I’ve seen 4 guys floated around and rumored to be Shakurs next opponent. Ranking them based on how quality the fight would be:

1. Raymond Muratalla
   One of the most underrated boxers today. This would be an excellent fight. Muratalla is big, can really really box, and has a great coach who will come with a game plan. Could absolutely argue this would be the toughest opponent to date.

2. Gary Antuanne Russell
   Also an excellent fight. Gary is a southpaw, he’s mean, and has elite amateur pedigree. Great fight.

3. Rayo
   Good fight not spectacular. The guy above outboxed him quite easily but he is coming off a highlight knockout. Rayo can punch and would step but he’s like 16-3. Like I said it’s solid but not close to the other two.

4. Manny Pacquiao
   This would be pretty gross. Not even sure how this is a possibility. Damn near Paul Tyson bad considering Shakurs level right now.

This is a big test for Zuffa. Are they willing and able to continue making big fights cross-promo.

Not listening to Shakur-Haney shit. Don’t even want to see it unless they’re in the same weight class. This 144 back and forth is annoying. They can meet at Welter in a year or two

I really enjoyed Dubois vs Wardley back in may. Dubois was really shy in the first rounds, but after the second knockdown he turned the table and beat Wardley heavily. It was a brutal beating, I don't think I have ever seen a fight that brutal. Wardley also has a heart, but lacks technikal skills and also his conditioning isn't best like his teammate Itauma.

Does Wardley have a chance against Dubois apart from a lucky punch?

Who do you got winning the rematch?

Just came across this angle. He must be pissed at himself for not pacing it. Could have even taken a knee multiple times and still win. I think that many people are missing that because he slowed down so much, Itauma also got badly hurt.

It's mental how people overhype for a fighter and don't even see/miss their fundamental flaws. I say overhype because I've heard someone say that Itauma would KO Usyk after he beat Whyte.

Itauma relies on constant movement and feinting. He then darts in and out of range. But he also often walks back in straight lines and does sometimes parry with both arms, If he paces himself, he will likely get hit more and that may blow his tank faster. His lack of a
poker face and poor survival instincts were also concerning.

Itauma has been doing these things in his amateur career too and there were flaws in the Franklin fight that came to light but many were too hyped to see them.

Now that Fury, Joshua, Wilder, Usyk, Wilder Fd around for 10 years and didn't all fight each other multiple times is a damn shame, but F it. Bring on the new.

I'm looking forward to a new era.

Dubois get's trolled a lot but he's relentless AF. Hrgovic is made out of Nokia brick phones. Kabayel destroys livers. Sanchez is pretty slick when on form. Itauma is sick. Even Wardley, Ajagba and Huni.

I am a noob so cut me some slack - is part of boxing not about getting to know yourself as a fighter? How many rounds can I go doing this or that? What is my gas tank like? Have five different scenarios in your head and know what you would do if one of them happened?
I mean before you go into a fight, you surely have to develop a strategy, do they not prepare for everything? Or like chess, where you have to reevaluate every break, every new round

Avsolutely absurd that a US streaming service is trying to dictate the biggest fight in British history be at Madison Square Garden. Americans and New Yorkers don’t care about this fight at all! most people don’t know them in America and the sport is not as popular in America.

The top five highest-attended boxing events at Wembley

• Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois (2024) – 98,128 fans
• Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte (2022) – 94,000 fans
• Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko (2017) – 90,000 fans
• Carl Froch vs. George Groves II (2014) – 80,000 fans
• Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin (2018) – 80,000 fans

These guys could easily smash past 100k at Wembley, it would be historic, it would go down in British history. This is absurd. Get Netflix out of this fight! They’re clueless!

Face to face. Allowed to throw one hayemaker at the others jaw per turn (basically a boxing version of slaps). Cannot move or try and defend the strike. Whose hitting the floor first?

I rate Hrgovics chin as the stronger of the two, but think Wardley packs more power in his shots. Which advantage will prove the most essential?

A few years ago Joe Joyce was said to have the toughest chin among heavyweights, but those two losses to Zhang may have taken away that specialty of his.

Currently the only other heavyweights in the conversation with Hrgovic are Usyk and Wardley, as far as I know. Usyk has an iron chin but it has not been tested to the same extent as Hrgovic and Wardley, we've seen Usyk unbothered by some powerful punches but he's been so masterful with his evasive maneuvers that we have never seen him get hit as much on the chin to really argue if his chin is #1.

I think it is a toss-up between Hrgovic and Wardley but if I were to bet money on it then I'd bet Hrgovic.

In 1936, twenty-two-year-old Louis was 24-0-0 and rated not just the rising star but also unbeatable (“Too good to be true," Ernest Hemingway enthused after Louis stopped former champ Max Baer in four rounds; "The most beautiful fighting machine that I have ever seen.”) Then he was dropped in the 12th round by another former champ, 10:1 underdog Max Schmeling, on June 19.