Is Usyk suffering from Canelo syndrome?

Lewis fought the more highly regarded Grant instead of Ruiz, and then tried to face Ruiz next but Ruiz refused and got awarded the belt by a court. This was several years before Tyson and totally unrelated.

Byrd was the year after Tyson and also unrelated. Lewis choose Kirk Johnson over Byrd, which became Vitaly instead when Johnson had to pull out due to injury.

Ruiz would have gotten his shot, but choose to take it to court to get the belt that way instead. That one is not on Lewis.

Dropping the belt instead of facing Byrd was questionable, though, but at least he kept facing actual contenders and not just a name. Usyk bypassing the whole top 10 to face Wilder is worse.

 

So, whose opponents were of higher quality? Tyson Fury, who defeated 39-year-old Klitschko and Wilder, how high quality were his opponents in his title defense? Anthony Joshua, a fake Olympic champion who lost two of all four fights and defeated 41-year-old Klitschko. He was also a very well-packaged boxer, whose cowardly nature was exposed in his first fight with Andy Ruiz. He was someone Eddie Hearn carefully protected. Canelo failed a drug test for using banned substances, and De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotion is also very good at packaging boxers. But between Canelo and Triple G, Mayweather, Bivol, Mosley, Cotto, Crawford, Kovalev... who fought more high-quality opponents in their career? Of course, he did indeed use the protection of referees and boxing organizations to cheat his opponents and avoid fighting Benavidez and others. However, it's a fact that Usyk used injury as an excuse to avoid his fight with Parker, and shortly after, he was discovered partying and dancing, and he also avoided his fight with Wardley. Usyk fights several times a year, and in 2023, when he fought Dubois, he held three titles: WBA, WBO, and IBF. He deliberately chose to defend his title against the weakest opponent, Dubois. Ultimately, for most of the history of professional boxing, the heavyweight division has supported box office revenue, but is the heavyweight division really that popular now? Why do the four major organizations all want Itauma to fight high-level matches as soon as possible? Does Usyk not want to make money? The problem is that he himself is worthless; it's his opponents who are valuable. Since you hold a title, fulfilling your obligations is your responsibility, but Usyk avoiding fights is a fact. In terms of skill, we naturally know he is stronger, but he doesn't fulfill his professional duties. I'm just pointing out the facts. If you're going to make an evaluation, then present the objective facts. Aren't most people in this thread using double standards? How badly has Wilder regressed in his last match?