If Uysk cleans out the current cruiserweight divison

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  1. Likely lad

    Likely lad Active Member banned Full Member

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    I think he has a strong claim to being the greatest cruiserweight ever. The division is probably at its strongest ever, Breides, Lebedev, Gassiev. If he could beat all 3 and unify that would be a serious acheivement having already beaten hunter ,glowacki and mchunu
     
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  2. silencio

    silencio Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I like Usyk a lot, but can we please tone it down a bit... He still has a lot of fights to win and a lot to prove in the ring, before we even consider him an ATG, let alone "best ever".
     
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  3. Keith-Joshua

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    He will never be on the same level as Evander Holyfield !!!
     
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  4. Likely lad

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    tbh it would not take much to become the best ever at cruiser, no one has a very deep record there, the divison for most of its history was very weak too. Now the division is read hot, probably the hottest in boxing and theres tons of great fights, its not too soon talk about him becoming the best cruiser ever, he is maybe 3 fights away from having a great claim to it
     
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  5. Likely lad

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    i don't count drug boys like evan fields, he is struck from the record books like lance armstrong
     
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  6. Keith-Joshua

    Keith-Joshua New Member Full Member

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    He didn't use steroids at cruiserweight as far as i know , he used them to bulk up for the heavyweight division
    and the most heavyweight fighters were on steroids in the 90s , see Mike Tyson for example.
     
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  7. Likely lad

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    lol as far as we know, lol the man had a heart attack he was so roided out. he's whole career is wiped from the record books of any honest boxing fan
     
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  8. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Usyk is clearly not as good as he was hyped to be.
    Having Russ Amber as his trainer certainly wont help his status
     
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  9. Keith-Joshua

    Keith-Joshua New Member Full Member

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    Then the whole careers of Mike Tyson , Frank Bruno and Shane Mosley should be wiped from the record books
    as well and there are a lot of more fighters who used steroids , they're only the most obvious ones.
     
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  10. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    If he beats 2 out of them 3, hes on his way
     
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  11. Likely lad

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    yes they should, when did iron mike use steriods? iv wiped the careers of mosley, jones jr, holyfield and mayweather from the book already
     
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  12. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Its a possibility
    He is off to a very good start in his career already and the division is competitive.
     
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  13. Likely lad

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    yup he's last 3 wins have been great quality, hunter was a very good tricky fighter who he battered, that south african is seriously awkward and glow was a top class fighter

    but americans have no idea about the cruiserweight division so they write it off, usyk is already pushing p4p top 10
     
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  14. andrewa1

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    Division was underrated and deep with Holyfield as well. Qawi was an ATG CW. So, I don't see him matching Holyfield, but it IS deep, and DOESN'T get unified much. So yes, he does that and I think he'd have as good an argument for 2 as anyone in CW history.
     
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  15. Keith-Joshua

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    Mike Tyson didn't admit to use steroids , but he admitted that he used a fake ***** to pass drug tests , you only
    need to look at his physique , 220 pounds of lean muscle mass at 5 ft. 10 is not possible naturally.

    Also he was very aggressive at his fighting days in and outside of the ring , this could be a side effect of his
    steroid use.

    Don't know about Mayweather using steroids though.
     
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