Is Usyk an all-time-great fighter?

For me Usyk is as much HOW he did it as the paper part of the resume - all in the back yard, with the deck stacked against him in most cases,a dn with the arguable exception of Breidis, he was the dominant and clear winner.

That said, whether he is elevated to ATG will mostly (whether right or wrong) depend on the outcome of his fight with Joshua. If he wins (again, in the opponents backyard, with no advantages), then it's hard to argue against - and in Joshua it will be against one of the legit top 3 (or 2 in most folks eyes, sorry Wilder) heavyweights - so unlike Haye, would not be 'stealing' a title.

H2H Usyk is a nightmare for any cruiser in history (yes, even Holyfield), and not an easy night for any heavy either, although even if he does beat Joshua, he would be unlikely to scratch a top 100 HW all-time list as he simply has not had enough fights in the weight class to even be under consideration.

In terms of the poll, i'd say it's maybe a bit too open;

Is Usyk an ATG Cruiser? Yes already IMO.
Is Usyk a P4P ATG? Not yet, very much contingent on beating Joshua and possibly even having a few defences to cement it.

He wil never be an ATG HW though, simply doesn't have enough time left to have enough HW fights.

 

ffs
once in a generation fighter
cleared out cruiser better than haye
travles anywhere
fights anyone
and going for heavyweight glory even though a little under sized against theses modern day behemoths

 

Too soon…he needs more significant scalps on his resume and if he were to clean out the heavyweight division then he could enter that realm of possibility.

 

Yes

 

Yes and I'd argue he is an ATG. And along with Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev the only ATG of the previous decade. With a possible inclusion of Roman Gonzalez in there as well.

 

Seems unrealistic he will ever become a HW ATG. As far as p4p ATG he probably already is, but hes not exactly an absolute bona fide lock ATG. Currently I rate his p4p ATG status as similar to Shane Mosley. A borderline ATG and probably lean more towards yes than no.

 

At Cruiser yes, he's arguably the best cruiser ever along with Holyfield, but in a P4P sense no, I don't think so, not yet at least. If he beats Joshua though, which I don't think he has a reasonable chance of doing then yes he's a lock in not many cruisers can make that jump up especially in an era of super heavies.

 

He is but not a strong one. We'll see what he can do at HW.

 

Hes an all time cruiser

 

Lets say Usyk beats Joshua and Fury... where would he place in ATG rankings?

 

He should win against AJ, Fury and Wilder and then considered best boxer of this century.