It was a better division, but I just think he needs more prep than just Takam. This is a bit unrealistic, but I’d love to see home go through 2 or 3 of Price, Povetkin, Joyce or Whyte after Takam. Obviously not going to happen, but it is the sort of line up he’d have faced in an earlier era. Just think, one of Lennox Lewis’s fights between reigns was Ray Mercer. And Tommy Morrison, too.
And I’m not joking about Price, either. Physically he’s as close as you get to Fury or Wilder, but he doesn’t present near the danger. If he has a rough outing there maybe it’s time to move back down.