Usyk is still the #1 heavyweight of his era

Parker and Huni couldn't do it. Wardley can be seen as a dangerous fringe contender

 

Respectfully, none of those guys have even won a championship, or demonstrated that they can do so. Hrgovic and Sanchez are going to get chances, but they all lost when given big opportunities.

 

Agreed.

 

The biggest chances against Kabayel and Dubois where they gave a positive account of themselves. And they are the ones at the top of the mountain mind you!!

Bakoles another one he took a fight on short notice now hes chopped liver.

 

Bakole isn't in the conversation. He only beat Baby Anderson--and I told everybody Anderson is terrible. It astonishes me that anyone saw anything in him.

Kabayel is a good fellow, and he deserves a shot, but his resume is not at the top. He's not even #5...that would be Parker. Let's compare...

KABAYEL
Zhang
Chisora
Sanchez
Makhmudov

FURY
WladKlit
WilderX2
Whyte
ChisoraX3
Cunningham
Makhmudov
Wallin

JOSHUA
WladKlit
Parker
Ruiz
Povetkin
Whyte
Pulev
Helenius
Wallin
Breazele

DUBOIS
Joshua
Wardley
Hrgovic
Miller
Lerena

PARKER
Wilder
Ruiz
Zhang
Bakole
ChisoraX2
Meehan
Botha
Dimentenko
Leapai
Hughfury
Takam
Massey

I know who is on last place, here.

 

Real talk Anderson>Torrez.

Sanchez is the single best win anyone on that list has.

 

Friend...I think that is utterly delusional. Seriously, let's put that to a poll.

 

Anderson v Torrez? Let's do it.

 

That's not the issue.

You said that Sanchez is the best win anyone has on the list I made. I think something is getting lost in translation, here.

 

I agree the idea that Sanchez is the best win is utterly crazy but if you include losses (of which Parker has four, all of them quite bad) and consider the nature of the wins, Kabayel's record is far above Parker's.

Kabayel beat Chisora without controversy. Parker needed two goes against an older version, and we agree Chisora should have got the nod in fight 1.

Parker went life and death to scrape a win over Zhang, Kabayel walked through him in 6 rounds next fight.

Significant as these are two of Parker's three best opponents beaten, along with the Ruiz MD in NZ. I regard Sanchez KO7 as a better win than that.

I dont see any case for including Meehan, Botha, Leapai, Dimitrenko or even Massey as notable Parker wins. Rudenko was at or above those levels surely.

 

But surely, even if you make the case against Parker, Kabayel is not in the league of Fury, Joshua and Dubois?

 

There is a much stronger case that they are/were better fighters, I would say thay have better wins. Kabayel may be being flattered by his zero. He also didnt do anything for 6+ years, seemed to duck Joyce and was considered a tick over for Fury, who had sparred him.

 

So back to the original point, if the three men that Usyk beat twice each are better than the man that you have put up as splitting the ear, then Usyk is clearly #1, with a bullet, by a country mile....

 

No doubt. The OP's title is bizarre. Even if Usyk had lost he would still be far and away the No.1.