How many decades will take for a better heavyweight than Usyk to appear

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by MarkusFlorez99, Jan 12, 2026.

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Who wins ?

This poll will close on Oct 8, 2028 at 4:37 AM.
  1. 2-3 decades

    47.4%
  2. 4-6 decades

    15.8%
  3. Century

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. It's never going to happen

    36.8%
  1. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Going 7-0 at HW while facing three opponents twice is a tough task :lol:
     
  2. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol: Prime elite.... J f'n c.....
     
  3. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    Fury & Usyk were once in a decade fighters, assuming every decade should have atleast one ATG special tier fighter in a division. Wlad was weaksauce for his decade and era...then we got two hot sexy fightersi n Usyk and Fury but sadly they met a tad too late...but not too late that they couldn't be appreiceted.

    We will wait atleast till 2030 to find someone to rank so highly.
     
  4. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Usyk maybe, Fury, hell no. We've seen tall underachievers already a few times. Nothing special there.
     
  5. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    Fury underachieved but he still set a physical precedent in HW boxing, Usyk did also.

    I suspect we'll be back to big useless lumps again soon enough, we'll see how Ituama's chin tests.
     
  6. OddR

    OddR Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't think Uysk is a top 5 heavyweight not enough fights. After that it gets tricky.
     
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  7. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ

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    Where's the next decade option?
    I mean, the guy is great and all, but he does have some serious physical shortcomings for the weight.

    Surely someone bigger can be almost as athletic as him and with a much bigger punch.
     
  8. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You keep trying to lump Usyk and Fury together ever since that middleweight embarrassed your guy.

    Fury set nothing. And he's already the useless lump in the division. Just a name at this point. Might as well be the HW Tank davis....
     
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  9. Mickc

    Mickc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was unable to pick one of the options in the poll because as good as Usyk is and without doubt the best of this era clearly,his lack of depth as a Heavyweight does affect his overall standing imo and how good he actually is.The greatest of Heavyweights fought multiple different fighters over decades and we all argue incessantly on here who the actual greatest Heavyweights are with all the mythical H2H fights ,ATG standings,how fights would have played out,what era they fought in,how many rounds etc etc.But like I mention as good as Usyk is in this era he has only been a Heavyweight for 6 years and only fought 5 different Heavyweight fighters so far in his whole career ! People rating Usyk as the best Heavyweight in Boxing History having only fought 5 different Heavyweight fighters is streching it imho .
     
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  10. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    not gonna happen. it's gonna be rock em sock em robots PPV on X before too long
     
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  11. like a boss

    like a boss have gloves will travel Full Member

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    Not everyone is having the same wet dreams as you are. Add an options to the poll for next decade.
     
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  12. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't believe there will ever be anyone better than Usyk, he is unique.
     
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  13. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    This is impossible to answer.
     
  14. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury set a precedence of losing to a MMA guy on his boxing debut.