GOAT == Usyk

I don’t see why he should retire if he feels he can and would still like to go on. I think his skill level is so high that he can remain competitive for another 2-3 years. And if not, so what. It’s his career. Since he and his team are the most professional team out there, I trust them to know what they are doing. If his performance results show that much if a dip, they will know it before anyone else and they can decide what to do about it. The fighter who I saw fighting on Saturday doesn’t look like who immediately needs to retire at all.

 

Usyk is in physical decline, but his boxing style has gone leaps and bounds, I don't think he would have been able to fight the way he did Vs AJ or Fury in 2016-17.

 

He was tired, yes. But then again, this was his most challenging fight since Briedis. And I would say that as rock solid his mental state is, the occasion must have been a huge burden too. This night was much more important for him than Fury who is only interested in money. This was the make or break moment of a dream he has been working for since he was a teenager. I think there's a good 2-3 years left in him. He mentioned the other day he wants to fight until he is 40 and I can see him still going strong for another 3 or so years.

 

He will retire

But he will honour his rematch with another heavily on the decline old Fury - Should Fury want it

We will know within 2 weeks.

If Fury has the fire still he will take it....if not he will walk away and Usyk will follow happily.

 

Claiming that he is a shadow of his former self is just ridiculous. Take a breather and relax a bit.
Usyk is 37, there is no denying that. But he is still at the top of his game from a technical standpoint. And he is as motivated as ever.
Fury was to Usyk what Trinidad was to Hopkins. The man can easily continue for years to come.

 

Usyk is clearly past prime.
However, as the HW scene is today he could easily stay at the top for 2-3 more years and milk the cow for all what is worth.
Wlad and Fury took advantage of all the available breaks to overstay their expiration date, why not Usyk?

 

Saying "a shadow of his former self" implies more than 70%. That´s what I am getting at.
There is no denying that he has slowed down. It would be ridiculous to expect him not to, as he is 37. And it´s ridiculous to expect him to throw as many punches as a heavyweight.
On average, he threw 10 less puncher per round vs Fury than he did vs Witherspoon.

And for the slowdown in physical activity, he makes up with his skills an experience. He has adapted to the higher weight.
I believe he has way more left in the tank, and I guess the coming years will prove one of us right. A great test of this would be a third fight with Joshua.

 

Maybe retiring is the sensible thing to do.
But all those sweet saudi petrodollars can go a long way to keep Usyk in the game...

 

Why should he retire now, when he has the chance of making $50M per fight, as he is currently the biggest name in boxing?

This is professional boxing, although Usyk says "I'm fighting for glory", he moved up to heavyweight because he wants to get huge paychecks.

He should do at least 4 more big fights, make $200M in total at least and then retire.