Heavyweights who are as ready as they'll ever be and need to fight better opponents

[ben_jamming]

This goes for Trey Morrison as well.

[brilo33]

how many of them heavy weights would beat better opponents now . not digging out just asking i mean sanchez battered his last oppo deffo needs more from a fight

[KiwiRider]

If I had to matchmake for them for fights early next year:
Frank Sanchez Vs Rivas
Arslanbek Makhmudov vs Kean
Zhilei Zhang Vs Bakole
Demsey McKean Vs Ahio or Fa/Parker winner
Evgeny Romanov Vs Wallin
Jermaine Franklin Vs Breazeale
Filip Hrgovic vs Hunter (already rumoured)
Agit Kabayel vs Dubois
Junior Fa Vs Parker (already booked)
Ivan Dychko vs Ajagba
Hemi Ahio Vs McKean
Cassius Chaney Vs someone like Jerry Forrest

Nice work Josh

[candyslim]

Yeah this looks like fun. I like Sanchez v Rivas, here's my offering:

Frank Sanchez-Faure v Luis Ortiz
Martin Bakole Ilunga v Efe Ajagba
Evgeny Romanov v Sergei Kuzmin
Hemi Ahio v Junior Fa
Demsey McKean v Justis Huni
Stephan Shaw v Cassius Chaney
Filip Hrgovic v Tony Yoka
Dillian Whyte v Joe Joyce
Michael Polite-Coffee v Darmani Rock
Oscar Rivas v Arslanbek Makhmudov
Agit Kabayel v Otto Wallin
Ali Eren Demirezen v Umut Camkiran
Murat Gassiev v Apti Davtaev
Alen Babic v Rostislav Pletchko (inactive)
Vladislav Sirenko v Zhan Kossobutsky
Simon Kean v Mladen Miljas

I could keep this up all day but I'll spare you

[joe strong]

They should just fight each other..

Stop using logic, this is boxing matchmaking here

Would be a throwback if PBC or Top Rank would make TV tournament for eight of them for like the NABF and NABO straps or a few intercontinentals. ESPN once had an ESPN Heavyweight champ after such a tournament in the past.

I would be all for it. I believe Fedosov won that tourney but then lost to Bryant Jennings & that pretty much ended him.

[adislav123]

Yeah this looks like fun. I like Sanchez v Rivas, here's my offering:

Frank Sanchez-Faure v Luis Ortiz
Martin Bakole Ilunga v Efe Ajagba
Evgeny Romanov v Sergei Kuzmin
Hemi Ahio v Junior Fa
Demsey McKean v Justis Huni
Stephan Shaw v Cassius Chaney
Filip Hrgovic v Tony Yoka
Dillian Whyte v Joe Joyce
Michael Polite-Coffee v Darmani Rock
Oscar Rivas v Arslanbek Makhmudov
Agit Kabayel v Otto Wallin
Ali Eren Demirezen v Umut Camkiran
Murat Gassiev v Apti Davtaev
Alen Babic v Rostislav Pletchko (inactive)
Vladislav Sirenko v Zhan Kossobutsky
Simon Kean v Mladen Miljas

I could keep this up all day but I'll spare you

all good match ups, none any chance of happening. damn sad.

[cormack]

wilder

[Paci]

They should just fight each other..

Stop using logic, this is boxing matchmaking here

Then find and feed the strongest of the crop with the good matchmaking against the others. Or are we talking rubin rounds between them? And see who comes out on top? I like that better.

[candyslim]

Yeah this looks like fun. I like Sanchez v Rivas, here's my offering:

Frank Sanchez-Faure v Luis Ortiz
Martin Bakole Ilunga v Efe Ajagba
Evgeny Romanov v Sergei Kuzmin
Hemi Ahio v Junior Fa
Demsey McKean v Justis Huni
Stephan Shaw v Cassius Chaney
Filip Hrgovic v Tony Yoka
Dillian Whyte v Joe Joyce
Michael Polite-Coffee v Darmani Rock
Oscar Rivas v Arslanbek Makhmudov
Agit Kabayel v Otto Wallin
Ali Eren Demirezen v Umut Camkiran
Murat Gassiev v Apti Davtaev
Alen Babic v Rostislav Pletchko (inactive)
Vladislav Sirenko v Zhan Kossobutsky
Simon Kean v Mladen Miljas

I could keep this up all day but I'll spare you

all good match ups, none any chance of happening. damn sad.

Maybe one or two at best

Apart from Romanov v Kuzmin where I'd expect Romanov to win comfortably, and maybe Huni is likely to be well beyond McKean in the near future, I think there are some pick 'em fights there which make sense in terms of geography and logistics.

I'd be interested in how forum users would see these going, if anyone would like to comment on all of them / some of them / one of them. ?

[candyslim]

wilder

You're a wicked man, Steve

[joshj909]

Zhang Vs Forrest scheduled for the Canelo/Yildrim card.

