The future of the Heavyweight Division

[Primo Carnera]

So with the fight last night , Usyk proved he is the man ……….but he’s 37 years old. And Fury and AJ are also mid thirties.
Maybe not imminently , but we are gonna see a changing of the guard.
Who do we think the future top guy or guys are gonna be?
I’m gonna throw this out there and say the the Heavyweight division will change drastically. I believe that in general (and there are always exceptions to the rule) the Giants of recent times are not going to be the top guys.
I reckon Usyk has shown that you can come up from Cruiserweight and bridge the gap if you have the skills and you can overcome the size.
I firmly believe that in the next 2 years, Jai Opetaia is gonna move into the HW division and be a big player.
I could see him give away 3 stone in weight and 4 inches of height and beat guys.
In a nutshell , Usyk has paved the way for Boxing skills to outweigh sheer size and power.
That said, Usyk is a once in a generation talent.

[Master]

Usyk is a one in a generation exception.

The superheavyweights have generally dominated Klit brothers, AJ and Fury. I include Bowe and Lennox with them.

The titles will disband and probably take another 25 years to reunify. That is what makes becoming undisputed a very special feat. I can't see anyone doing that any time soon.

It will be fun in the meantime watching Agit Kabayel, Joseph Parker, Dubois and Okolie moving up will be interesting.

Zhang will retire Wilder, AJ will tread water waiting to be next in line, and Parker will be avoided.

I can not see Jai Opetaia doing anything at heavyweight, he is small at his current weight.

[Mark TKO]

Got to admit I know very little beyond AJ, Fury and Usyk. I know the names of most of other top ten but really don't rate them as elite level and had them three just way ahead.

There's some German guy there but looking at his record looks unproven as yet.

I hope there's someone out there who can make an impact

[Big J]

Keep an eye on David Nyika in the next few years

[TIC]

bakhodir jalolov will make an impact if he focuses on his pro career after the olympics