Heavyweight Division

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(05-26-2016, 05:34 PM)NakiFan Wrote: Heavyweight Round-up by NakiFan

Tyson Fury is carrying on his trolling and mind games ahead of his schedule bout against Wlad scheduled in July in Manchester. Wlad has been his quiet self, with the occasional training video coming out from his Twitter feed. Talk is that his Hollywood wife has been battling post-natal depression, which was ongoing since his first fight against Fury. Will this affect Wlad's head again this time round....who knows.

The saga that is Povetkin vs Wilder has resulted in the WBC issuing Wilder a voluntary defence while they are working through Sasha's illegal 70 nanogram test result. Wilder has another cherry picked opponent available, but nobody yet knows who this will be. Would the team talk to Joshua after the Brazeale fight about a title shot, especially if there is millions of pounds available?

Anthony Joshua is in camp ahead of his 1st defence of his IBF title against little known Brazeale. The American most recently had a 'win' over Mansour, after a RTD decision, due to Mansour cutting his tongue in the fight. This was after Brazeale had to pick himself off the canvas earlier. Will he be another walkover for Joshua, or will the tall Brazeale put up a fight?

Joseph Parker has already scheduled his next bout in Christchurch against Solomon Haumono. Haumono took the vacant WBO Oceanic Heavyweight belt off Parker after his win over Manuel Alberto Pucheta. Expect a easy win for Parker, with all eyes focusing on his shortcomings over his win with Takam.

David Haye and Shannon 'Lets go Champ' Briggs hasn't yet been scheduled, but talk is it will be in July sometime. This circus has been brewing for awhile now, and looks set to have another twist I believe. David Haye and Briggs are both just looking for paydays now, and the theatrics are getting boring.

Dillian Whyte has been vocal calling out Parker, then taking his first comeback fight against a nobody shortly. He has signed with Matchroom for a 5 fight deal. The call out to Parker may be a Hearn-idea as the undercard of Joshua's next defence will be available in the O2 Arena. Not sure if Parker will risk it?

Luis Ortiz and Ustinov have come to terms for their scheduled part of the WBA mini tournament. Details have not yet been finalised but expect a July/Aug bout there.
The rest of the top 25 heavyweights are just treading water with very little action scheduled over the next couple of months.

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Good stuff Naki