I think Usyk should retire - is it worth losing it all?

We've had enough Floyd Mayweather zero hoarders in boxing. All the greats in heavyweight have losses, there's no shame in that. Let him chase as much glory as he desires and make some great fights.

Also if he exposed "two frauds" in what I'm assuming you're referring to Fury and AJ, what would that mean for his legacy? Stop discrediting his wins.

 

Definitely needs to beat Dubois/Parker winner.

I'd also love him to face the winner of Zhang/Kabayel and Bakole.

If he did that he's cleaned out the division.

He's in a blessed position where outside of Dubois, the best fights to be made will be his mandatories which makes them very easy to negotiate. Although Canelo was in that same boat and completely messed it up lol.

 

First off, he didn't expose two frauds. He beat the other best heavyweights of his generation which were guys that would have e destroyed a lot of former all time greats.

Usyk is a smart guy and will retire when when he feels like he is slipping. After his last performance, he likely has at least a couple of good years left.

 

If they were frauds, then he hasn't much of a legacy does he

Dont let your hatred for Western boxing spoil what is a admittedly good topic

For me, he should bow out now

Nothing else for him to really achieve and by trying to achieve things that won't do much for his lasting legacy, he risks being beaten by somebody who really has no business having a win on him on their resume

 

Usyk continues daring to be great, unlike most other ATGs in history. Floyd's key skill was avoiding difficult fights, he isn't in Usyk's league.

 

I am also of the opinion that he should retire, he won everything, beat the competition, there is no need to prove himself to anyone anymore...

 

Great post as usual. I think I may need to take a long break from the classic forum where guys talk about how Uysk isn't a great heavyweight because he has had less than five quality wins there. They fail to realize that Uysk has beaten more men over 200 pounds than Joe Louis did. Louis's three losses were to sub 200 pound heavyweights. Every Cruiserweight that Uysk fought was probably at least 210-220 on the night of the fight. Schmeling was 194 when he knocked out Louis. Just imagine this forum if Uysk had lost to a 194 pound fighter.

 

That isn't how classic sees it. They almost always just wait for fighters to retire before evaluating their careers

They did it with Wlad, with Vitali, with Lewis.

 

I'm not so sure about that. That forum has turned into a bunch of Tony Galento worshipping fouls.

 

That's just not true. But maybe if the forum seems full of fools who all disagree with you, you staying away might make the forum seems less foolish to those who frequent it.

 

Why you don't want your favorite boxer to be challenged by different fighters ?

He fought two champions two times and that's it ?

He should fight two times per year at least and that goes to every other inactive champion.

 

Floyd avoided difficult fights? You have seen his record haven't you? I have said this before but I doubt many fighters have a comparable record, undefeated or not.

 

Perhaps you're right. Idiots rule.