Were does Oleksandr Uysk rank as a all time heavyweight?

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Were does Oleksandr Uysk sit as a all time heavyweight?

  1. GOAT

    8.5%
  2. Top 3

    6.8%
  3. Top 5

    5.1%
  4. Top 10

    18.6%
  5. Top 15

    25.4%
  6. Top 20

    20.3%
  7. Top 25

    6.8%
  8. Top 30

    5.1%
  9. Top 40

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. outside of the top 40

    3.4%
  1. Madhat McGore

    Madhat McGore New Member banned Full Member

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    @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.
     
  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    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.
     
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  3. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    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.
     
  4. Madhat McGore

    Madhat McGore New Member banned Full Member

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    @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.
     
  5. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  6. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  7. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Top 10 probably
     
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  8. Jakub79

    Jakub79 Active Member Full Member

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    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
     
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  9. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    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.
     
  10. jeevacation

    jeevacation My fav active fighter is Ebonie Cotton. banned Full Member

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    The CW weight limit was 190 during Evander s time.
    It as 200 during Usyk's.
     
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  11. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    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.
     
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  12. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    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.
     
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  13. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    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.
     
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  14. jeevacation

    jeevacation My fav active fighter is Ebonie Cotton. banned Full Member

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    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.
     
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  15. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    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.