Imagine Usyk taking Kabayel, Wardley, Opetaia and Itauma

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  1. DoctorJones

    DoctorJones Member Full Member

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    And winning against them all.
    Most of us here would admit it would qualify him for the top 5 of all time.
    Kabayel a murderous body puncher slaying giants
    Wardley a massive puncher with a natural fighting talent
    Opetaia, still at cruiseweight sure, but I am probably not the only one to see him as a serious contender soon. No need to present him.
    And Itauma, still green and potentially glass chin. But damn he looks good when he fights.

    Unfortunately Usyk is fighting shot Deontay
     
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  2. mrbigshot

    mrbigshot Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    And now face reality where usyk refused to face parker , wardley , kabayel , and itauma ... to fight only shot wilder and maybe even jake paul ...
     
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  3. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fighting Opetaia would unironically be an interesting fight.
     
  4. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    No worse than top ten, probably.
     
  5. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If he beat all of those Id have to consider putting him above Muhammad Ali
     
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  6. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Tf lol, that barely improves his resume. Who are those guys and who have they beat. That’s like GGG level opponents, Martin Murray, Geale, Lemieux lol.
     
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  7. Levook

    Levook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yep.
     
  8. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Right now? It barely moves the needle at all.

    If one or two of them go on to dominate the next era, it'd age well... But there's no guarantee that one of them will.
     
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  9. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Honestly Kabayels the only one of these fights I want to see. Opetaia should beat someone respected at HW first. But as it stands Itaumas young and Opetaias a CW. Wardley is not very good.

    The best 4 fight stretch I see for Usyk is Kabayel, Hrgovic, Frank Sanchez and maybe lets put Bakole in there.
     
  10. PrimoGT

    PrimoGT Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Probably better than fighting Ngannou's left-overs twice.
     
  11. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    I’d say its more that there isn’t really an outstanding challenger.