The 2000s kicked off with Lewis becoming undisputed and Holyfield winding his career down as a a zero defense champion of the John Ruiz title. Im a conscientious objector.
I am aware of that, but the thread was about the overall careers of fighters who have held a title from 2000 onwards
List the 5 you rate the highest historically: Usyk W. Klitschko Lewis V. Klitschko Joshua List which 5 you feel have the best singular win: Usyk Byrd W. Klitschko Lewis Rahman List which 5 you feel have had the best reigns: W. Klitschko Usyk Lewis V. Klitschko Joshua List the 5 who you feel are the best: Usyk W. Klitschko Lewis V. Klitschko Byrd
Where you wrote List which 5 you feel have the best singular win: Usyk Byrd W. Klitschko Lewis V. Klitschko Are you picking Joshua/fury for Usyk Vitali for Byrd Haye for Wladimir Vitali for Lennox Sanders for vitali ???
The fighters on the list who won 4 or more HW title fights L Brewster (4-2) C Byrd (5-2-1) T Fury (5-2-1) E Holyfield (10-8-1) A Joshua (9-4) V Klitschko (15-2) W Klitschko (25-4) L Lewis (16-2-1) A Povetkin (5-2) J Ruiz (4-5-1-1NC) O Usyk (7-0) N Valuev (6-2) D Wilder (10-2-1)
Fighters on the list who have beaten at least 2 of the other names on the list above C Byrd - Vitali, Holyfield T Fury - Wladimir, Wilder A Joshua - Wladimir, Povetkin W Klitschko - Brewster, Byrd, Povetkin L Lewis - Holyfield, Vitali O Usyk - Fury, Joshua N Valuev - Ruiz, Holyfield
OVERALL CAREERS Usyk/Lewis/Holyfield (Do Lewis and Holy's 90's work count...do Holy...and especially Uyk's, cruiser work count? How much do losses, especially post-prime losses, count? If I had to split it... Usyk (as long as he remains undefeated) Lewis Holyfield WladKlit Fury BEST WINS Holy- Bowe or Tyson (because he was post prison...maybe not as great as remembered but shocking) Lewis- Vitklit or Holy (only because I think Holy was a bit past it) Usyk-Fury Fury- WladKlit Andy Ruiz-Joshua FIVE BEST REIGNS Lewis (because they were broken up), Middle for quantity, Last for Quality Usyk WladKlit (long but not much there) Holy (hard to really find a good reign, but maybe the first, since he got Forman and Holmes) Joshua FIVE BEST WINS Lewis Usyk Holy WladKlit Fury
Vitali Klitschko seems underrated imo I know people rate him highly H2H, but his record is good Vitali Klitschko - went 15 - 2 in world title fights, beat WBO champion Hide, Sanders (who was coming off a win over WBO champion Wladimir) for WBC and lineal, WBC champion Peters Throw in some really good defences as well