I think there’s a good chance that Alex becomes the HW champ. Alex vs Jon, or Alex vs Ciryl are both great fights, but all of these guys get beat by Ngannou imo.

The other possible three-division champ would be Ilia, but I think Islam will probably handle him without too much difficulty.

  • UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    I’m really keen to see Ilia at WW - I know it’s early days of his lightweight run, but the way he starched Charlie Olives like that makes me wonder if anyone at 155 can actually stand and trade with him.

    You have a point. Ilia’s wins have aged extremely well. Everyone tried to say he was knocking out dudes who were old and washed but that does not seem to be the case. He is insanely good. I want him to sit in lightweight for a minute but down the line it would be really interesting to have that question answered.