Most impressive 6 fight streak at HW? (H2H factored) Is it Usyk? (Read OP)

Funny how it's only 3 opponents

 

I think the closest is Ali with the following:
Frazier
Foreman
Wepner
Lyle
Bugner
Frazier

But it’s worse and Wepner was garbage.

 

DDD - Fundamentally weak boxer, 0 heart, 0 heart, did i mention 0 heart? no defense, 0 heart, 0 heart
Fury- washed, coming off of a loss to Francis ****ing Ngannou
Aj- good win, respectable, not at his peak
DDD- 0 heart, 0 heart, 0 heart, probably has heart? nah im kidding, 0 heart, 0 heart, 0 heart, did i mention leaky defense? no boxing iq, all his skill points into power, 0 heart, 0 heart, 0 heart, 0 heart, 0 heart

 

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Yeah this is a good one. Liston's run on his way to the title comes to mind for me too, seeing as he's the only man in history to clear out the entire top 10 on his way to the crown --
Folley / Machen / King / Westphal / Patterson x2

Holmes had two good stretches to look at during his reign in the 80s,
Spinks / Snipes / Cooney / Cobb / Rodriguez / Witherspoon
and
Witherspoon / Frank / Frazier / Smith / Bey / Williams

Honestly I'd argue that Lennox Lewis' run from '95-'98 of Morrison-Mercer-McCall-Akinwande-Golota-Briggs should have some consideration too.

 

Mike Tyson:

- Thomas
- Tucker
- Biggs
- Holmes
- Tubbs
- Spinks

 

Liston didn’t clean out the division. Most notably, he missed Ingo.

Everything listed is levels worse than Usyk and Ali.

 

Fury is better than all of them and Spinks is the only one with a case for being on Joshua’s level.

 

No

 

I don’t know. There was a lot more variety to Tysons list and he beat some of them more emphatically. Holmes was washed up and inactive so we can scratch that one. But Spinks was the undefeated linear champion. Tucker was 35-0 had just beaten Douglas and was a super heavy in his prime. Biggs was undefeated, an Olympic gold medalist and managed by the Duvas. Thomas had never been stopped and was only beaten once. Ditto Tony Tubbs. I give Usyk’s streak credit due to his age and rising up in weight . But Fury and Joshua weren’t what they were a few years earlier and Dubois was never very good.

 

6 is a very specific number.

The answer is, probably yes. Most other champs would take at least 1 or 2 fights vs lesser opponents to keep themselves active while Usyk only goes for important fights.

That being said, this is vs 3 guys. So the variety is a bit lacking, but sure, i am willing to call it the best 6 fight win streak.

 

Easily

 

Fury and Joshua weren’t washed up. Joshua may have been at his best for the first Usyk fight. And Fury missing half a step is still easily better than anyone Tyson beat.

Even Dubois is favorable to Biggs and probably Tubbs and I’ve very openly rated Tyson higher than most people.