Is Usyk still the World Heavyweight Championship (in your view)?

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Is Oleksandr Usyk the heavyweight champion of world?

  1. Yes

    38 vote(s)
    64.4%
  2. No

    21 vote(s)
    35.6%
  1. lone star

    lone star Active Member Full Member

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    Unlike Foreman then Briggs whose Lineage went back to Floyd Patterson Usyk's goes back to who ? Debatable.
     
  2. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    He was a Mike Tyson figure--he created a lineage by pulling together all the ends.
     
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  3. jmb1356

    jmb1356 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He would have kept his titles if he really thought he could still compete at the top level.
     
  4. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It goes back either to Wlad, or to Fury, depending on how you look at Fury's inactivity between 2016 and 2018.
     
  5. lone star

    lone star Active Member Full Member

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    This is what I mean. It’s debatable.
     
  6. lone star

    lone star Active Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson never became Lineal because and ends, loose or not. He became Lineal after Michael Spinks. Whe beat Holmes, who beat, etc.
     
  7. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's not debatable as the fact is Usyk is the lineal champion. Debatable is only when you start the lineage.
     
  8. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Disagree. Had Spinks never come back, that would have been the new lineage.
     
  9. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The most deserving fighter with a belt to call himself the overall HW Champion is Agit Kabayel.

    Lets see if Gassiev or Dubois dares to face him.

    WBA: Murat Gassiev

    WBC: Agit Kabayel

    IBF: Vacant

    WBO: Daniel Dubois