[margaret thatcher]

if i recall a good few ppl though forrest was gonna beat takam, but then he stank it out

zhang-takam would be good, of course in boxing it's usually vs the guy who your should be opponent easily beat insteasd

[Boxtune]

Yeah this looks like fun. I like Sanchez v Rivas, here's my offering:

Frank Sanchez-Faure v Luis Ortiz
Martin Bakole Ilunga v Efe Ajagba
Evgeny Romanov v Sergei Kuzmin
Hemi Ahio v Junior Fa
Demsey McKean v Justis Huni
Stephan Shaw v Cassius Chaney
Filip Hrgovic v Tony Yoka
Dillian Whyte v Joe Joyce
Michael Polite-Coffee v Darmani Rock
Oscar Rivas v Arslanbek Makhmudov
Agit Kabayel v Otto Wallin
Ali Eren Demirezen v Umut Camkiran
Murat Gassiev v Apti Davtaev
Alen Babic v Rostislav Pletchko (inactive)
Vladislav Sirenko v Zhan Kossobutsky
Simon Kean v Mladen Miljas

I could keep this up all day but I'll spare you

all good match ups, none any chance of happening. damn sad.

Are you Joking ? Why in hell does Ajagba Needs Ivan Dychko or Martin Bakole Ilunga !

Ajagba has already become a youtube sensation and more well know than 90% of heavyweights in above list.
The only thing is His stupidity, allowing bad Americans promotions and training camp behind him.

[candyslim]

Yeah this looks like fun. I like Sanchez v Rivas, here's my offering:

Frank Sanchez-Faure v Luis Ortiz
Martin Bakole Ilunga v Efe Ajagba
Evgeny Romanov v Sergei Kuzmin
Hemi Ahio v Junior Fa
Demsey McKean v Justis Huni
Stephan Shaw v Cassius Chaney
Filip Hrgovic v Tony Yoka
Dillian Whyte v Joe Joyce
Michael Polite-Coffee v Darmani Rock
Oscar Rivas v Arslanbek Makhmudov
Agit Kabayel v Otto Wallin
Ali Eren Demirezen v Umut Camkiran
Murat Gassiev v Apti Davtaev
Alen Babic v Rostislav Pletchko (inactive)
Vladislav Sirenko v Zhan Kossobutsky
Simon Kean v Mladen Miljas

I could keep this up all day but I'll spare you

all good match ups, none any chance of happening. damn sad.

Oh well this one stands a good chance of happening since it's scheduled for this Saturday night. I had no more idea about this one than the others when I suggested it. It should be a good fight. Darmani Rock seems to think it'll be a walk in the park but I think it'll be highly competitive which is of course why I proposed it.

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[candyslim]

Are you Joking ? Why in hell does Ajagba Needs Ivan Dychko or Martin Bakole Ilunga !

Ajagba has already become a youtube sensation and more well know than 90% of heavyweights in above list.
The only thing is His stupidity, allowing bad Americans promotions and training camp behind him.

MBI was my suggestion because Ilunga and Ajagba are the two standout heavyweights from Africa, and it would be a great match-up to determine which of them is Africa's number one, no?

Of course it is a risky fight for both of them and risky fights are not always what a prospect is looking for. Ajagba took on two decent fighters in Demerezen and Kiladze so it seems he doesn't run from a challenge. I think this would be a great fight and if he is serious about world title ambitions then he needs to test himself against fighters better than he has faced so far. Ilunga would be about right at this stage in my opinion.

As for you-tube hits, I'm not entirely sure what that has to do with his progression in his chosen profession.

[adislav123]

Yeah this looks like fun. I like Sanchez v Rivas, here's my offering:

Frank Sanchez-Faure v Luis Ortiz
Martin Bakole Ilunga v Efe Ajagba
Evgeny Romanov v Sergei Kuzmin
Hemi Ahio v Junior Fa
Demsey McKean v Justis Huni
Stephan Shaw v Cassius Chaney
Filip Hrgovic v Tony Yoka
Dillian Whyte v Joe Joyce
Michael Polite-Coffee v Darmani Rock
Oscar Rivas v Arslanbek Makhmudov
Agit Kabayel v Otto Wallin
Ali Eren Demirezen v Umut Camkiran
Murat Gassiev v Apti Davtaev
Alen Babic v Rostislav Pletchko (inactive)
Vladislav Sirenko v Zhan Kossobutsky
Simon Kean v Mladen Miljas

I could keep this up all day but I'll spare you

all good match ups, none any chance of happening. damn sad.

