Usyk is vacating all the belts!

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  1. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    The hell...?

    FuryX2
    2X champ, significant wins over Klitschko, WilderX2, Whyte...

    JoshuaX2
    2X champ, significant wins over Klitschko, Povetkin, Parker, Ruiz, Whyte

    DuboisX2
    2X champ, significant wins over Joshua, Wardley, Hrgovic, Miller

    Gassiev
    Unified cruiser, and now WBA heavyweight champ, Significant wins over Lebedev, Wlodarczyk, Dorticos, Pulev,

    Briedis
    3X cruiserweight champ, significant wins over Huck, Dorticos, Glowacki, Mikaeljan

    Bellew
    Crusierweight champ, significant wins over HayeX2, Makabu, Cleverly

    Glowacki
    Crusierweight champ, significant wins over Cunningham, Huck

    Huck
    Cruiserweight champ, tied for number of cruiserweight title defenses, significant wins over AfalobiX3, ArslanX2, Lebedev, Ramirez

    That's 11 wins against historically significant opponents.
     
  2. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Please let Sanchez become a world champion.
     
  3. Drstillhammer

    Drstillhammer Member Full Member

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    Afraid to lose his 0, only wants soft targets. Got helped by the ref to retain the belt against Dubois and Verhoeven. So far for all the goat talk.
     
  4. rolzone

    rolzone Active Member Full Member

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    lol
     
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  5. LiamInChains

    LiamInChains Active Member Full Member

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    Yes they will care, whether you like it or not they will. Especially casual audiences. He could have completely avoided it. The fact you remember all those other blemishes on fighters records says it does matter. Taking an L to an active contender would have been better than going life and death with a KICKBOXER, he should have retired.
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    If Tyson Fury had done this he'd be crucified.
     
  7. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    I have no words
     
  8. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Kabayel is the very definition of a paper champion. His belt is meaningless.
     
  9. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Usyk is lineal champ. Vacating physical belts doesn't free him of responsibility the way it would for an ABC.
     
  10. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The vast majority of these guys have extremely thin resumes and will not be remembered as great fighters.

    The fact that you are reduced to bringing up a 44 year old Pulev to try to hype up Gassiev is extremely depressing. Or an ancient Haye for Bellew. Or a totally shot Cunningham for Glowacki who hadn't scored a notable win in years.

    And Furys resume is aging very poorly
     
  11. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Who should he have fought instead or also then?
     
  12. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's not who he should have fought it's more his opponents having crappy careers and not taking more big fights
     
  13. Philosopher

    Philosopher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Was about to post the same...
     
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  14. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Lol. Thjey manifestly don't and of course they will be remembered, as they were champs, sometime multiple times.

    Gassiev did his best work at cruiser, and it was great work. Pulev has to be mentioned, because that is what won him his heavyweight belt. The fact that you are ignoring his cruiser work shows how disingenuous you are.
     
  15. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    So it's out of his hands?

    I'd be curious to see you breakdown the opponents mentioned and who THEY should have fought then