This generation of heavies...does it simply suck?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Glass City Cobra, Jul 19, 2025.


What do you think?

  1. This era freaking sucks

    14.0%
  2. Usyk is just that good

    43.4%
  3. It's a little bit of both

    40.4%
  4. Something else

    2.2%
  1. Yorbals

    Yorbals New Member Full Member

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    Usyk is the only good heavyweight of the last 10 years, any of the good boxers of the 90s or before would have cleaned up in this bum era just like he did,
     
  2. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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  3. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    It is MOBILITY for their size that makes today's top HWs so lethal

    They are huge but also athletic with it.

    Size, strength, speed, height, weight. They are so much bigger and more mobile than the past

    Thus they would clean out every other era.

    In fact, very often it would look like a boy vs. a man.
     
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  4. kdyehs

    kdyehs Active Member Full Member

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    David Haye would have been destroyed in the '90s. Pressure, ring IQ, great stamina, brute force, the ability to cut off the ring, clinching, and close-range work were all things that fighters in the '90s executed excellently to counter movement. Chris Byrd tasted that medicine against Ike Ibeabuchi, before the decline of the division in the 2000s and prior to the Klitschko reign.
    The aggressive, walk-you-down style of the '90s would have worn down Usyk tremendously.

    Who is the current slugfest killer in today’s heavyweight division?

    I'm sure Daniel Dubois would have been KO’d by '90s fighters like David Tua.
     
  5. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why didn't Fury dominate Steve Cunningham
     
  6. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Usyk is great but this era sucks.
     
  7. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Wlad copped the same BS I guarantee Usyk and Wlad would be dominant in any era.