Who looked worse: Fury against Ngannou or Usyk against Verhoeven?

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Worse performance

  1. Fury

    33 vote(s)
    53.2%

  2. Usyk

    29 vote(s)
    46.8%
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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Both Fury and Usyk were expected to make easy work but instead the fight was both competitive and controversial. Who looked more flat in their performance in your view?
     
    Flo_Raiden, May 23, 2026
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  2. DRUGS

    DRUGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Both are a disgrace. I will never rank either of these two clowns ever again. Say what you want about Joshua but he represented boxing to the fullest in these gimmick matches. **** usyk and fury absolutely pathetic.
     
    DRUGS, May 23, 2026
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    Same level to me but would have to watch the fury fight again.

    Usyk looked genuinely bad tonight imo. He had resigned to looking for a big counterpunch for rounds on end, not creating anything, no good angles, no strategy, getting hit with big shots.

    There was a round where Rico clearly took off, and Usyk did next to nothing in that round to claim momentum or put pressure on Rico.


    But Fury got outright dropped, so thats hard to argue with lol.
     
    kirk, May 23, 2026
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  4. Walcott

    Walcott Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yet Usyk smoked your wank material.
     
    Walcott, May 23, 2026
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  5. shrap

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    Fury was 35 against Ngannou and got dropped.

    Usyk is 39 and dropped and stopped Rico.
     
    shrap, May 23, 2026
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Both terrible. Both embarrassing. Both should have never happened at all. Fury did get knocked down, but Fury also didn't have the ridiculous fanboy labels like 'GOAT' and 'completed boxing' swarming him and clouding peoples judgement.

    I think I'll go with Fury given he went to decision whilst Usyk technically has a stoppage win. He's also the one that started this ridiculous joke fight trend so bonus points.
     
    roughdiamond, May 23, 2026
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  7. Blg Man

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    ngannou vs fury was a fluke
    after this fight fury went on and beat USYK
     
    Blg Man, May 23, 2026
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  8. DRUGS

    DRUGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This clown just got owned by a kickboxer... I have no doubt if the ref didnt call the bs stoppage then Rico would have finished and won 12-4 if not 9-3. Usyk is a joke. So is Fury... these two clowns disgrace our sport. **** them.
     
    DRUGS, May 23, 2026
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    Mickc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Greedy Belly/Greedy Rabbit both the same tbh,neither should be mentioned in any GOAT lists,that fight tonight with Usyk clearly the best of this era,just shows how really poor this era is !
     
    Mickc, May 23, 2026
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  10. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yo drugs we’re cool now but chill on the Usyk slander
     
    ellerbe, May 23, 2026
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  11. ubareem

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    C'mon man. Fury got dropped and did nothing vs an even worse boxer. Usyk had a very poor performance, but he at least (controversially?) stopped his opponent.
     
    ubareem, May 23, 2026
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  12. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    No.

    Oleksandr Usyk landed 112 of 499 total punches (22.4%), while Rico Verhoeven landed 113 of 508 total punches (22.2%). Verhoeven held a narrow advantage in power punches (93 to 89), while Usyk held the edge in jabs (23 to 20) in the 11-round bout.
     
    catchwtboxing, May 23, 2026
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  13. DRUGS

    DRUGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What wank material? What are you even talking about? The number 1 HW in the world was just beaten by a 1-0 kickboxer and was bailed out by a corrupt ref. Usyk is a joke. Find an actually argument next time you open your mouth.
     
    DRUGS, May 23, 2026
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    Rico kicked his ass. Easily. Usyk is a pathetic POS and I lost all respect to him.
     
    DRUGS, May 23, 2026
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    Got owned yet his opponent was dropped and had Bambi legs, yep, what a bum. Lol
     
    Walcott, May 23, 2026
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