply and appeared ill-prepared to supply any significant recommendation or inspiration. It’s simple to have your man look good in opposition to Francis Ngannou and Otto Wallin, however the reality comes out when he meets some pushback. And, I assume, 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 whole lot of doubt concerning his psychological toughness since that Joe Joyce combat. And the Usyk combat, the place he noticed he might damage Usyk to the physique, however by no means went again there and finally went away with a whimper, fortified that unfavorable popularity. 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 large and powerful, although, and that can all the time make him a risk.

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 following 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 high 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 certainly 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 taking place, 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 via. 

Tank’s Subsequent Opponent

Hello Paul.

I needed to know when you’ve heard something but about who Tank Davis could also be preventing 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 needs to see that. Are you able to affirm or deny these rumors and if it’s not Roach, who do you suppose has the within observe on a Tank combat?

– C.W.

Hey C.W.

I DEFINITELY hope that Lamont Roach doesn’t land the Tank Davis combat. That will be an actual letdown. As a fan, I’d virtually choose for him to not combat till subsequent yr, simply to see if something greater/higher comes round and if Vasiliy Lomachenko may discover himself “within the temper” for Tank. I’ve heard that Roach rumor from the identical individuals you’ve, however I actually don’t imagine anything– particularly something PBC-related– from institution media. I nonetheless say Rayo Valenzuela might discover himself in that B-side slot and, to be sincere, that’s not a complete lot higher than Roach. We’ll see.

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