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

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  1. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    29 pages later, and I've yet to see a convincing argument as to why Crawford should be P4P number 1, other than, well duh.... it's Bud!
     
  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Who gives a ****? It was a flippant comment, still... let's not act like Huck is chopped liver just because of a perception that most casuals had of him. Canelo is obviously superior, but the version Crawford is clearly a degraded shell that may very well be comparable in terms of shotness. Who's to know if Canelo is going to go on to do anything worth a ****. He''s run out of light touches, and aside from Pacheco, fighting the likes of Iglesias, Benavidez and Beterbiev are all daunting tasks, quite frankly Sheeraz, Martinez, Mbilli and Nurmaganbet are no sure thing either. There's always the Jacob Bank, Simon Zachenhuber, Callum Simpson, Ivan Zucco, Jose Armando Resendiz and Pavel Silyagin types of the world. But who the **** wants to see hi fight any of them?

    At the end of the day, I've spoke my piece, think I've laid out a pretty convincing argument, even you agree, Usyk has beaten he better names. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. World title wins mean **** all of you take those straps off of bums.
     
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fury was literally in better shape against Ngannou compared to the Usyk rematch that he trained for, stop the excuses. Any journeyman would flatten Ngannou inside of 2 rounds, your deflection hypotheticals will never change reality, Fury went life and death with an old mma fighter who went pro at 40 years of age, was on his debut and never won a single professional boxing match. The select 3 people liking you comments are delusional and they know who they are.

    You still have the audacity to claim Fury is a better win than the far greater Canelo due to size when not only is Fury NOT a power puncher but we've seen a featherfisted cruiserweight who weighed less than Usyk put Tyson on his ass and steal several rounds on the cards. :risas3:
     
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  4. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    The Rock talking about working with Usyk.
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  5. Lonsdale81

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    P4P is subjective BS.. I'll debate it when I'm bored but i don't put too much stock in it.. but if we're judging who’s conquered real disadvantages then Usyk wipes the floor with Crawford..

    Crawford's never been the little guy at any time.. his walk around weight has hovered in the 180s for years, even pushing 185 during camp prep.. That's a natural MW/SMW frame yet he's spent most of his career boiling down.. Check his weigh in history against guys like Gamboa or more recently Madrimov.. He's a classic weight grifter dominating smaller divisions by cutting hard, then moving up only when it suits him..

    Flip to Usyk.. since jumping to HW he's been outweighed every damn time. That's not just skill.. that's overcoming height, reach & power gaps that Crawford's never sniffed.

    They'll argue that Crawfords opposition is more skilled, but smaller fighters are generally more mobile & adaptive than HWs.. if Crawford & Canelo were HWs they'd be different fighter's themselves.

    Then we have SNAC.. Conte's shady rapid weight cut program, which screams "advantage" for a guy like Crawford who's mastered draining to dominate lower classes. Usyk is King. P4P is fiction.. the reality is tbe Ukrainian beats any current boxer operating today. Crawford doesn't.
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I'm not just talking about weight. Belly locked himself away from his wife and family for 3 months for the rematch and it was a conscious decision to come in heavier because he tried coming in lighter and not only didn't it work but he came within a whisker of getting Lummox Lewis'd

    And if any journeyman would've knocked Ngannou out within 2 rounds then even that version of Belly would of, genius.

    Why do you keep lying about Ngannou's age he was 37 when he fought Belly and isn't even 40 now?

    I never said Belly was a better fighter than Clenelo but due to his combination of size, the obscene physical advantages he holds over Usyk, and his skills it was a more risky and difficult assignment for Usyk than Crawford beating a same size much shorter reach Clenelo who cannot deal with certain styles, due to his much shorter reach has to fight at a range which is out of the range Crawford fights at which is exacerbated by the fact he has cement feet, and hasn't stopped anyone in 4 years of cherrypicking.

    Crawford has never fought anyone even 10lbs heavier than him with an equal reach, let alone 20lbs,30lbs, 40lbs or 50lbs + and a 7'' reach advantage. How many times has he even been outweighed by 5lbs?

