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

Usyk moves up and he's fighting giants who are much or way bigger and heavier than him and who are murderous or big punchers against fellow giants and natural HWs and are not on four year KO droughts vs cherrypicks and he can't fight them at a range where they can't hit him like Crawford does

The degree of risk and difficulty for Usyk fighting all these giants and much bigger and heavier men is far greater than what Crawford had to overcome vs that similar sized version of Clenelo

Belly is not only much taller and heavier than Usyk he's much longer than him with a 7'' reach advantage and a near 40-55lb weight advantage. He has orangutan arms and he knows how to use his length to make it difficult for the much smaller man and he's a very good counter puncher too.

Usyk literally walked Belly down for large spells. Imagine Crawford trying to outbox Benavidez or walk him down? You have to imagine it because Crawford won't ever fight him because he ''too big'' and having to concede big physical advantages is far too risky and difficult for him to have to try to overcome. Benavidez would pound him into a quivering heap of jelly in next to no time

Now imagine him trying to do so vs the 196lb LHW version as opposed to the 185 SMW version but with a 7'' longer reach instead of half an inch longer reach

Imagine instead of facing a same size at worst Mean Machine he was facing a Mean Machine who was 10-20lbs or more heavier than him and who had a much longer reach than him as opposed to the 3'' reach advantage Crawford had on him? Crawford doesn't get up when he gets cracked by him

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AJ, Dubois, Belly and Chisora were not on four year KO droughts they were still sharp and very dangerous

Belly had KO'd or stopped 4 of his last 5
AJ was 24-1 (22 KOs) when he fought Usyk the first time
Dubois has stopped 21 of his 22 wins
Chisora had stopped 9 of his last 10 victims and only only been taken past 5 rounds once in all of those wins

And it's hardly a secret Belly has discipline issues and has been guilty of fighting down to the level of his opposition numerous times. He's rematched 4 fighters, who all took him the distance in their first fights against him, and the only one he didn't stop in his rematches against them is Usyk.

Lewis gets one punch iced out x 2 in the midst of his prime but those losses are excused because ''he didn't take those opponents seriously'' and when he knocked them out or stopped them in the rematches that was the ''real'' Lewis and he gets praised to high heaven for ''defeating every man he fought'' even though he was always in great shape and didn't have those discipline issues as Belly obviously does

Crawford has never had to overcome being the much smaller man once in 42 fights, let alone whilst facing murderous or very big punchers much or way bigger than him in their backyards on a deck heavily stacked against him or on the road on road who are way bigger and heavier than him and if you ask him to do so once even in his own country it's ''not a fair fight'' and it's outrageous to expect him to do so

 

Again, Clenelo hadn't stopped anyone in four years despite cherrypicking throughout his reign, shamelessly ducking his #1 challenger for years, and ruling over a graveyard division. He couldn't stop Berlangy, Mung, Juan Ryder, Scull, 40 y/o shell of GGG, or Jermello for goodness sake. Not 1 or 2 of them but ALL of them

All subsequently stopped by complete featherfists, MWs who just moved up, and padded record hype jobs

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Clenelo is far more accomplished than Benavidez and way more so than Iglesias but both would've been far more dangerous opponents for Crawford, so much so they would knock his head off

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People ignoring the fact that Belly has long had discipline issues and fights down to the level of his opposition

The version of Belly who struggled vs Ngannou was clearly not the same version who locked himself away in camp from his wife and kids for 3 months for Usyk

And FTR, Ngannou is the hardest punching HW in MMA history and is a 270lb + man mountain. His power is ridiculous and he was routinely icing champs, former champs and top 10 contender out in HL reel fashion is seconds or a few minutes, HW GOATs even, not nobodies

As said, when Lummox who never suffered from the discipline issues which have plagued Belly and always turned up in shape got one punch HL reel KO'd x 2 in the midst of his prime it was because he wasn't switched on and the real Lummux didn't show up. But when he exacts his revenge in the rematch against a crack addict who was in no fit state to be in a ring due to his drug habit and personal problems he gets praised to high heaven for doing so and for knocking out a Rahman who was knocked out twice by glass jaw Maskaev

Lummox wasn't switched on but Belly was when he underperforms? GTHOH

 

Size is so insignificant Crawford refuses to ever fight anyone much bigger than him

He's only willing to fight opponents he's way or bigger than, roughly his size, or who are slightly bigger than him

If Clenelo was much bigger than him with a longer reach he never would've fought him even in the US with a home ref and three home judges


"My thing is Benavidez is a big dude. Not to say I won't fight him (no you absolutely won't lol). I fought his brother and his brother was big when I fought him.

The only reason why I entertain Clenelo is because he's not a big dude. He might be thick but he's not a big dude. Benavidez is like 6'2'' and then he gonna come it at 190 . 200, probably. That's a big dude.''

Do I need to translate what he's actually saying here?

''You just size them up. Size them up. Especially when you go into a bigger weight class. You size them up and see your advantages''

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“He got a little wider frame, but he’s a little shorter. But all in all, we’re around the same size. So, by y’all saying, ‘Oh, Canelo’s this massive size,' it was disrespect. Then, when y’all seen me weigh in, then y’all say, ‘Oh, well, they about the same.' It’s not a big difference.''

Usyk literally jumps at the chance to fight giants who hold huge or obscene physical advantages over him, in their backyards or on the road, and who are murderous punchers or big punchers vs fellow giants and natural HWs.


There is never.. ''No way, that guy's too big. He's much heavier and longer than me. I sized him up and he's way too big'' from him it's literally I want him in his backyard on a deck stacked in his favour and I'll even agree to give him a rematch even though the deck is stacked against me and I'm playing Russian roulette with 2 bullets in the chamber.

''OK, I sized him up, sure he's way bigger than me, sure he has home advantage, sure he can punch crazy hard, but I don't care. I want his ass''

 

The irony of you crying about others not letting fighters live down their losses couldn't be more priceless

And the Lummox Rule dictates that if he fought Ngannou x 2 he would get one punch sparked out cold by him at least x 1

 

Lummox's daddy McCall lost to Joey Christjohn who was knocked out or stopped x 7 in 19 fights in the amateurs for goodness sake, in addition to being knocked out x 10 in 31 fights in the pros

Rahman was KO'd x 2 by glass jaw Maskaev

Mercer who was robbed vs Lummox lost to an 18-9 journeyman 3 years prior to facing Lummox and drew against a 7-9-2 journeyman 10 months before he fought Lummox. How you explain?

Ngannou hits crazy hard and certainly more than hard enough to shatter Lummox's glass jaw

 

Back in the morning or afternoon my eyes are closing and I'm about to hit the hay