Holmes not unifying is only an issue if you value belts over competition. Plenty of guys Usyk hasn't fought are better than Holmes co champions...
Plenty of steroids available in the 1980s so why would anyone think Povetkin wouldn't take PEDs in that era?
Maybe also guys like Kabayel, Zhang, Ajagba etc getting more opportunities
He beat 3 ranked opponents. His career is far more memorable for who he didn't fight than who he did. The era certainly wouldn't suffer much if...
Boxing historians have rarely made an issue out of guys not rematching opponents they previously beat without controversy. Holmes, Lewis and...
Given all the guys he missed out on fighting though his losses don't look good. Excluding Wilder and Fury he missed out lots of dangerous...
I should think boxing fans would be thrilled to be rid of Fury and Wilder who wasted their primes with ducking and fighting terrible opponents....
If you are trying to count Dubois as being part of the era you have to count Itauma who will likely turn out better than him
Lennox has a much deeper heavyweight resume than Usyk by any metric
Douglas didn't kayo anyone of.note aside from Tyson and Holyfield failed to kayo lots of guys. There's no reason to think Usyk lacks the power to...
Only in terms of hype. Who did they beat? Might as well call it the Kabayel era as he is still undefeated
Hrgovic only has one quality win. He's barely more proven than Itauma