ironbeard wrote: ↑07 Dec 2018, 13:31
skanksta wrote: ↑07 Dec 2018, 13:24
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 Dec 2018, 13:13
Partially giftet vs. Del too
He's been riding his luck for sure - but overrated ?
I think just about everyone rates him as what he is - an elite gatekeeper - much like DelBoy before him.
He'll give anyone a really good fight but is a little bit short of the best. He's improved a lot and may improve a little more - but does anyone think he'll improve enough to beat Fury/AJ ? No.
That is a fair assessment. He would be stopped by Wilder, and I think that both Ortiz and Povetkin would still beat him. I would favor Usyk over him right now. Pulev would likely confound him too.
This fight is right in the sweet spot for Whyte and Chisora.
I do like Whyte.
I rate him a little higher than you.
Pulev has more 'class' in his little finger, but I think Whyte could find a way to win. Pov would outbox him for a while but Whyte would get to him. He's got every chance of beating Wilder in the UK too.
Anyone can see he has little more than a remote puncher's chance vs Usyk, however. .
He has been lucky - but "you make your own luck".
The Parker fight is the best example of this. Parker is better than Whyte and coulda/woulda/shoulda won - but Whyte has that 'dog' in him. A knack for beating better talents. He basically won off an accidental headbutt - but he took whatever luck he had and ran with it, while Parker was "too nice",