Reality Check Time! Oleksandr Usyk is Still The P4P Number One Fighter On The Planet. This Is Why...

Its unlimited because at some point the fans want to know who the best fighter in the world is. If you are the undisputed HW champ then you are unquestionably the worlds best fighter. The fighters at HW aren't subject to an artificial handicap imposed upon them. It is literally who is the best fighter.

 

That's not even Canelos whole career

 

Yeah but that’s purely eye test and subjective. Leading up to the Usyk rematch AJ was 2-2 with a KO loss and a decision win over Andy Ruiz, win over Pulev and a dominant decision loss to Usyk himself. You can say “Usyk made him look better than he is” just as much as you can say “AJ looked good”.

Canelo was 7-1 in the last 3 years, with very dominant wins over Charlo and GGG and his loss coming against Bivol at 175. And against Crawford he didn’t look “horrible” at all, he wasn’t in GGG 2 mode but this was one of Canelo’s finest boxing performance in the latest years, he looked far more motivated than he was in his previous matches, looked sharp and fast on his feet and his technique was on point as per usual, Crawford simply had an answer to everything.

Usyk overcame a much greater size disadvantage but that’s about it.

 

I don't hear Crawford saying Usyk is P4P number one in your video. All I hear is "yeah" followed by "it is an opinion". There is plenty of video where Crawford ranks himself P4P number one. And more than one video where Usyk ranks himself below Crawford.

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Who was the undisputed super middleweight weight champion before Crawford ? There's your answer. Anything else is nothing but conjecture. That's why you can't even answer your own question

I can not believe you people are dishonest enough to label Canelo a B level win and then turn around and call joshua A level when Canelo accomplished more, was unbeaten at 168, demolished Charlo who unified 154 and has a better resume of wins overall. Ridiculous

 

Dillon Whyte, a future top 5 guy that was ranked as the best challenger behind the current champs.

Martin was a belt holder (although a very weak one in a historical sense) may have been in the top 10

Takam was probably just outside the top 10

Klitschko although past it was still one of the longest reigning champions in the division history, likely would have still been top 5 if he was active.

Parker a current title holder & I’m guessing top 5 at the time he beat him.

Povetkin a former world title holder & ranked as the 3rd best heavyweight for a number of years & arguably the third best heavyweight from the previous generation. No doubt in the top 10 when Joshua beat him, has now become a top 3 contender after KOing Whyte behind Joshua & Wilder.

Andy Ruiz a unified champion as well as top 3 ranked heavyweight despite coming in out of shape

Kubrat Pulev - Top 10

Otto Waillin - Top 10

Now let’s consider Uysk fought a prime Joshua and Crawford beat Canelo who is years past his best, that holds weight.

is that a better resume than Billy Joe, Rocky fielding, GGG 3, Charlo and Callum smith? Personally I think so, it’s pretty close, but even if it isn’t it’s not like Crawford was fighting prime Canelo.

Uysk 2 wins over Joshua EASILY trump Crawford’s win over Canelo and you could make a fair argument about the decisiveness of the victories being taken into account as well

 

Heavyweight in amateur boxing is 200 pounds, Super Heavyweight is unlimited, it's was essentially meaningless separating the two when the Super Heavyweight weight-class was created in 1984. Alexander Povetkin was a career amateur Super Heavyweight and considered "small" for modern heavyweight boxing, are you telling me weight would play a difference if he faced the 2004 Heavyweight gold medalist Solis? Yeah okay.
Usyk fought a fat blob who should of lost to an MMA fighter with 0 fights, idk why you think Usyk should get extra credit for beating an obese, overrated clown who ducked the Wlad rematch like the plague just cause he outweighed him. Seems absurd to even think about.

When has Usyk's natural weight ever been just 200? He was legit rehydrating to heavyweight while at Cruiserweight, are we living in bizarro world now?

 

The ring has already elevated crawford to #1 p4p espn will follow suit next as will all the rest.

https://ringmagazine.com/en/pound-for-pound/Men

 

This was just a genuine question, I wasn’t trying to prove anything. I was more curious if anything.

 

It's unlimited because after a certain weight, weight is meaningless, they've already figured this out 200 years ago. You're not gonna get any better if you're naturally 210 pounds and gain 20 pounds in your next fight, Wilder already figured this out the hard way. You're also not automatically going to be better if you're the bigger fighter in the ring, this has been proven countless times over multiple combat sports.

 

If Canelo had beaten someone like benavidez at SMW in the last 2 years, that Crawford win would be elite tier, just saying.

 

Martin literally beat no one in the top 10, he's a damn journeyman who kept the belt warm

So then the win amounts to nothing if Takam was outside the top 10

Good win, but he beltless, 41, and arguably washed

Povetkin was 39.

Who did Ruiz beat to win those titles ? That's right, his claim to fame is beating the stuffing out of joshua himself

Don't make me laugh

 

was Ruiz a unified champion yes or no?

Would Wlad still have been top 5 yes or no?