    He considers size and reach such and issue that he won't fight anyone who is much bigger than him or who has a reach advantage. If Benavidez was the champ Crawford would never have even contemplated fighting him

    Belly had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents and he can hit plenty hard when he wants to and obviously power is magnified when facing opponents you're way bigger and heavier than and he had 40-55lbs on Usyk, a huge reach advantage, and is much taller too. Clenelo hadn't stopped anyone in 4 years and if he was actually much bigger than Crawford and had a big reach advantage Crawford wouldn't have gone within sniffing distance of him

    And BTW, how many times have I politely asked and advised you not to keep spamming the forum with your dumb troll threads?

    At least 3 now

    Which begs the question why do you still persist in doing so?

    Even a day or two after the last time I told you to knock it on the head you posted a thread on here posing the question should we hold the late great Manny Steward responsible for the Klitschko brothers PED use which I deleted. I didn't even ban you when by rights I should've permabanned you on the spot, so just so you understand this is your final warning.
     
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  7. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oh so he was within a whisker of actually having a good resume and becoming undisputed like Lewis ? Is that what you mean Serge ? Fury needs to get his resume up and stop getting beat up by featherfisted cruiserweights and mma fighters before he's even in the conversation. Canelo is overrated, Fury is even more overrated, just as past it at 35 years of age and a bigger cherrypicker. That's all there is to it
     
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  8. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    For guys with deep resumes we have enough quality wins to show that bad performances were not necessary indicative of their abilities. With Fury his resume is so thin that we can't be confident the bad performances weren't simply indicative of him not being very good.

    His claim to fame is beating Wilder and a faded Wlad who never won a subsequent fight and was almost 40. Neither of those wins gives me a lot of confidence in his abilities.

    The Wlad win may be a case of Wlad being past it slower and not willing to let his hands go plus his jab and grab style not being effective against a taller guy with a longer reach who was reasonably athletic. Wilder has a terrible resume so we have no idea how good he actually is making it hard to assess the wins value.
     
  9. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

    And very good points BTW. I’ll never understand the level of stupidity some will go to (It’s easier for some though apparently) just to desperately try and discredit great boxers who were awesome ambassadors for the sport. Makes no sense!

    Klitschko NEVER beat women or had to be held at gun point by the cops! He NEVER tests positive for PEDs or had any red flags that brought on suspicion. Class act both in and out of the ring.
     
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  10. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Just like you've been doing with Crawford ? A bunch of sniveling hypocrites

    The Fury/Ngannou fight was an utter embarrassment to the entire sport of boxing. Great ambassador for the sport my ass.
     
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  11. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    I'm liking this comment because I'm deluded and one of the 3
     
  12. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    These heavyweights keep underperforming against much smaller opponents. If their size is such an advantage that shouldn't be the case should it?

    Why didn't Dubois physical advantages help him more vs Lerena or Joshuas against Dubois or Fury vs Cunningham and Wilder.

    How do you explain Usyk stopping Dubois and nearly taking out Joshua and Fury but not being able to hurt cruiserweight like Breidis or Gassiev?
     
  13. SouthpawsRule

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    It wouldn’t even be remotely competitive, and it really says a lot because Usyk is one of the best MMA-suited boxers.
     
  14. SouthpawsRule

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    You should ACTUALLY do the research, Liston was in prison for armed burglary, an incident in which no one got injured. There isn’t a single recorded incident of him ever physically harming anyone beyond throwing punches, not everyone has the courage to take somebody’s life away.

    There also isn’t a single proof of Liston actually being a mob enforcer, just some rumours and even if he was, it doesn’t make him tough, it just means he is capable of beating up and scaring poor citizens.

    I’m sick of literal criminal scum getting respect and being treated as “hardened men” only for good people to be automatically brushed aside. Liston wasn’t a “hard man”, he was a street rat. He’s not gonna kill Ngannou just because he slapped up a few cops and citizens half his size, he gets dunked on his neck and dies, end of story.
     
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  15. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He injured a cop if I recall and took his gun