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Nagy Aguilera was other opponent they had to pick fromZ

He would've been better, though this clearly wasn't meant to be a 'prove yourself' appearance

gilgamesh wrote:

crusader wrote:Tann's last fight..he'd been down 3 or 4 times prior to the KO

http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... n#p1765576

That guy doesn't look to have a particularly impressive physique either, and I've never heard anything about him.

Surely you know by now that physique doesn't matter much in heavyweight boxing! Tyson Fury proved that.
Sergey Kuzmin is one of the best heavyweight prospects in the world, arguably the best prospect right now.

cuban glass wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

crusader wrote:Tann's last fight..he'd been down 3 or 4 times prior to the KO

http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... n#p1765576

That guy doesn't look to have a particularly impressive physique either, and I've never heard anything about him.

Surely you know by now that physique doesn't matter much in heavyweight boxing! Tyson Fury proved that.
Sergey Kuzmin is one of the best heavyweight prospects in the world, arguably the best prospect right now.

Oh but physique DOES matter.

Tyson Fury never made a title defense

Wladimir Klitschko
Evander Holyfield
Muhammad Ali
Lennox Lewis

And others who actually show up in fighting shape tend to have much lengthier title reigns, and noteworthy bouts in their careers.

gilgamesh wrote:

cuban glass wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
That guy doesn't look to have a particularly impressive physique either, and I've never heard anything about him.

Surely you know by now that physique doesn't matter much in heavyweight boxing! Tyson Fury proved that.
Sergey Kuzmin is one of the best heavyweight prospects in the world, arguably the best prospect right now.

Oh but physique DOES matter.

Tyson Fury never made a title defense

Wladimir Klitschko
Evander Holyfield
Muhammad Ali
Lennox Lewis

And others who actually show up in fighting shape tend to have much lengthier title reigns, and noteworthy bouts in their careers.

It's not important. Fury is the best heavyweight in the world. Fury and Kuzmin would school guys with perfect bodies like Izuagbe Ugonoh, Gerald Washington, Larry Olubimiwo with ease all on the same night .I'm extremely surprised you've never heard of Kuzmin.

cuban glass wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

cuban glass wrote: Surely you know by now that physique doesn't matter much in heavyweight boxing! Tyson Fury proved that.
Sergey Kuzmin is one of the best heavyweight prospects in the world, arguably the best prospect right now.

Oh but physique DOES matter.

Tyson Fury never made a title defense

Wladimir Klitschko
Evander Holyfield
Muhammad Ali
Lennox Lewis

And others who actually show up in fighting shape tend to have much lengthier title reigns, and noteworthy bouts in their careers.

It's not important. Fury is the best heavyweight in the world. Fury and Kuzmin would school guys with perfect bodies like Izuagbe Ugonoh, Gerald Washington, Larry Olubimiwo with ease all on the same night .I'm extremely surprised you've never heard of Kuzmin.

I probably have heard of Kuzmin at one point or another, and the name just slipped my mind. It's hard to keep track of every fighter on every corner of the freakin' Earth. I do what I can.

I wasn't saying that guys with less than stellar physiques can't get big wins, clearly they can, and have. I'm just saying you never see any of the guys with poor physiques have particularly meaningful or lengthy runs at the top. Because chances are, SOMEBODY at the top is gonna be able to match them in skills, and the fact that they're in better shape is gonna give them the edge when all other things are equal.

4 major belts not 5

littlepug wrote:4 major belts not 5

Plus, I hear Indongo was stripped of his IBO title this past Monday.. not like IBO to strip their champions.

From calling out belt holders to settling for Tann is a bit ridiculous. I do not see how this can help raise his profile in the USA like him and Hearn have been talking about.

Surely there is better out there? Looking at the Boxrec top 40 - Molina, Ruiz Jr, Breazeale, Scott, Martin, Miller have no fights scheduled. Yes they are arguably riskier but if he can call out Wilder, Parker and other top contenders, surely he would be confident enough for any of these guys.