Which heavyweight fights from the 2010s had larger significance and spotlight than Usyk-Fury?

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  1. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was 37 against Povetkin and nearly 20 years into his career. No boxer is prime with that age and mileage.
     
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  2. Furey

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    He was performing as well as he ever had throughout his career both prior and in fights following that (e.g. Pulev). HW's usually age much more gracefully than other lower divisions.
     
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  3. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Name me a single 37 year old HW near 20 years into their career with 60+ fights that is still in their prime.

    I get that you need to create this narrative in your head that he was prime against Fury but you don't get to invent the facts. As stated earlier it's very obvious to any objective viewer starting from the Wach fight on that his legs are slowing down. He didn't look good against Povetkin or Pulev. A shadow of himself against Jennings.
     
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  4. Rumsfeld

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    In my opinion, Tyson-Spinks was the most significant heavyweight chanmpionship since Frazier-Ali 1.

    In both situations, you had two undefeated heavyweights, each of whom had a legit claim to call himself champion.
     
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  5. Rumsfeld

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    I do really think so.
    I sort of did something like that previously.

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  6. Rumsfeld

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    Frazier-Ali 1
    Tyson-Spinks
    Fury-Usyk (if it happens before one of them loses)

    All 3 of those are examples of undefeated heavyweights, where each combatant had a legit claim to call himself heavyweight champion. And the winner would be crowned undisputed.

    For me, those 3 examples are all more historically significant than past-prime Holy-Tyson fighting for the WBA.
     
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  7. fencik45

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    20,000 dead workers this time?
     
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  8. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Why are you bringing Fury into it ? I've not mentioned Fury once so rather weird your obsessing over that..

    I get that Fury lives in people like yours head rent free but we're talking Povetkin here.
     
    Furey, Jan 6, 2023
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