Usyk outlanded Chisora in 9 out of 12 rounds with 1 even. That doesn't seem like a close fight and certainly not as lose as Fury 1 or Joshua 1.
That and his earlier cruiserweight bouts and WSB bouts. He fought at a much higher pace at cruiserweight
Usyk wasn't prime vs Fury so why the focus on those fights
Why would you rate him as less special than guys like Benitez and Hearns?
Nothing nerdy about valuing resume depth and actual accomplishments by opponents.
Resume isn't fiction and someone like Naoya has a far deeper resume than Usyk in terms of top contenders beaten Many recent examples of guys...
Pulev was ancient and hadn't scored a noteworthy win in years he also was generally not viewed as a top 10 heavyweight at that stage. That's...
Kabayel should be in contention for one of the top 3 pre Usyk
I would be interested in hearing the argument for Joshua and Fury being great. The potential for greatness might have been there but in terms of...
Those bigger guys Usyk has fought have been embarrassed by much smaller opponents making it questionable how big an advantage their size actually...
Fury hadn't beaten a ranked contender in years going into the Usyk fight and just come off the Ngannou debacle that many thought he lost. If...
Jones best better fighters was more dominant in his prime and has a deeper resume with more ranked opponents beaten. Where does Usyk have an edge...
Bowe didn't face top level opponents aside from Holyfield so it seems unlikely he would have ever agreed to fight Tyson. If Tyson didn't hold all...
Tyson beat roughly 3 times as many ranked contenders as Fury
I'd rate Usyk's cruiserweight opponents ahead of the guys Wilder was beating at heavyweight. I might favor a few of them over Wilder himself. So...
