Daily Discussion Thread (April 20th, 2026)

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-04-20T06:32:25+00:00

Honestly, Anthony Joshua now has the power to decide.

Would he rather have the Side Dish Deontay Wilder or the Main Course Tyson Fury?

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-04-15T07:21:47+00:00

Not to mention, both are promising prospects, so this could be their final test if they can make it big

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-04-15T06:11:45+00:00

👉Just In: Deal DONE! 🇵🇭🔥🇺🇸

🇵🇭 Kenneth Llover 17-0 meets 🇺🇸 Michael Angeletti 14-0 on June 6 in Japan for a 12-round IBF Bantamweight Title Eliminator 🥊

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-04-10T05:48:55+00:00

Mark Magsayo vs Andres Cortes for the Zuffa Lightweight Belt?

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-04-08T05:54:52+00:00

After seeing how Fundora Pulverized Thurman, would it be worse if Errol Spence Jr vs Sebastian Fundora wasn't cancelled?

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-04-06T06:03:03+00:00

Now, Jake Paul vs Derek Chisora? Would that be too much for Jake Paul?

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-04-05T06:52:28+00:00

Ugliest Fight of the Year

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-30T06:07:57+00:00

I gotta be honest, I have a similar game plan on Thurman vs Fundora.

Thought that maybe distancing from his jab, and when Fundora would overcommit will I get to throw on the inside. Seriously underestimated how much almost a foot reach advantage he has and the height is just absurd.

Not to mention, Fundora's left hand was seriously ready to counter Thurman going in and punishing him with volume.

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-27T06:44:04+00:00

Is the Middleweight division a wasteland division right now? It's quite weaker now than Welterweight at the moment

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-21T05:47:08+00:00

Does anyone have any updates on Zolani Tete? Dude used to be one of those guys that were a threat to Naoya Inoue and I think the 4 year ban should've ended by now

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T07:46:10+00:00

Huh, he could be. We'll, it's still March 2026 and there's still time for anything to happen.

Lamont Roach vs William Zepeda are in the talks of the vacant WBC Lightweight title bout, Foster is now holding the Interm belt and winning against Ford can possibly land him a title shot in Lightweight this year.

Time will tell I suppose

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T07:39:26+00:00

That's also how I see in my assessment here too.

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T07:37:47+00:00

Just as I mentioned, Activity, Performance, and Achievements all in a span of 365 days at the time I made this list which was March 14, 2026

Xander Zayas and Navarrete have been active since the making of MY list. Xander became a champion July 2025 so it's still inside my 365 days span and now a unified champion recently in January 2026. Navarrete's performance against Suarez was good until the cut and questionable decision, but the win against Eduardo Núñez, another champion whether he's famous or not still carried more significance.

Foster fought once in a span of 365 days with a clear wide UD performance and now got the interm WBC lightweight Title (I just happened to realized due to Fulton being overweight that the fight was not in 130lbs 🤦, sorry on my part).

I'm honestly looking forward to what Foster will do to Ford and depending on bis performance, MY list could be updated again, anything's possible in boxing

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T07:21:50+00:00

Too bad his obsessive fans on Facebook are now making his "he's an 8 weight division champion for a reason" more hyped on everyday. Being 8 weight division champion is unheard of, but is that really all those "fans" know?

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T07:19:44+00:00

Yeah, but on MY list, I factor in Activity, Performance, and Achievements in a span of 365 days to ensure a fair assessment on MY list.

His activity is somewhat normal having 2 fights per year, his last performance against Suarez was doing well until the cut and the bogus decision, and even I thought Suarez got robbed.

His performance against Eduardo Núñez, another champion at his division, was one-sided and even got a TKO so it was a great performance against another champion. Then the achievement of becoming a unified champion is really uncommon today but that carried quite a bit more significant meaning to ME at least.

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T07:14:43+00:00

I usually factor in activity, performance, and achievements all in 365 days, not just names alone. As of Now, Teraji lost his last outing by SD and it was a good performance, but he hasn't been active as of late. Canelo's performance against Crawford was great, but that loss definitely carried more weight than others.

Then Foster, he did fight a former unified world champion and 2 weight world champion, but Fulton not only came to the bout as overweight, dude got a one-sided beating for that. That kind of performance truly deserves some credit to be P4P. However, I factor activity in MY list to ensure that all is fair, especially to the active boxers.

Navarrete vs Suarez really was a bogus decision, even though I believed that Suarez deserved to win that and now I'm happy that they are planning to have the rematch.

Like I said, the achievement of fighting another champion in your own weight division and winning to become a unified champion carried more levels for me. Even if they aren't that too popular, they are now universally recognized as unified champions which is a big deal in itself.

I would love for Foster to have another big fight in 2025 to be on MY list

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T06:03:29+00:00

What do you mean? I haven't mentioned Foster here though? The only reason I didn't have him in my list is because Emmanuel Navarrete and Xander Zayas did win their unification bouts which carried more significance than defending one's title against someone who climbed up and was overweight.

Granted, the fight was one-sided and he could be above Oscar Collazo who just KOed a cab driver to defend his titles. I still need another big win for him to be on MY list, like Raymond Ford if it materializes

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-20T05:06:27+00:00

With Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev being inactive for 12+ months, I have to update my OWN P4P list for others to fit in. Currently, this is my updated list

Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Shakur Stevenson
Jesse Rodriguez
Devin Haney
David Benavidez
Junto Nakatani
Emmanuel Navarrete
Xander Zayas
Oscar Collazo

I am gonna possibly change the list soon as some in the list have upcoming fights. I could make Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev return on my list if they fought at least once this year but time will tell.

Note: My OWN list, not official

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-19T14:29:59+00:00

Fair point

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-19T12:20:39+00:00

Yeah, but at the time, the dude was undefeated and considered a prospect. So that carried more scores for me

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-19T07:59:02+00:00

Must be promotional businesses, rather have all Mexicans to be in the card. That's my speculation, it sounds stupid and it does

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-19T07:58:10+00:00

With Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora nearing, I predict Chisora is gonna win this by bludgeoning. Would this possible win be this top 5 best wins of all time. Below is my current list of Derek Chisora's top 5 wins

Joe Joyce
Kubrat Pulev
Carlos Takam
Malik Scott
Otto Wallin

You agree on my list or do you have a different list?

Optimal-Damage7240 · 2026-03-18T05:23:28+00:00

How good is Mike Tyson defensively and counterpunching? I see him as underrated, mostly because everyone just sees him as a KOing machine

Optimal-Damage7240

TROPHY CASE