Poll - Who would you give a better chance of beating Usyk? Prime Foreman or prime Liston?

Usyk beats seventies Foreman for me. Liston is a 50/50 fight based on styles although I have Liston much higher in my 'list'.

 

Liston

 

70s Foreman was adapt at cutting off the ring and doesn’t have much to fear in ways of return firepower against Usyk. He has a chance for the win in the first 5 rounds. Usyk gets past that he puts on a clinic.
Sonny a more adept boxer could have a few good exchanges but based on the two Ali fights he was pretty clueless against great footwork.
Good fights that I could see a lot of money flowing on both sides.

 

Talking from the heart here, Usyk is a masterful boxer, and he definitely has a CHANCE at beating Foreman... But I don't buy into him beating that prime version of George. With the way that he's been worked on by Fury, Joshua, and Chisora, all visibly feeling their power and being susceptible to mean uppercuts- I got Foreman.

I've overrated Usyk a lot in the past and felt like I should put my opinion here, alongside the thread.

Usyk - Liston would be a hard match that could be something like 50/50 or 60/40, but I feel that Usyk might take that one. Liston obviously matches up better against better opposition though, Usyk would not have a chance at beating a Frazier or a Tyson.

 

Possibly beats them both but I'm quite confident in him beating Liston but think he could lose to Foreman.

 

Loses to both

 

Both of those men beat Usyk.

 

They should both be heavily heavily favored. But Foreman.

 

I feel that he truly is a great fighter overall, moreso that he's not shown enough yet for me to put him with the greats of HW.

Usyk hasn't got the same durability to the body that Ali had and one thing that Big George has great at was cutting the ring and landing in combination with both hands. George is one of those punchers that can get you with either hand and if it goes the distance, my money is on Fury by doing just enough. I think George could very well stop him to the body though.

 

Foreman has a better chance here, and I’d pick Liston to beat Foreman head to head, but I see Foreman as having more chance to catch Usyk and switching his lights out than Liston,. Usyk’s a terrible style matchup for both of them but Liston in particular

 

Usyk has a good chance of beating Tyson and a very good chance of beating Frazier.

 

Usyk beats both but I think Liston might give him more problems overall and wouldn't fade like Foreman would

 

Neither. The only guy they fought was who comparable was Ali.