Usyk vs 1991's Ring Magazines Top 10 Heavyweights

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  1. Rick’s Piano

    Rick’s Piano New Member Full Member

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    How does Usyk at his best do against this year of heavyweights? As a rule lets say it has to be the 1991 version of these fighters he goes against. so a pre-emmanuel steward Lewis and a post-douglas/pre-prison tyson. Would Usyk rule this year?

    1. Evander Holyfield
    2. Mike Tyson
    3. Riddick Bowe
    4. Razor Ruddock
    5. Ray Mercer
    6. George Foreman
    7. Tim Witherspoon
    8. Tony Tucker
    9. Lennox Lewis
    10. Michael Moorer
     
    Rick’s Piano, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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  2. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beats them all.
     
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  3. slipperypete

    slipperypete New Member Full Member

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    No one beats Holy. JS
     
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  4. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson before he went to prison was still fighting at a good enough level IMO. And stylistically he's still all wrong for Usyk so I don't think Usyk beats the 1991 version of Tyson personally.

    Holyfield of the Foreman fight who boxed and moved and was firing off rapid fire combinations would be 50/50.

    The rest I see Usyk beating Lewis was still a bit too green in 1991 IMO.
     
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  5. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If he faced all of them in some hypothetical world especially with some rematches thrown in some it would be extremely tough to remain unbeaten.

    I would say he comes out with a positive WL though even more so if it's the Uysk from a few years ago rather than 2025 Uysk.
     
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  6. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    How often is he fighting? Is he fighting 2-3 times a year? Or is he fighting once a year with the ocassional year of fighting twice.

    One on one, i would favour him over any of the top 10 except maybe Tyson BUT no way could he fight them back to back and remain unbeaten.
     
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  7. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's beating the '91 versions of all of those.

    You want a 90's man to take him out, you need Lewis at his absolute peak to do it, and even then, that's only like a 52/48 fight in Lewis's favor.
     
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  8. Marvelous_Iron

    Marvelous_Iron Active Member Full Member

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    Foreman might retire him with a kidney shot, he loses to plenty of that list he's never been in the ring with anyone near the level of a lot of those guys, he would be exposed to say the least
     
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  9. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman went life and death with Alex Stewart and got outboxed by Tommy Morrison and Axel Schulz. He ain't beating Usyk.
     
    MaccaveliMacc, Oct 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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  10. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    1. Evander Holyfield Favor Holyfield
    2. Mike Tyson Favor Tyson
    3. Riddick Bowe Favor Bowe
    4. Razor Ruddock Favor Usyk
    5. Ray Mercer Favor Usyk
    6. George Foreman Favor Usyk
    7. Tim Witherspoon Favor Usyk
    8. Tony Tucker Favor Usyk
    9. Lennox Lewis Lewis had not reached his peak, see this 50/50
    10. Michael Moorer Favor Usyk
     
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  11. Rick’s Piano

    Rick’s Piano New Member Full Member

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    Yeah i think its defo worth noting that only a year later Foreman got outboxed by glass chin Tommy Morrison for sure, Usyk's game plan would work around foremans power. I dont think he'd go in there with need to prove his power like holyfield did against foreman at times. i can see a pretty clear points decision for usyk on that one.
     
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  12. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm surprised Tommy Morrison wasn't in the top ten back in 1991.
     
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  13. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well he had just lost to Mercer and had no worthwhile wins...
     
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  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Yeah, that's about right.

    But Holyfield was seen as far from invincible in '91. He was accepted as more of a placeholder champ. This was also the year that Cooper came within a whisker of beating him. I slightly favor Usyk in that fight.
     
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  15. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    You've changed your tune.

    Didn't you say Usyk would beat Riddick Bowe?
     
    Ice8Cold, Oct 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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