Look no further than British Light-Heavyweight Joshua Buatsi as a major contender for winning Championships at domestic and world level.
Unbeaten after just 6 fights, his slick style with great combinations and hand speed is great to watch with Buatsi already calling out Anthony Yarde who is also unbeaten with 14 knockouts in his 15 wins.
Should be a blockbuster of a fight should they meet this year.
Genuine hate between fighters adds extra spice to a Boxing match. There was no bigger rivalry other than Muhummad Ali and Joe Frazier,.
Ali was banned from Boxing for refusing to be inducted into the Army in 1967 and therefore was stripped of his title as World Champion. After 3 years he was finally given his Boxing Licence back but Joe Frazier was now the Champion.
They fought 3 times with Ali winning the decider in 1975 in what is acknowledged by most as one of if not the best Heavyweight Title Bout there has ever been.
A peak Nigel Benn against the undefeated Joe Calzaghe “The Pride of Wales”. Who wins?
Calzaghe’s stand out fight has to be the mauling he gave against Jeff Lacy who also had a fearsome reputation going in against Calzaghe.
It could be quite easy to build a case in which Calzaghe would simply outclass Benn and win by late stoppage or on points but then again a case could be built for Benn to knockout Calzaghe with a murderous punch from nowhere which stopped many opponents such as Iran “The Blade” Barkley in their tracks.
The Benn, Eubank and Watson era was a fascinating era of boxing in the late 80s and early 90s while Calzaghe answered his critics to some extent by going to America and beating Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins but it would not be controversial to say that both Jones Jr. and Hopkins had seen better days as fighters and were clearly past their best.
Benn’s 8th round KO against McCllelan seemed impossible when in the 1st round he was knocked literally out of the ring in what many even 23 years later consider the most epic win in a British ring which would not have seen out of place in a Rocky movie.
Check out the best of The Dark Destroyer and The Pride of Wales and give your opinion on who wins the fight in their prime.
Just how much left in the tank do either Amir Khan or Kell Brook have?
Both have suffered brutal losses with Khan taking a massive gamble against Canelo which had him needing smelling salts to be revived while Brook also took a gamble taking on Middleweight King GGG who broke his eye socket which occurred again when taking on the impressive Errol Spence.
Khan showed he still has blistering hand speed in his comeback win against Phil Lo Greco in a 1st round KO while Brook took little time at all in dismantling Rabchenko in the 2nd round of his comeback fight.
This fight has all the makings of a grudge war as both on the surface seem to dislike each other with Khan believing he is in a far more elite league than Brook who has been chasing a fight with Khan for a number of years.
Khan has the ability to outbox Brook with his lightening hand speed if he sticks to a strategy rather than get involved in a war which he loses more times than he wins as we’ve seen in his losses.
Brook has a punchers chance but the question is how much have both regressed?
Former 2 time Heavyweight Champions George Foreman’s recent Documentary “Foreman” was an enlightening reminder of the Jekyll and Hyde versions between the 1974 Champion and the man who reclaimed the title a remarkable 20 years later in 1994.
Foreman seemed to be the reincarnation of Sonny Liston in the 70’s having destroyed Joe Frazier in Jamaica in 1973 to become Heavyweight Champion. He went on to destroy Ken Norton in 2 rounds as he had similarly done with Frazier and was expected to dismantle a 32 year old Ali who had losses against both Frazier and Norton before gaining revenge against both fighters.
The loss to Ali in the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire was the beginning of the end of the menacing first incarnation of Foreman who suddenly quit Boxing 2 years later after an out of body experience in the dressing room after his loss to Jimmy Ellis which was an eliminator to fight Ali which Foreman desperately wanted.
The Foreman that returned to Boxing in the late 80’s was a completely different character to the one in the 70’s who was more of a friendly giant to the scowling, moody fighter known before.
Foreman at the age of 45 became Champions of the World again by knocking out Michael Moorer for the IBF and WBA titles.
I disagree with some view in the Documentary that the older version of Foreman is better than the young 25 year old Former Champion.
A fine Documentary worth seeing for all fight fans and also inspirational.
Fight fans worldwide will be excited and hopeful that a fight can be agreed between Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua.
Wilder by name, wild by fighting style it seems which is unpredictable and could be dangerous for Britain’s undefeated World Champion.
However Joshua’s level of opponents already after 21 fights seem to be far superior to Wilder who has racked up 40 wins with 39 knockouts.
Luis Ortiz exposed chinks in the Wilder defense which looked at times to have Wilder on the verge of being knocked out but showing a lot of heart, he responded as a true champion to knock out the Cuban.
Joshua seems to be the more accomplished fighter and the world stood up and took notice when he recovered from a 6th round knockdown against the vastly experienced former Champion Wladimir Klitschko who came out of the fight wondering how he hadn’t stopped Joshua.
Joshua at this stage of his career is still on the upward curve and has so far showed no complacency in his reign as Champion and with his physical advantage and technical skills, would go into the fight as the favourite to take Deontay Wilder’s WBC belt.
So is Joshua at present unbeatable and if not, who are the danger men to topple him?
