Poll: Who should Usyk fight next: Parker, Kabayel or Dubois?

He doesn't really need to, Kabayel is barely relevant and unless it's mandated he has little reason to make it...

Usyk doesn't have much time left, he'll be looking at legacy and money.

On legacy, Kabayel might go on to be a champ, or he might go into hiding and remain historically irrelevant if he lost to Usyk...

When there's much more proven fighters out there who are already clearly relevant and on a reliable trajectory (Parker, for instance, as an ex champ on a much stronger run who's already proved he'll come back from setbacks), and who have much better name recognition to improve the purse?
I think it's obvious what any sane manager would look to make.

 

I abhor the fact that Dubois is champion. Usyk would stop/make him quit again. Better fight is Usyk-Parker but undisputed calls again. Can't wait to see the back of Dubois as champion though, no offence to the man.

 

Punch drunk LOLOLOL

 

This will stir up some heat

 

Dubois makes the most sense, Parker is the most deserving, but I would rather see him against Kabayel.

 

Just to keep it simple the Dubois vs Parker fight should still go ahead. Then Parker still gets his deserved title shot. And now there is some backstory to this fight which makes it more interesting.

And therefore Usyk should fight Kabayel. Kabayel is mandatory for the WBC and he has done enough to get a title shot. He is clearly the #1 or #2 fighter without a belt right now. No need for Usyk to wait how Dubois vs Parker plays out. He can fight the winner after he fights Kabayel.

 

a lot of great fighters are at least good in all the above imo

 

I suspect you're on for a miserable time - he could easily dominate the division for the quite a few years once Usyk is gone...

He's not even prime yet, really, at 27... Nobody anywhere near his age gets close at the moment.

 

For beating one ancient fringe contender, a couple of prospects and (many years ago) a gatekeeper?

I think he's got potential at championship level, but to say he deserves it? I just don't think he does, yet.... Good momentum, yes, but his resume is mega thin.

That's not to say it's not an interesting fight, and many guys get title bouts before they really deserve it.

 

Zero losses and he just stopped the guy that Parker went the distance with. I think he is as deserving as anyone for a title shot.

 

Lol Usyh on has 7 fights at heavyweight. You act like this has 40-50 heavyweight.

At heavyweight Usyk doesn't have good power. Him hurting a broken down Fury mean something? Light punching Steve Cunningham was able to drop a prime Fury with one punch. Nevin Pajkic was able to drop Fury with one punch. Yet Usyk battered a done version of Fury around the ring and couldn;t get a legit knock down.

Usyk has a good stamina? Usyk doesn't throw many punches. it is like saying Parker has good stamina. Parker rarely throws punches. In 12 rounds against Zhang Parker landed 90 punches. Kabayel landed 160 punches in 6 rounds against Zhang. It is easy not to get tired if you don't throw many punches.

Also Usyk has good defense? Wait so if Mayweather Jr doesn't stand toe to toe he is a runner. Usyk runs and he is a good defensive fighter? You want more funny? Joshua isn't busy, Dubois isn't busy, and Fury isn't busy most of the time. When Fury does try to throw punches he is horrible in accurate. Against Francesco Pianeta, Fury threw 600 plus punches and only landed 100. To put this perspective Lennox Lewis landed 300 punches against the much better David Tua. Heck a old 46 year old Formean landed 249 punches against a 26 year old Axel Schulz. You know what is even more funny? Even though Fury only landed 17 percent of his punches against Pianeta he landed 35 plus percent against Usyk.

Usyk has done nothing at heavyweight where you can look bad nad say man this guy is good. Again beat old Witherspoon, barely beating a faded Chisora, beating slow, robotic, Joshua atter Andy Ruiz beat him first. It is funny how the same biased people who say Usyk is a ATG don't say Ruiz is a ATG. Then beating Dubois after the beating he got from Joyce and then beating a broken down Fury isn't grounds to be considerd a ATG.

Jeesh