Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Joe Hanks seems the most balanced out of the group.

Wilder has the most potential
Wilder is being moved VERY slowly and I don't believe it's random. It's no coincidence that he has a 100% KO ratio and that he's only been past the third round once, and in that fight, against Harold Sconiers (17-20 record at the time of the fight), he was put down on the cancas. He's also 6'7 and weighs 215 pounds for fights. He's tall enough to be a dominant heavyweight but not big enough. Will his chin hold up against punchers at that weight at the elite level? I'm skeptical. Think about how tough Tyson Fury has been matched in comparison. It's shocking really and Tyson Fury wasn't a bronze medal winner at the Olympics. He didn't even make the British Olympic team.

I'm not convinced with Mitchell yet either and frankly I'm a little tired of the amount of publicity he receives for really not having done very much in the heavyweight division just because he's a former college football player. He's like the heavyweight Mike Lee in that department. This weekend is by far the biggest test of his career. In my opinion, even after this weekend, assuming Mitchell comes out victorious, Amir Mansour already has beat better competition but received 1/10 of the publicity. Problem is Mansour is too old to really make a run at it.

I'm not very familiar with Joe Hanks. I see on boxrec that he's fighting Tony Grano in a couple of months.

Bottom line I guess I'm just not as high on the future american heavyweight scene as you are.