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Message: [QUOTE="JAXCUSE, post: 3862787, member: 516"] IMO, Fury-Joshua is probably the biggest matchup (globally) that can be made. Taking longer to finalize than it should, but I’m hopeful it will now happen. Been awhile since we’ve had an Undisputed Heavyweight Champ (even though one might argue Fury could legitimately still be undisputed - took Wlad’s belt(s) and never lost them in the ring). I’ll take championship unification fights over others any day (generally). If a matchup reduces the number of belts per division, I’m for it... IMO, Joshua’s handlers will never let him in the ring with Wilder. At least the pre-Fury version (who knows if he’ll bounce back/improve following that beat down). Athletic with nice skills, but has a brittle chin. Fury (although much more skilled than Wilder) is not a threat to turn Joshua’s lights out with one punch. I agree - Lopez is a cut above the others. Not just his size, skills, strength and one punch pega. Teo has shown the intangibles and desire to take on competition that the others haven’t. I think Lopez stops Kambosis when they meet later this year. Wouldn’t be surprised if Uncle Bob moves Teo up to 138 and matches him with the Taylor-Ramirez unification winner (next Sat). I’d favor Lopez over either one right now... He could be a future superstar. Sidebar - hadn’t heard the rumor you referenced above. I’m suspicious of camps that market tape of sparring sessions on the internet. Motivations are suspect (to me)... Of the others, I think Davis and Shakur are next tier. Tank is eating himself out of the division already and I don’t think his height, strength and power will carry beyond Jr Welt (we’ll see against Barrios later this summer). Stevenson needs to do what Teo did - step up the competition dramatically and be active... I think Arum see’s Shakur as Teo’s successor when Lopez moves up. Maybe Haney impresses against Linares later this month. I too like Haney but he needs to show that he can be exciting and dominate credible competition. He really hasn’t yet... Bottom Line, for SWC’s mythical 135 tournament, I’d seed: 1- Teo 2- Tank 3- Stevenson 4- Haney 5- Garcia (probably a scratch due to his “mental health crisis”) - Lol... 6- Valdez (really a 130 lb’er) 7- Kambosis 8- Colbert (PBC selling him next against Gamboa - jeez...) Teo and Tank have resumes. Rest just my eye and gut because they aren’t generally well tested yet. [/QUOTE]

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