Prime Oleksander Usyk vs Past greats

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  1. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    I couldn’t agree more.

    If he brought up the southpaw factor in a rational manner, where he also looked at all of the other factors, then his point would certainly be respected. But he’s not able to do that.

    He’s just not equipped to be able to have an objective debate.
     
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  2. Mickc

    Mickc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    TBH I have not seen enough of Usyk at Heavyweight to give an honest opinion on how he would actually fare against past Greats of the division. Without a doubt his career at Cruiser is top of the class with great depth and imo he has a shout as the best ever in that division,however as a Heavyweight with only three opponents and two of those being basically journeymen and the other opponent a well known flawed fighter it really is hard to gauge how he would fare against the past Greats without personal opinion coming into it .
     
  3. Ex Army Jim 39

    Ex Army Jim 39 couldnt believe the price of chairs banned Full Member

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    ha ha ha your putting povetkin as a great your having a laff usyk would beat vladimir klichko cos the fella lost to crap folk worse than usyk he would probably loose to vitali he was a hard man tough guy
     
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  4. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Loses to Frazier, Wlad, Lennox, Norton, Holyfield, Ali
     
  5. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    "a guy like Ali would only have had a sub-5% chance against Usyk"

    Ali obviously couldn't KO Usyk and he obviously couldn't outbox him, so his only chance would be a freak injury. Usyk is standard deviations above in IQ, much fitter and more durable, as well as being an elite modern athlete (rather than an elite athlete 60 years ago), he knows Ali's style like the back of his hand and he's a stylistic nightmare for Ali. Ali got taken to school by extreme boxing latecomer Ken Norton, it's a sub-5% chance that he could beat Usyk at best.
     
  6. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    You’re completely incapable of having a sensible debate.

    Your Alts have been banned.

    You are on various posters ignore lists.

    Your credibility is zero.

    If you didn’t fixate on only one factor, we could debate. But we can’t. Because you’re not rational. You’ve obviously got some mental health issues which you need to address.
     
  7. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I'd give Mike Tyson a much better chance than Ali because he was a hard puncher with a direct style but I still would make him a clear underdog vs Usyk because he was a tiny heavyweight, a big A-sider, lacked Usyk's intangibles and versatility, never beat anyone nearly as good as Usyk and lost to inferior boxers than Usyk.

    Mike Tyson barely beat blown-up CW 31-8 Tillis, who was no heavier than Briedis in the ring. And nowhere near as accomplished.

    Briedis

    3x cruiserweight champion and Ring cruiserweight champion

    Beat Charr (KO5), Huck (9-3), Perez (8-4), champ Glowacki (KO3) and champ Dorticos (9-3)

    Never knocked down or KO’d in 30 pro fights

    Got the better of Vitali in sparring and never hurt by Wlad over “30-40 rounds” in sparring, despite Wlad trying to take Briedis’s head off in at least some of the sessions

    Only lost to undefeated southpaw future Ring cruiserweight champions (7-5 Usyk, 8-4 Opetaia)
     
  8. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    "You’ve obviously got some mental health issues which you need to address."

    That's the pot calling the kettle black, grandpa. If I'm mentally ill then you must be too or you wouldn't have gone back and forth dozens(?) of times with me, which you evidently can't stop yourself from doing even now. You'd just dismiss my supposed ravings outright.
     
  9. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ha!

    I literally laughed out loud at this.

    Brilliant.
     
  10. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    I keep giving you chances, in the vain hope that another brain cell has been activated. But it looks as though you’re at full capacity.

    So you take care now.
     
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  11. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Completely befuddled and resigned to defeat, the old fart just can't help himself but pathetically respond to the "mentally ill person" every time!
     
  12. Johnny1987

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    I would favour him against all the HW’s on that list apart from Lennox, Tyson & Ali. Usyk is similar in size to most of the above and is quicker than them all aside maybe Ali. Also a smarter boxer than them all. A prime Tyson although small would probably find the single punch he needs. Ali could stay with him in terms of 12 round scoring, Ali is a more savage puncher than him too. Lennox would straight just **** on Usyk though, just too big and a perfect jab and straight.

    Take Clubber Lang out of that lol

    CW - Haye would be a great fight but i’d go with Usyk simply because Haye probably wouldn’t have the complete skill to land his right hand

    Johnny Nelson is a joke.

    Holyfield is a cheating pos ped abuser so **** him out the equation.
     
  13. Serge

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    Prime active Usyk takes them all to slick school but only one man on that list is too much of a coward to ever face him and he's the biggest one of them all
     
  14. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Usyk isn’t as quick as what Mike was, and nowhere near as quick as Ali.
     
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  15. Mark Anthony

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    Tyson was as quick if not quicker than every fighter Usyk ever fought.
     
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