Do you consider Usyk's amateur and/or WSB accomplishments to contribute to his legacy?

The point is if you are Champion you are supposed to defend your belts. He is too old? Ok retire.

 

Sorry, what do you think headgear has to do with anything? The fact you take more damage with headgear makes Usyk even better? Okay. Exactly, Usyk lacks the physical gifts of Foreman so his skills and achievements speak more positively of Usyk. You're almost getting it.

 

Headgear is like riding a bicycle with training wheels.

 

You've never boxed obviously, that's fine. Probably shouldn't talk about things you don't know anything about though right, that's good practice in general for life.

 

I don’t think somebody who was born ‘slippery’ knows what it’s like to have balls ma’am.

 

The most skilled heavyweight ive ever seen

 

There's never been anyone like him.

 

He's defended the belts against whoever is put in front of him wherever, they want to fight and he beats them.

Like Ric Flair said, he holds the belt so he makes the rules. Don't like it? Oh well. Should have beaten him. At least he's fighting top 5 fighters and not the Dominic Brazeales of the world, or fighting Chisora for the third time, or losing to Fat Andy.

 

Fan demand make the rules. Or it should.

 

No.

Amateur achievements have never been used to enhance a fighters legacy I don't know why this suddenly seems to be a trend now.

As I said in another thread Ali is rated as the number 1 Heavyweight of all time based on everything he done as a professional. If Ali had never won an Olmypic gold medal he'd still be ranked as the number 1 Heavyweight hence amateur achievements have no barring on your all time ranking as a professional.

I mean look at this way Jorge Luis Gonazalez had a fantastic amateur career but a mediocre once as a professional. Does his all time ranking go up a few places because of what he did as an amateur of course not.

Usyk doesn't need mental gymnastics for him to appear greater than what he is. He's a fantastic fighter a top 50 P4P all time, number 1 or 2 Cruiserweight of all time, top 15 Heavyweight of all time as it stands today.

And I think that's plenty of praise no need to go overboard.

 

Why not? Andre Bored fans always went on about his Olympic gold medal.

 

Most people have voted yes to my suprise.

 

No, it contributes to his amateur career. Has nothing to do with professional legacy.