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Arum has been building up his own little HW stable these past years.

funny that Yoka signed a 4 year deal which was announced in January 2017 with Vivendi / Canal + fronting up mega money .
Since which he has fought nobody of any note yet still gets touted as a HW prospect ?

and now looks like a new deal is being done ..
Move over wilder they have a new protege coming

stevec@france wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 07:40 funny that Yoka signed a 4 year deal which was announced in January 2017 with Vivendi / Canal + fronting up mega money .
Since which he has fought nobody of any note yet still gets touted as a HW prospect ?

and now looks like a new deal is being done ..
Move over wilder they have a new protege coming

Didn’t he KO Dimitrenko? He ain’t a nobody.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 07:06 Arum has been building up his own little HW stable these past years.

• Agit Kabayel
• Bryant Jennings
• Carlos Takam
• Guido Vianello
• Jared Anderson
• Kubrat Pulev
• Sonny Conto
• Tyson Fury

And perhaps Tony Yoka to add to that list.

It’s not exactly a stacked stable. And Kubrat Pulev definitely won’t retain an EPSN or The RING top-ten rating when he loses to AJ.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 08:05

stevec@france wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 07:40 funny that Yoka signed a 4 year deal which was announced in January 2017 with Vivendi / Canal + fronting up mega money .
Since which he has fought nobody of any note yet still gets touted as a HW prospect ?

and now looks like a new deal is being done ..
Move over wilder they have a new protege coming

Didn’t he KO Dimitrenko? He ain’t a nobody.

read my post and you will see I said Yoka hasnt fought anyone af any note , I didnt say Dimitrenko was a nobody .
However dimitrenko hasnt beaten any of the top fighters he fought - lost to :
ruiz
parker
jennings

at best he is a journeyman and at 37 cant be considered to be in his prime .

Why are there 2 threads? Can we merge please.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 15:45 Why are there 2 threads? Can we merge please.

Because you started this one when we already had the other

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 15:46

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 15:45 Why are there 2 threads? Can we merge please.

Because you started this one when we already had the other

Tell MasterG to merge them. It’s quite annoying.

Then why did you start another thread

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 15:51 Then why did you start another thread

Didn’t see this one. It must have been too far down.

This guy realy sucks ... he fights twice a year. Most other prospects fight 3-5 times a year

Boxtune wrote: ↑04 Feb 2020, 15:55 This guy realy sucks ... he fights twice a year. Most other prospects fight 3-5 times a year

Tony Yoka has competed in seven bouts and also served a one year suspension between his professional debut and the date of his most recent outing.

Excluding the one-year suspension, this means that Yoka has competed in seven bouts during the course of sixteen months, which equates to him competing every ten weeks.

And let’s not forget that the 27-year-old Tony Yoka has won gold medals at the Olympics and world championships, has also beaten Joseph Parker, Filip Hrgovic, Ivan Dychko and Joe Joyce in the amateurs.

So he’s one of those fighters that can be fast-tracked to world-level, unlike Efe Ajagba (who clearly needs more time to gain experience and learn his trade).

but where is the announcement ??

Yoka is unproven at best

stevec@france wrote: ↑05 Feb 2020, 16:39 but where is the announcement ??

Yoka is unproven at best

I don't think much of Yoka. His best win is a 10th round TKO over a 260lb David Allen. He's not much better than when he was an am. Had that year suspension and now hasn't fought in five months. Not the path of a world beater.

He needs a real test. He got the goods, then lets see if he got the grite against somebody of the tough guys around the top 20.

Might became a world beater or fade away.

Paci wrote: ↑05 Feb 2020, 19:05 He needs a real test. He got the goods, then lets see if he got the grite against somebody of the tough guys around the top 20.

Might became a world beater or fade away.

well as he is french he may just go for lunch and not return ..

stevec@france wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 10:42

Paci wrote: ↑05 Feb 2020, 19:05 He needs a real test. He got the goods, then lets see if he got the grite against somebody of the tough guys around the top 20.

Might became a world beater or fade away.

well as he is french he may just go for lunch and not return ..

Might just fight a bunch of low-level guys and cash in from the france market. Like some danish guy I know of.

Paci wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:16

stevec@france wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 10:42

well as he is french he may just go for lunch and not return ..

Might just fight a bunch of low-level guys and cash in from the france market. Like some danish guy I know of.

that cant work as boxing is not such a big sport here

stevec@france wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:20

Paci wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:16

Might just fight a bunch of low-level guys and cash in from the france market. Like some danish guy I know of.

that cant work as boxing is not such a big sport here

Im going by he got a name since the gold medal. Boxing is bigger in france then here.

Paci wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:33

stevec@france wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:20

that cant work as boxing is not such a big sport here

Im going by he got a name since the gold medal. Boxing is bigger in france then here.

Id assume He will be fighting mostly in the States.

Top Rank had matched Takam with Big Baby, would like to see him vs Egg Yoke instead

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:40 Top Rank had matched Takam with Big Baby, would like to see him vs Egg Yoke instead

Tony EggYoke! LMFAO!

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:40 Top Rank had matched Takam with Big Baby, would like to see him vs Egg Yoke instead

How about Fabio Maldonado?

Onetimeonly wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 16:25

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 15:40 Top Rank had matched Takam with Big Baby, would like to see him vs Egg Yoke instead

How about Fabio Maldonado?