Originally Posted by El Kabong
Do you really think any of these have a chance at becoming household names a la De La Hoya, or a Ray Leonard?
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Re: So who's the next "great American hope" in boxing?
Do you really think any of these have a chance at becoming household names a la De La Hoya, or a Ray Leonard?
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Re: So who's the next "great American hope" in boxing?
Not sold on broner, He may be beaten by the first elite fighter he faces. The best 'win' in his career is an extremely dubious decision over Ponce De Leon, who is about as wild and unskilled as you'll ever see at the elite level. All the calls for future P4P greatness are deluded.
Put him against Gamboa and he will look like a bum.
Re: So who's the next "great American hope" in boxing?
They didn't get the boost those guys got from Olympic Gold, but yeah I'm certain that 1 of the lot of them will be a significant title holder. I'm thinking more Wilder because he's younger, has the upper hand in his God given physical traits, he's developing slowly, and he's got big time power. I dont' see any of them beating Wlad or Vitali, but a Price or Fury...yeah I could totally see that. Once the heavyweight division is "Klitschko-less" then the titles are all up for grabs and I don't see any single fighter that has a huge advantage over the lot of them.
Do you really think any of these have a chance at becoming household names a la De La Hoya, or a Ray Leonard?
The heavyweight champion will ALWAYS mean something
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Re: So who's the next "great American hope" in boxing?
They didn't get the boost those guys got from Olympic Gold, but yeah I'm certain that 1 of the lot of them will be a significant title holder. I'm thinking more Wilder because he's younger, has the upper hand in his God given physical traits, he's developing slowly, and he's got big time power. I dont' see any of them beating Wlad or Vitali, but a Price or Fury...yeah I could totally see that. Once the heavyweight division is "Klitschko-less" then the titles are all up for grabs and I don't see any single fighter that has a huge advantage over the lot of them.
Do you really think any of these have a chance at becoming household names a la De La Hoya, or a Ray Leonard?
The heavyweight champion will ALWAYS mean something
Precisely. I've said as much in other threads. Boxing generally goes as the HW division goes. When a new American HW champion emerges, it will bring back casual fans in droves. Of course, if the champion happens to be a "not Tyson" or "not Floyd" human being.... the following will be even greater.
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