If Usyk Beat AJ Again And Then Beats Fury Is He The Greatest Boxer Of All Time?

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  1. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    How many times do I have to say this? Not if...... when.
     
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  2. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    ....definitely one of the very best if not the best of this era. But all time, not quite.
     
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  3. BCS8

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    This. With a 3 fight resume Usyk has trouble reaching top 20 in historical HW rankings. That said on the eye test he could give a hard fight to virtually any fighter in history. And FWIW I feel he's the #1 cruiser in history which is nothing to laugh at.
     
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  4. Hanz Cholo

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    Go on … I’m listening …
     
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  5. Somali Sanil

    Somali Sanil Wild Buffalo Man banned Full Member

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    Agreed, the only thing that bothers me is SRR probably being the best ‘always’ why ?
     
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  6. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury is a first ballot hof and joshua is also hall of fame.

    If usyk beats joshua one more time and fury. Imo he is top 3 all time at heavy (as a small guy beating the really big guys from the modern era) and Nr 1 at cruiser.

    Usyk would be top 10 all time p4p then
     
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  7. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    No.

    He just beat the same guy twice.
     
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  8. Unforgiven

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    No. It would simply cement him as #1 current heavyweight.
     
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  9. MadProf

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    I doubt anyone here can personally attest to SRR's greatness but when Ali says that SRR is the best, that is good enough for me.
     
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  10. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    Huge Usyk fan but no. There have been many boxers better than Usyk, this is recency bias
     
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  11. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No
     
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  12. Devon

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    What does someone have to do these days to become the greatest of all time?
     
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  13. Devon

    Devon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He stops Joshua in the rematch, but he ain’t beating Fury
     
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  14. Somali Sanil

    Somali Sanil Wild Buffalo Man banned Full Member

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    Again, that’s not enough, just because Ali rubber stamps it, that was his idol. Yes he’s great, but to just give it him whilst others have achieved more is just weird. It’s nobody can ever beat 60’s Ali, it’s just not true. There are fighters since the 60’s Ali could never beat but he just gets the green light on every mythical match up. Some think it’s an insult to match Ali v Usyk
     
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  15. drenlou

    drenlou Tres Delinquentes Full Member

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    More than that.
     
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