Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Deontay Wilder is just 26 and has a frame he can build on, but I just don't know, he's so tall and lanky I just have trouble trusting he'll have a decent enough chin (although, get trained by Manny Steward and it won't end up being an issue).

I think Joe Hanks is the best all around boxer between Mitchell, Hanks, & Wilder.....he has solid power, he seems more fluid in the ring and I think he just looks more like a boxer the way he carries himself in the ring, he seems natural at what he does. Joe is already 29 and if he doesn't jump on it he's not going to progress quickly enough to make an impact on the division.


'Monk' Foreman is already 29 and at 15(14 KO)-0-0 I don't know what he's doing...he's fighting nobodies and I guess building up experience having not been an amateur.


There are some younger guys out there, but I have trouble believing these young guys like Alexander Flores 21 years of age will stay on the right path and build a great record & get title shots & win them.


The main problem for American heavyweights is the lack of a challenge out there for them. That AND their managers & promoters simply don't want to challenge their fighters and IMO that hurts the sport and their own fighters.
There needs to be a tournament for the next wave of American heavyweights. Mitchell could fight Wilder I mean why not, throw Hanks and Flores in there too. The biggest problem with American heavyweights is not that there aren't challenges out there, it's that they are being coddled by their managers. A perfect record is meaningless if there isn't any meaningful opponents on it, unfortunately the '0' has a premium on it as a selling point, which is stupid based on the competition levels. A fighter can fight tomato cans for 15 fights max after that it's a pointless marketing exercise that actually diminishes a fighters skills.