Ali, Louis, Lewis, Holmes, Wladimir, Foreman, Tyson, Holyfield, Marciano, Dempsey, Frazier, Johnson. Sorry he doesn't rate above any of these fighters certainly not in the top 10.
I find it very hard to rate Usyk at HW. H2H he's clearly up there but he has such a short resume due to starting at HW so late. Clearly combined CW and HW he's top.
It's always hard to compare accomplishments over different eras as it's subjective. I would say he's a lock in for top 20, top 10....harder to justify, it's a competitive era but not a great one and I think many heavyweights have accomplished more. At best I could have him 10th, knocking Wlad off my 10th spot but I dunno, Wlad had such a long reign and while Usyk has been dominant since moving up, he's still only had 6 fights at heavyweight. I say we wait until he retires to fully assess where he stands as how the division plays out after he retires may effect how people view his standing. For example if Joshua goes on to beat Fury and then dominates the division until he ages out it adds too the Joshua wins and you could rank Usyk higher, but if Fury and Joshua lose to Hrgovic or another up and comer it would make those wins less impressive and add to the idea this era was not great.
He entered the best 10 ever, maybe 8th or 9th but he could make even better until his retire. I think he aims for the best 5 ever...still 4 or 5 remarkable defences. In the end he would be together with Ali, Louis, Marciano and Lewis. Then Foreman and Holmes or Holyfield.
If Usyk beats Parker and Hrgovic and one of them goes onto greatness, it will only enhance his hw legacy. In fact, if he beats 3 legit top 10 guys, i could make a case for top 8 at heavy. Right now he is in the top 20 but not top 10. Not enough fights at heavy just yet. But a hell of a fighter.
Bit early for that kind of judgement and making a top 10 for HW is always a difficult task because of how many great fighters could very easily qualify for such a place. I love Usyk and believe he is an ATG, but he probably hovers somewhere in the top 20 next to guys like Patterson and Corbett instead of Ali and Louis, more of a middle of the pack guy right now, rather than a front runner.
Off course. He is olimpic gold medalist He is undisputed unified cruserweight champion who beat all big names on best era of this category He is undisputed and unified Hw champion who beat 2 best names of this Era- both very good boxers. He done this all in enemy territory and being smaller "star" He is for sure one of the greatest boxer who ever try this sport. He done all what You can done in boxing sports. You are just crazy if You dont put him with best on top of the top
Topics like this is bad for boxing. Usyk did not even had 7 fights at HW and he is ATG ? His resume at HW is not that good. He beat AJ and he was already number 1 ? How ? Before AJ, he was "too small, too weak"