Im expecting a "Usyk UD" flooding this thread to the brim. Anyway, Ali UD, Usyk may have looked incredibly fast against ANTHONY JOSHUA, is Anthony Joshua a prime h2h nightmare Muhammad Ali? No. Ali wins a competitive but a clear UD, struggles in the beginning with Usyk active guard and southpaw stance, Ali adapts in the third, takes over from there.
Ali ud but he would work for it 67 Ali much too fast, agile and unorthodox Edit He can bloody jab too
Who so? Fury maybe? While as fighters imo Ali is wayyy more complete. But Fury is pretty elusive and can replicate Ali depending on the skill. So maybe a Usyk v Fury can give us 10% of the idea of a Usyk Ali clash.
Pointless thread. It's impossible to say who'd win. Naturally boxing became a more global sport over the years so the talent pool increased which means a better level of boxers overall. However we just don't know. It's impossible to say.
Well really, we don't know the answers to any fantasy fight really. For all we know Amir Khan can ****ing bomb Mayweather KO1. But we can speculate, for example, we know Nortons chin was pretty exploitable, so matchups with Mike Tyson v Norton is an easy pick. Usually fights like these are harder to judge as Usyk is so new to heavyweight and has only notably fought Joshua and Chisora.
I think Usyk is a tough night for anyone in HW history. He moves too well and is too skilled for anyone to beat him easily. Hes fought plenty of HWs in WSB too. And with Usyk its a big unknown because he tires fighters physically and mentally like nobody else does.
Didn't Ali struggle a bit with Mildenberger in the first few because of the southpaw stance? I would never pick against Ali, but Usyk has got some tools, here. I will just say that they are two legends, and leave it at that.
As already's been said it's generally just to hard to call due to so many complicated variables. I personally can't say with any confidence whatsoever. I will say one thing though, if you were to drag Usyk back to a peak Ali era, Usyk would easily do the then 15 Round bouts with gutso!
I'd argue the talent pool is wider but less deep. So you might get more fighters from different countries compared to the 70s but you don't get as many elite talents anymore because boxing isn't the first choice sport among amateur athletes.
Not going to give an opinion on this one regarding who would win. Both guys have super high ring IQ, both have great stamina and I think Usyk could easily fight for fifteen rounds as Ali did. Both can take a punch and both have speed. Ali had better power, Usyk has better active defense. Both move well, and both are likable guys, charismatic and fun living. I’m a fan of both and hope Usyk retires before he takes the type of punishment Ali took late in his career. I don’t like these what if type scenarios but wanted to point out some of the strengths of both guys. In this matchup, it’s a difficult night for both guys but a great night for boxing fans (in theory of course because time machine technology is progressing painfully slow). Cheers!