@Dynamicpuncher lol wtf you talking about Here in reality, you've been posting non-stop for about 17 hours straight since Usyk had an off night. You've probably not had a wink of sleep. All excited just because a boxer you hate had his first ever bad performance. That's so strange. There's clearly something wrong with you. Your main hobby in life is just talking about Usyk LOL. Hating on a man who doesn't know you exist.
Cope more keep lying to yourself that you don't make 100s of alt accounts truth hurts doesn't it that you're a sad little man. And your main hobby is to make 100s of alt accounts to troll on a boxing forum so productive. Imagine how much I bother that you go to all this effort to make 100s of alt accounts just to speak to me. Keep making those accounts it gives me a good laugh.
It's not wrong that's how it's always been in boxing. When a fighter wins or loses we evaluate things. Same with almost any other fighter in history.
@Dynamicpuncher Here in reality I do not post on any boxing forums regularly like yourself The facts are , you average about 100 posts a day on here at every time zone. Do you do anything apart from talk about Boxing? lol I laugh my ass off at your Boxing forum addiction. And the fact you're weren't even born in the 80's yet obsess like an anorak over fighters from the 80's and 90's. Sad, sad little Mummys boy. Crying over Usyk all day every day.
@Madhat McGore So your diss is that I like to talk about boxing ? Good one bro. It's better than being a pathetic loser who who spends his free time making 100s of alt accounts to troll. BTW if anyone wants a good laugh these are some of the many ALT accounts he's been banned on. @Wild Justice @SweetieIrie @SnowDizzle @shalomMF @offshoot @luka sulic @Hung Chow @Haviton @Gog97675 @EricJang @Eastern Boxer @Bossalida This guy needs help. PS add @Madhat McGore to the ban list bye bozo.
There's a difference. Ali and Berbick didn't even fight for the title and were far behind the curve when it came to their best performances. Usyk defended his belts, only the fight before that, perhaps the best of his career, adding to his dominance against Dubois. And let's be honest, this entire fight, its meaning, and its execution, is a disgrace to boxing, and especially to Alex, who in recent years has brought sporting values to this extremely commercialized sport. And the fact that in the current heavyweight era, people like Ngannou, Rico, and Jake Paul are appearing in the sport calls into question its current level. Let's remember that until the 1970s, the best athletes in the US were erasing boxing, and until the 2000s, boxing clearly dominated combat sports. Unfortunately, that has changed... this isn't nostalgia
Some people group Uysk's cruiserweight fights with his heavyweight fights as we know. Interestingly people don't do the same thing with Holyfield but maybe they did at the time idk I wasn't around then maybe you can tell me.
They didn't need to. By the end of it, Holyfield was a four time champion and faced a who's who of the 90s, and some even think he deserved the nod at 46 against Valuev (personally, I think it was understood that Valuev was going easy on a very old fighter who he had respect for, but even so). Anyway, here are some names from his 90s run: Douglas, Holmes, Mercer, Foreman, Moorer, Bowe, Tyson, Lewis. It was only Lewis he didn't hold a win over. Regarding Usyk, my opinion hasn't changed, if he ever gets around to beating a few more contenders, like Kabayel, he will deserve top 10, but not right now.
Resume / achievement wise he's in the top 15 for me. H2H he's awesome at his best and matches well stylistically with a lot of people. However he is stylistically weak to pressure fighters and would likely lose to the top class ones more often than not. Although HW is not a division with a lot of top class pressure fighters, thankfully for him. He would also struggle with anyone who could match his speed and are a similar size. Again, not many people. Anyone who tries to box him in the center and take turns, however, is going to have an awful time.
But Marciano who is considered a top 5 Heavyweight of all time weighed in at 185 pounds. So surely Holyfield's Cruiserweight opponents weighing 190 pounds and below could count as a Heavyweight resume aswell then ? Personally I think this is flawed logic. Because then are you rating Marciano as the Cruiserweight GOAT because he never weighed 200 pounds ? And most of Marciano's notable opponents were under the 200 pound limit ? This logic just don't work for me. Neither Holyfield's or Usyk's Cruiserweight resume should be used to enhance their Heavyweight resume. IMO anyway.
I agree with you. You can make the case I guess you either dont count CW or rate Marciano with modern nutrition which would get him to 200 solid pounds. I dont agree with him being top 5 consensous though.
People need to ask themselves this question. Where was Ali's career when he was 39? Where was Lennox Lewis' career? People age and that's a part of life. I said that Usyk looked old and out of shape before the fight. You can't look good forever.