I think the concept is pretty pointless but I'm still reading people putting the likes of Crawford above Usyk. Undisputed in two weight divisions (including the most prestigious division by far), every match 'on the road', wins over lots of champions, and especially the fact he is beating men who are tens of pounds heavier than him. He is literally proving his pound for pound worth before our eyes, by beating these mountainous men. This isn't some measly seven pounds difference in a division jump, in which both men weigh in at the same weight anyway. Usyk is probably the best ever representation of this concept. He's a million miles in front of anybody.
Everyone just makes up whatever p4p means to them bro. It's not a big deal. Honestly those who do not rate Usyk on p4p list are just being traditionalists. They may not even know it. I've ran into plenty who can only tell you that's how p4p is meant to be, not why. p4p begins with SRR, George Gainford used it as a means to promote SRR despite his not being a HW and the basic promotion for none-HW boxing stars began. That said, it should be clear George's and so the original usage of the term, excluded HWs. So there is your basis for no hws in p4p. As to folks who rate Usyk but under TC, I can't say. As to p4p becoming whatever fans say it is, that's because writers do it first. Boxing writers, either in ignorance or because they are motivated by money I can't say. But once you have writers rating HWs and explaining what p4p is wrongly then you can't hardly blame fans who adopt it. Very similar to lineal being whatever made up bull**** people like most having little to nothing to do with the actual history that actually took place. Still waiting on Adam Pollack or Matt Dunnellon to tell me what other QB champions they recognized based on mixed rules fights. Everyone knows Sully is the first QB champion and these historians only write what happened so it shouldn't be hard to explain how the first QB lineal champion never won a QB fight in his career or heard of the term lineal champion in his lifetime. Shouldn't be a gotcha question. It should be the most obvious and basic question anyone has about a record that features nothing but mixed rules being called champion over any one set. You know, if you do research instead of reprinting others.
Define p4p. For me when someone says "p4p great" I immediately think of someone that surpasses what should be the limits of his body. I can't think of any other boxer better than Usyk when it comes to that (maybe Holyfield but that's about it). He on average gives up like 20-30 lbs to his opponents while too often (in fact always other than against Chisora and Witherspoon) being the shorter man with shorter reach and smaller body structure and he is the best fighter in the division without any competition.
Clearly not. There's a huge gap between Usyk and everyone else. It's ridiculously desperate to even attempt to put anyone over Usyk. Usyk is a true modern day great. He would be great and P4P number 1 in any generation. But some suspects of the usual kind have to always put someone like TC as no 1, it's just the way they are.
P4P is a load of rubbish that was popularized by Pacquiao and Floyd. Crawford and Canelo are bums by allowing promoters to promote them using this term and buying in to it. USYK is the P4P king and has been for many years yet never claims such a silly accolade. A big reason why Crawford and Canelo suck is they actually seem to care and bieng called p4p. After Canelo bullies Crawfish or Crawfish boxes that ginger midgets head off their ego's are going to be ridiculous over 1 win, Canelo winning is him beating a 38 year old former light welter lol! And Crawford winning...well Canelo has already shown he fumbles against legit boxers and losing to Crawford cements his ginger no soul status
Being the best heavyweight in the world makes you absolutely the best boxer in the world. If that's ever possibly not the case, the boxer will move up to heavyweight and make it so, prove it. As Usyk has done. Saying Floyd Mayweather ranks above Wladimir Klitschko is like saying Flo-Jo was faster than Carl Lewis. Mayweather would lose to Mariusz Wach. That is reality.