Inoue & Usyk: we're spoiled

We are lucky to have all these guys
Mu original point was, imo better fighters (or at least equal) have not long retired and others will come

 

Boxing fans were already spoiled with Mayweather and Pacquiao and before that we had RJJ and Mike Tyson. And before that there was the Fab 4. And so on. Every era is going to have ATG level talents. At the end of the day there's really no reason to be comparing fighters in all honesty. Whoever you think is greater/better is just a matter of opinions.

Just enjoy the fighters that we have right now who are still active and bringing a lot of excitement to the sport. I'm certainly enjoying Usyk and Inoue's continuous dominant reign.

 

We also had a prime Chocolatito during that time as well.

 

Usyk by late KO, Inoue is just too damn small man.

 

Yes agreed Adam people are a bit too quick to jump on the bandwagon when neither fighter has even retired yet and could yet still lose and their stock could plummet significantly.

Inoue is great and regarding eye test he looks sensational but his best win is against Donaire who was on the wrong side of 30 who'd already been beaten multiple times convincingly.

Usyk is also great but again his best win is against a Fury on the wrong side of 30 who was coming off almost losing to an MMA fighter.

I may be young in my 20s but I've lived through an era of the likes of Pacquiao, Hopkins, JMM, Mayweather, etc. So I don't see how I'm getting spoiled now to be quite honest.

I don't see that Inoue is doing anything better than what Pacquiao was doing and Pacquiao was doing it against greats unlike Inoue.

Or when Hopkins was being highly successful in a higher weightclass aka Light Heavyweight in his 40s.

I wasn't born during Holyfield’s era but he was also consistently fighting bigger Heavyweights aswell. And was having to face the likes of a prime Bowe, Lewis, and Holyfield was past his best vs a prime Lewis aswell.

Usyk has fought....

Joshua, Chisora, Fury past his prime, Dubois.

Holyfield has fought.....

Prime Lewis, prime Bowe, Tyson, Mercer, Foreman old but won lineal title after, Holmes old but came within 1 point of winning world title 3 years after, Moorer, Dokes.

Have we been spoilt now compared to recent eras in the last 20 or 30 years or so ? I don't think so.

 

Inoue fought 3 times in 8 months. All contenders if it wasnt for goodman backing out.

He can clean out 126lbs too. 3 weight undisputed would be nuts.

 

I agree fully with your post, as usual very balanced and full of facts

Are inoue and Usyk amazing? Yes
Are they ATG? Looking likely especially usyk
Are they something I haven't seen before in the last 3 decades? No

Every era has greats and after these guys are long gone, the next flavour of the month will be fighters never seen before!

 

Don't forget Crawford

3 2x undisputed champions

If Crawford beats Canelo he is the P4P Goat

 

Goat of the era for sure if he beats canelo, but he won't receive same credit for some obvious reasons I won't put here, as will get banned

 

This. I felt similarly during the GGG era, much to the chagrin of the Golovkin nuthuggers.

 

I think he'd be the goat of any era

We are talking about a natural welterweight beating the top super middle weight of the last 10 years (I know Canelo is ducking Benavidez) and still a pound for pound fighter

Think people are taking this for granted

This would be the equivalent of Floyd Mayweather fighting GGG or Bernard Hopkins a little past their primes

 

The "obvious reasons" you alluded to with respect to Crawford apply to Usyk as well, only in reverse.