Oh well this one stands a good chance of happening since it's scheduled for this Saturday night. I had no more idea about this one than the others when I suggested it. It should be a good fight. Darmani Rock seems to think it'll be a walk in the park but I think it'll be highly competitive which is of course why I proposed it.

no scores found for this bout

yeah i happened to to notice the coffee guy like a year ago. he definitely looks the part, huuge dude(6'5" massive 270 plus which means zip)think he was military & turned pro late.

surely he won't be on his toes for 12 but seems he got some steam in his hands.

if his chin turns out legit & he"s able to rock & roll with incoming fire he could possibly turn out dark horse of the division.

he doesn't have time to waste so rock is a good first step up but could be his last too. if he clocks rock they should sideline him fast, make some more fights we wanna see, legit prospect vs prospect. not the picking lambs to slaughter forever thats going on everywhere as soon a guy shows some potential...potential to make some dough, sadly...

i'm babblin', let's see...

[Perkin Warbeck]

Zhang Vs Forrest scheduled for the Canelo/Yildrim card.

Maybe Zhang will finally fight a ranked contender when he's in his 40s.

[pound per pound]

Frank Sanchez
Arslanbek Makhmudov
Zhilei Zhang
Demsey McKean
Evgeny Romanov
Jermaine Franklin
Filip Hrgovic
Agit Kabayel
Junior Fa
Ivan Dychko
Hemi Ahio
Cassius Chaney

Most of these guys are in their 30s, the others are in their late 20s, and yet have not yet fought a decent top 25 heavyweight.

Promoters need to do something with these guys, they are wasting their time and making poor money fighting soft opposition. Some of them should fight each other.

Mostly agree. Hrgovic has talent the needs to be tested, his problem is nobody good wants to fight him. They know better.

Wilder won't touch any of these guys, neither will Fury. Well he had change to fight Kaybek on Dec 7, 2020 but passed. Joshua may give a younger guy a title shot if Fury vs. Joshua can't be made.

[candyslim]

@Adislav,

Maybe so but a sensible and coherent babble, it has to be said.

[candyslim]

Yeah this looks like fun. I like Sanchez v Rivas, here's my offering:

Frank Sanchez-Faure v Luis Ortiz
Martin Bakole Ilunga v Efe Ajagba
Evgeny Romanov v Sergei Kuzmin
Hemi Ahio v Junior Fa
Demsey McKean v Justis Huni
Stephan Shaw v Cassius Chaney
Filip Hrgovic v Tony Yoka
Dillian Whyte v Joe Joyce
Michael Polite-Coffee v Darmani Rock
Oscar Rivas v Arslanbek Makhmudov
Agit Kabayel v Otto Wallin
Ali Eren Demirezen v Umut Camkiran
Murat Gassiev v Apti Davtaev
Alen Babic v Rostislav Pletchko (inactive)
Vladislav Sirenko v Zhan Kossobutsky
Simon Kean v Mladen Miljas

I could keep this up all day but I'll spare you

all good match ups, none any chance of happening. damn sad.

Oh well this one stands a good chance of happening since it's scheduled for this Saturday night. I had no more idea about this one than the others when I suggested it. It should be a good fight. Darmani Rock seems to think it'll be a walk in the park but I think it'll be highly competitive which is of course why I proposed it.

Well I said it would be highly competitive ... guess I was wrong

I'll claim the credit for suggesting that it wasn't going to be an easy fight for Rock though even if I didn't go so far as to predict he'd lose. If Coffie was younger, a lot younger, I'd be predicting a big future for him but he's 35 I believe, so he's left it a bit late. He can be in some fun fights though.

Darmani Rock you need to get yourself in shape pronto or yours will be remembered as a career that promised a great deal but ultimately came to nothing. The clock is running down.

[DrDuke]

Well I said it would be highly competitive ... guess I was wrong

I'll claim the credit for suggesting that it wasn't going to be an easy fight for Rock though even if I didn't go so far as to predict he'd lose. If Coffie was younger, a lot younger, I'd be predicting a big future for him but he's 35 I believe, so he's left it a bit late. He can be in some fun fights though.

Darmani Rock you need to get yourself in shape pronto or yours will be remembered as a career that promised a great deal but ultimately came to nothing. The clock is running down.

I've never seen Rock before the Coffie fight and I thought, that Rock had been just another stiff for building Coffie's record. But Rock had been seen as a prospect too! Well, he's in awful shape now, that's for sure. I don't believe, he'll become a near top fighter. Coffie can appear around top 20, in my opinion.

Btw, Coffie floored Rock so damn spectacularly.

[candyslim]

Rock was a very promising amateur and turned pro with big expectations, but fans have been very critical of his poor conditioning. He was very dismissive of MPC though before the fight even though just the most cursory of research should have alerted him to fact that he was going to be facing a live one.

This loss either puts the seal on a disappointing career that never really got started or it gives Rock the kick up the arse he so obviously needs (my money would be on the former eventuality).

Polite-Coffie didn't start boxing until he was 29 but he is improving rapidly each time out. Clearly he has heavy hands and having served seven or eight years as a leatherneck, he is not going to suffer Rock's lack of self discipline. I don't know how far he can go but I'm looking forward to following his journey.