Rico Verhoeven vs Muhammad Ali

And Rico is not a top win for Usyk. This is my point. Usyk has looked consistently better than Ali ever did.

 

Of course they weren't trash, my point is, boxing evolves. The fighters of the past displayed grit and courage beyond what we see mostly today but that is because that was the way it was back then. It was more brutal. The fact remains, that fighters evolve, and are bigger and better than they were back then.

 

No he hasn’t. The 64-67 Ali on film simply looks better.

 

Compared to what?

 

Are we talking about the same guy who Mike Tyson obliterated?

 

It could be that trying to fight everyone in the division instead of a select few characters will increase the odds of a loss or a bad performance, idk, I'd think on that. Maybe think about how many heavyweights Usyk has actually beaten.

Try and open your eyes how many times Usyk has gotten hit flush against Bellew, Briedis, Fury, Chisora. Perhaps you just ignore it because of narrative

 

Not really sure what your point is to be honest. Usyk has gone to war with more tough challengers than Ali ever did. And he is basically a cruiserweight. Ali didn't come close to the achievements of Usyk, and I am not an Ali hater by any means. I am just sick of the double standards.

 

Of course Lewis ans Holyfield are not bums. The rest of your post is hypothetical. Lewis and Holyfield were knocked out by bums.

 

Define tough challengers. Also LOL. Unifying cruiser and moving up to beat the top 3 heavyweights is excellent but not goat worthy. Wipe your mouth and zip it up when your done.

Even Holyfield has a better resume than Usyk but not a better career. He unified cruiser and despite losing a few fights beat way more top heavyweights than Usyk and avenged his only 2 losses prior to Lewis.

Usyk beat
- Tyson Fury
- Anthony Joshua
- Daniel Dubois
- Derek Chisora

Holyfield beat
- Pinklon Thomas
- Michael Dokes
- James Douglas
- George Foreman
- Larry Holmes
- Riddick Bowe
- Ray Mercer
- Michael Moorer
- Mike Tyson
- Hasim Rahman
- John Ruiz

 

Most likely Ali from 1978 would've had hard time vs Rico or Ngannou. He threw pitty-patty punches by then and couldn't hurt any of his latest opponents. And he was bullied by small Spinks.

60s or early 70s Ali beats them easily.