Realistically, 2 or 3 years from now its likely Klitschko's will be gone simply due to their age. I feel right now, Klitschko is a top P4P fighter and will retire as an alltime great heavyweight, along with Vitali. Wlad's win tonight over a former undisputed champion is an amazing result and further solidifes his legacy. Wlad is an alltime great and current top P4P fighter.
Future black hypes include, as youve mentioned - Deontay Wilder, Mike Perez, and Dereck Chisora. Seth Mitchell only started boxing when he was like 25, and has almost zero amateur experience, I really don't think highly of Seth Mitchell and suspect it wont be long until he is beaten by a decent "gatekeeper" type. Bermane Stiverne is a black boxer thats already been exposed in a KO loss to Demetrius King, but seems to be back in title contention. This guy will get KO'd by any top10 HW but has a puncher's chance.
Chisora is iffy, we'll know more about him after his fight with Tyson Fury. Chisora is being favoured, but personally I see the fight as even or a slight edge to Fury.
Perez and Wilder are probably the best 2 black prospects, and even at that, I'm not overly impressed. Ive seen a few of Perez' fights and felt he's missing something. Could make a splash, but these Cubans have a tendency of being underachievers. I also question his defense and question his abiltiy to deal with better fighters. Beating Tye Fields doesn't prove a whole lot.
I don't know much about Wilder other than he lost to an Italian fighter in the Olympics and many people are suspect of his development as a pro. He hasn't fought anyone worth mentioning and is probably a good 2-3 years away from title contention.
On the other hand, there exists a plethora of great white prospects such as Denis Boytsov, Robert Helenius, David Price, Vyacheslav Glazkov and others.
Boytsov is perhaps the most talented but is unfrotunately having a lot of reoccurring hand injuries. Helenius looks to be the most accomplished and "solid" of the lot. Price and Glazkov are coming up the ladder. Helenius is the most established young fighter at HW at the moment.
I think the white prospects look a lot better for the future than the black prospects.
ALSO, Europe is simply producing much better HWs through amateurs than Americas, so it stands to reason that over time more Europeans will be successful.
I would say all indications point to a continued *majority* European dominance at HW even after the Klitschko's are gone.
Edited by: BoxingFanUK