Are there any areas where you would acknowledge that Usyk has an advantage over Ali as a HW?

They absolutely are and if they don't actually believe it they're pretending to

And I've not been arguing that Usyk has just been past his prime at 39 y/o I've literally been telling everyone on here for years he's slowed down a lot and I noticed these signs of decline long ago

 

Allow me to educate the ignorant and blind or those suffering from selective blindness

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A Usyk in his late 20s

Firstly his title winning performance vs southpaw Glowacki and then his first defence 3 months later vs southpaw Mchunu

And then following that a bunch of his KOs/stoppage wins in his first 9 fights as a pro ie. pre-CW title fight Usyk. Look at his speed, combinations, fluidity and precision even with single shots. His punching form even looked different in those early fights his combos had a more scything quality to them and certain punches even disappeared from his arsenal and I mean especially in those pre-CW title fights

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Look at the speed and agility here when he lands those 2 uppercuts. First a left uppercut followed by a right one. When was the last time we saw him do that? Are people blind he was a different fighter back then so much faster, more agile, fluid, sharper, accurate with much faster reflexes and reaction times and even at CW we saw that diminish, let alone up at HW.

That was him in his athletic prime and he wouldn't need to bulk up to 220-233lbs to fight Ali or in Ali's era because he wouldn't bee facing 240-280lb giants in those eras and he didn't need to bulk up period because he was like giant mongoose back then and his speed, athleticism, agility, sharpness, reflexes and reaction times coupled with his sublime skills, engine and iron chin was already amazing for a big man

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It's so weird how both of us are so diametrically opposed to prevailing notions and ideas in some areas like boxing yet stodgy throwback old school purists in others like with films and music. It shows how fair and balance we're really being. We're never blinded by nostalgia, logic and reality are our governing principles.

 

As you know, I have no love whatsoever for modern films and I have zero desire to watch them. It's the same with modern bands and music too but if I hear a really good or great modern album or discover a really good or great modern band I'll acknowledge it and give them credit and I want to heat more even though for every really good or great modern album or band today there was literally hundreds and thousands before everything went to crap sans video games.

And nor would I ever try and deny I have this bias either. Quite the contrary

But I have zero desire to join music or film forums so I can crap on modern music, bands and movies like some of these Classic posers do on here with modern boxers

Likewise, I could cause havoc over on the Classic with my skills if I wanted to, terrorizing all those wannabe historians and hipsters and shoving their cigars and fedoras up their asses

 

Yeah it all depends with me, there's plenty of modern films that I quite enjoy. But no matter how much I love them, they never quite reach the level of greatness that older films did. So that's kind of a moot point, occasionally something will come close like Doctor Sleep or Licorice Pizza, but they're the exception rather than the rule. I'm pretty much just like you with music. Thankfully I've gotten really good at sussing out which ones will be crap or appeal to me beforehand. So I effectively dodge all of the shitty ones.

I do occasionally take a crack at modern movie fans on X, but I tend to avoid that as well, because they're all a bunch of circular arguing trolls and spastics who drag you into some ouroboros like maddening loop. WIth their ok boomer nonsense when I'm barely ****ing Gen X. It's like Gen Z stare in argument form, I hate them all!

I've gotten the urge to go to war in Classic but I'd probably be stuck there arguing for weeks and I'm not up for that kid of time investment.

 

But we don't deny or try to hide our bias and even though I'm much more close-minded when it comes to giving modern movies a try than you are and in my defence I rarely watch movies at all and as you know I have a very low opinion of modern actors and it's not because of their acting chops or rather lack thereof. I just generally dislike them

I too enjoyed Doctor Sleep after you recommended it to me. Is it as good as The Shining? Of course not how could it be The Shining was directed by Kubrick and starred a prime Nicholson and it was made in one of the golden decades for film. But it's still good

That sounds like hell. I wouldn't even enjoy terrorizing them with my skills because I would feel contaminated and dirtied just by venturing over into their habitat. I've seen a few things you've posted about modern movie fans and that was enough for me.

No desire to do that either. Some of my favourite posters on here have been Classic posters and I like many posters who post on there but there's a certain type that really rubs me up the wrong way and I'm not alluding to anyone in this thread