If Usyk defeats Fury will he be considered the best HW if this generation?

Well Usyk needs to get through a Joshua rematch first which isn't a given. A robbery isn't out of the realms if it goes 12 rounds.
It depends really who fights moving forward. If Fury beat Usyk and then Joshua it would be hard to argue against his claim. Same with Usyk if he beats Joshua and then beats Tyson. At this point if everyone just retired then I think it's difficult to say as there's too many unanswered questions. So everyone needs a couple of wins fighting the other top 3 in the division. Wilder is out of contention due to lack of competition and unlikely if he fights again to fight the other top guys.

 

Yes. This era is defined by Wilder, Joshua, and Fury. If he beats two out of three (the best two), he's the best of this era.

 

In fury's case yes, yes and yes (though he gotta have to defend his undisputed title against some RANKED mandatory challengers in order to get the right be called a great fighter).
Also usyk if he wins, then he would undoubtly solidify his status as the best of best. His career at cruiserweight already made a great fighter in my eyes.

 

I don't really see who you could rank above him. I suppose if AJ beat Fury after he might have a case because of more depth, but if he loses the Usyk rematch I'm not sure you could.

 

Fury won't lose to a 36 year old cruiserweight

Only AJ & Wilder lose to him with their punchers chance.

 

If having three big wins means your the best of an era, it's a weak ass era.....

 

as to be
and no it dont work the other way
fury as vlad and wilder
tis it really

 

Yes and I'd estimate he still has another 2-3 years left of prime or prime-adjacent stuff left in him, which is wild. If he does the deed and rides into the sunset as @McGrain says then yes, he is leaving no question, but the opportunity (and I think inclination) would be there for him to gild the lily.

 

...but watch, five years on you'd have knuckleheads busting out revisionist larks such as "he ducked Wilder!" sort of how you now have people saying Kovalev ought to have made sure of things with Stevenson despite the fact that not a soul on earth including Stevenson himself ever doubted the outcome there had it happening worked out.

(to be clear: Usyk as the man at HW after beating Fury is far more of a slam dunk than Kovalev as the man at LHW anytime during his run...but the latter was still a slam dunk that people are very silly to call into question now)

 

At the very least i'd argue that if one of the big four can beat the other 3 guys, then without a doubt that guy would be the best. But so far all we have is Fury beating Wilder and Usyk beating AJ. If Fury beats Usyk, then I personally believe we'd still need to see Fury vs AJ, and if Usyk beats Fury then I believe we'd still need to see Usyk vs Wilder, assuming Wilder doesn't retire. In other words, after the unification bout, I personally believe there should still be one more fight afterwards to earn the unofficial title of "best of this generation." I'd be really happy to see either Fury or Usyk do it, and then ride off into the sunset and let the next wave of heavyweights make a name for themselves.

 

Yes, of course. If he beats Fury i'd consider him as a Top 10 ATG at HW.

 

Chisora....AJ....Fury... yep, that's top ten ATG material right there!

 

Depends when this generation started and when it ends.