Usyk's Best Wins Hunter Bellew Briedis Gassiev Huck Glowacki Winner of the Super Six Tournament, 7 world title wins, WBA, IBF, WBO, IBF, undisputed world champion. Holyfield's Best Wins Tillman Qawi x2 De Leon Parkey Ocasio WBA, IBF, WBC, undisputed world champion, 6 world title wins. It's clearly Usyk by quite some margin, even Qawi who was Holyfield's best win was more known and better at Light Heavyweight.
Johnny Nelson is renowned for being one of the best tipsters in the game and he's given cutting edge analysis on the match up and tipped himself to win, so it's hard to argue against this fact.
Wait a minute, you think Toney Wait a minute, you think that Toney & Jirov belong in a debate for the greatest Cruiserweight of all time?
There's no doubt Usyk's resume has more depth, but how do they matchup against Holyfield's opponents? Do any of them beat Qawi? How would they fare against De Leon? Would Usyk himself beat Holyfield? I'm not picking sides, but I can see how one could say Holyfield is greater. It's also hard to disconnect Holyfield's work at heavyweight because his style translated well there.
I have Usyk at number one today. Tomorrow I could think it's Holyfield. On a different note, I think Carlos De Leon should be in the running for. number three. Lastly, overall, Johnny Nelson may have the most unknown group of opponents for a guy with a lot of defenses that I've ever seen. Who are those guys?
