Opninions on the British heavyweight scene.

[jamiebhoy]

There seem to be times where Britian produces some prospects but they seem to come at one time then we wait ages for another crop. Not as big a scene as the US so they get overlooked and have to find overseas opponents that are inferior quality. At least Fury is heading off to the US so if he develops well maybe Price will follow and take the fight to the Yanks.
There has to be some big gambles and investments early by managers/promoters where they have to get the best training and work in gyms with some big names.They also need to develop at a good pace where every fight carries some risk and not every 10th fight after a series of roadsweepers.
Good luck to the new crop, may the days of the horizontal british heavyweight be buried !!

[Kel]

There seem to be times where Britian produces some prospects but they seem to come at one time then we wait ages for another crop. Not as big a scene as the US so they get overlooked and have to find overseas opponents that are inferior quality. At least Fury is heading off to the US so if he develops well maybe Price will follow and take the fight to the Yanks.
There has to be some big gambles and investments early by managers/promoters where they have to get the best training and work in gyms with some big names.They also need to develop at a good pace where every fight carries some risk and not every 10th fight after a series of roadsweepers.
Good luck to the new crop, may the days of the horizontal british heavyweight be buried !!

cheeky bugger lol

[Kel]

There seem to be times where Britian produces some prospects but they seem to come at one time then we wait ages for another crop. Not as big a scene as the US so they get overlooked and have to find overseas opponents that are inferior quality. At least Fury is heading off to the US so if he develops well maybe Price will follow and take the fight to the Yanks.
There has to be some big gambles and investments early by managers/promoters where they have to get the best training and work in gyms with some big names.They also need to develop at a good pace where every fight carries some risk and not every 10th fight after a series of roadsweepers.
Good luck to the new crop, may the days of the horizontal british heavyweight be buried !!

I found that funny actually

[BIG H]

l liked Julius Francis

[HattonTheHammer]

l liked Julius Francis

lol

He was like 6th choice for tyson and only got the nod because of the fact he was in with warren.

If you wanna talk british heavyweight prospects its only fair you add Derek "Delboy" Chisora who already has a solid win over Sam Sexton to his name.

There are no stand out prospects right now and tyson fury is hardly going to be the next big thing as long as he continues to punch himself. But is there any major worldwide heavyweight prospect outside of britain??

PS:Rogan would knock the shite out of every american heavyweight right now!

[ukansodoff]

I see the British scene and dont see them gettin much further. But then lets see what the European and world standard is after they have had 10-15 fights instead of the 1 or 2 they have had right now.

[HattonTheHammer]

I see the British scene and dont see them gettin much further. But then lets see what the European and world standard is after they have had 10-15 fights instead of the 1 or 2 they have had right now.

European heavyweight scene is probably worse than the british one........if thats possible.

Up until last month matt skelton was the champion of europe

[Fenster]

"War Machine" Larry deserves a mention alongside Fury and Price.