Max Kellerman says Usyk is a historically overrated heavyweight, do you agree?

They were very tough fights but every fighter has opponents whose style and attributes cause them more problems than others

Every fighter has had close fights

99.9% of them lost and the vast majority of that 99% lost in their primes

Beterbiev is 2 years older than Usyk and started boxing at 10 whereas Usyk was 15 when he started boxing and Usyk has schooled countless fighters the same size as Beterbiev or his size and countless pressure fighters too. Schooled them and made it look easy so I don't know why many hyperfocus on certain tough fights Usyk's had so much because it's literally happened to every fighter in history.

It's the same when it comes to losing. If he were to lose at 39-40 + that loss or losses would be held against him like few other fighter's in history losses are, if any, his age or much younger and in their primes, even if it was vs a way bigger, much younger prime massive puncher in their backyard which it likely would be


Usyk parted ways with his trainer after the Briedis fight as he wasn't happy with his performance and tactics. He stood right in front of Briedis and pushed him back a lot in that fight. This is something which a lot of people underestimated about Usyk for a long time even though it was on display in the amateurs and WSB:

He might primarily be a slick boxer but he's often an aggressive front foot one and he's a dog and he likes a fight and isn't afraid of getting hit and that all applies even when he's facing massive punchers, giants, massive punching giants. Briedis hits like a truck and he's very explosive but Usyk did not box cautiously in that fight at all but I think he could've made things a lot easier for himself had he boxed on the backfoot in that one

 

Max Kellerman to Crawford: ''You are the GOAT of this era''

Like it's set in stone and his opinion is the definitive one

He's notorious for terrible takes

This is what he said about Jokic in 2023. Jokic would later go on that year to win a chip, go on one of the greatest playoff runs in history, become the 1st player in NBA playoff history to finish #1 for total points, assists and rebounds, and absolutely shatter the great Wilt Chamberlain's near 60 y/o record for most triple doubles in a single playoffs by a whopping 3 triple doubles. The record was 7, Jokic had 10


''I’ve never seen a disconnect like this where a guy monopolizes the MVP, and yet he floats out of my top five at number five”

Even if you weren't of the opinion Jokic was the best player in the world at the time (which most were) to not have him top 3 is one of the most ridiculous takes ever, let alone 5 or outside it

 

Yes. ESPN in general makes me puke