Is Usyk h2h #1 above Lewis, Vitali, Holmes, Wladimir, Ali ?

Usyk is a defensive fighter. He gives ground intentionally.

This was not a tough fight except for British judges.

 

You should probably take this up with Oleksandr himself then, since he's the one saying it was a tough fight.

 

It was a good fight, but not as close as two of the judges had it, and not nearly according to myth, He outlanded Chisora in 9 rounds, with one being even, and staggered him at least twice. He said that Chisora hit him the hardest, and that may very well be true. But except for British judging, it was a very clean win.

 

Tough in the sense that Chisora hit him the hardest. Chisora in no world except Britain won five rounds. Go back and watch the fight again with corrective lenses if you believe so.

 

1. He clarified in other interviews that it was because he hit the hardest
2. Chisora did not land nearly what Usyk landed.

 

Yes, and there is your clarification. Chisora was outlanded in 9 rounds, staggered 2-3 times...so no, not a particularly close fight except for British judging.

It wasn't Brieidis.

 

You initially tried to deny that Chisora walked Usyk down by stating "No such thing... ...happened". Then you referred to him as a defensive fighter who gives ground intentionally (which actually means that Usyk was consciously retreating from Chisora's forward marches).

Now it seems that the Usyk Fan doth protest too much...

Why are you preoccupied with the idea of the fight being 'mythically' close and the 'cleanliness' of the win? Neither of these relates to observations made by me. Either way, you know as well as I do that fights are not scored using punch stats. Likewise, the visible effect of punches in one or two rounds means something to the rounds in which these incidents occurred, but does not factor into the overall scoring of the bout.


The one thing I like about Mr Usyk is his straightforward honesty. For this reason, I am happy to take him at his word.

***Shockingly, in an interview with talkSPORT Boxing, Oleksandr Usyk revealed that Derek Chisora, not Fury or Joshua, was his toughest opponent. “I think it is Derek. My friend Derek. Hey, Derek, I am coming for you!” Usyk joked before adding, “Derek is a terrible guy, really tough. It’s just hard [fighting] Derek. He was just very difficult.”***

Source: https://bolavip.com/en/boxing/not-t...s-boxing-fans-by-naming-his-toughest-opponent


Not that it matters particularly whether it's Chisora or Fury, the fact Chisora's name has been brought up in relation to him being a tough fight is fairly obvious. I don't think there can be much else said in the light of this evidence. It's pretty clear-cut. And Usyk is not saying anything greatly different in 2025 than he was back in 2020.

 

You failed in the first sentence. Fighting defensively is not the same thing as being walked down.

As for the nonsense about Chisora being the toughest opponent, he simply isn't. By no metric was that his toughest fight. Sure Usyk may have said it...he has also said Fury and Brieidis at different times. He is a very gracious man and a friend of Chisora's, now.

 

He cannot be considered more vulnerable when he outlanded Chisora in nine rounds and staggered him twice. Please look up the definition of what "vulnerable" means.

 

He visibly staggered Chisora at least twice, so...