Rank them by punching power

So Usyk winning and unifying all his world titles in his opponent's backyards sans one which was on the road, whilst giving away huge or obscene physical advantages to giants and career HWs who are much bigger, heavier and more powerful than him, who hit really hard or extremely hard against fighters their own size and giants is actually a bad thing now and it would've been far more impressive if he was fighting SMW, LHW, and CW sized HWS he was much bigger in his own backyard?

What next? It would've been far more impressive had he forged a career fouling the crap out of his opponents instead of being one of the cleanest fighters of all time and fought a bunch of featherfists instead of all those savage punchers and legit bangers he's fought, many way bigger than him, right?

Or maybe he should launch into racial tirades, slap some women about, and beat some regular civilians up instead of conducting himself with the utmost class

 

Some people are just absolutely loath to give Usyk any credit and they are super heavy on applying context when it comes to trying to discredit him but they completely ignore all context or play it down when it comes to anything positive regarding him.

Again, because it got completely ignored the first time

Ali's weights and the weights of his opponents

Look how often he was the much or bigger man. Usyk is not fighting opponents who are SMW or LHW sized ''HWs'' and even at CW the guys he was fighting were bigger than the vast majority of Ali's opponents

192-186
193-191
195-197
193-177
190-184
192-181
194-225
192-189
188-210
193-205
194-191
195-189
196-205
196-189
199-208
204-191
205-214
202-188
207-185
210-218
206-215
210-196
214-216
201-188
209-200
204-195
210-212
212-212
211-202
213-197
212-204
215-205
220-189
227-256
220-198
226-211
216-198
217-223
218-188
221-180
217-219
221-210
212-205
217-196
212-209
223-225
216-220
224-219
224-230
224-215
226-206
230-209
220-206
221-217
221-209
225-211
224-197
221-201
217-211
236-218

And Ali fought in the 15 round era and a whole bunch of his fights went the full 15 round distance or ended between round 13-15

Usyk would have stopped more of his opponents had he had 15 rounds to do so. Hell, he came within a whisker of stopping Hunter and AJ in round 12 and many refs actually would've stopped the Hunter fight in round 12 and Belly in round 9 of his first fight vs Usyk.

If Usyk had a home ref like so American fighters do pretty much all the time at home and Brits often do do you think the refs in those fights would've waved them off?

Ali was outweighed by almost 30lbs vs Buster Mathis but he didn't stop him

30lbs vs Duke Sabedong who again he couldn't stop

He did stop Alex Miteff who outweighed him by 22lbs though

Anyone with the gift of sight and a semi-functioning brain knows that Usyk is a slick boxer first who isn't trying to take you head off and if you **** him off or disrespect him a different altogether more spiteful Usyk will show up on the night who will try to punish and hurt you or knock you out and when he sits down on his shots and wants to hurt his opponent he actually hits hard.

This is him sitting down on his power

That finishing left hand he dropped Dubois with and the left hand he hurt Belly badly with are clearly very heavy shots

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Against opponents roughly his size or he was generally bigger than

192-186
193-191
195-197
193-177
190-184
192-181
194-225 went the distance vs the opponent who outweighed him the most
192-189
188-210
193-205
194-191
195-189
196-205
196-189
199-208
204-191
205-214
202-188
207-185
210-218
206-215
210-196
214-216
201-188
209-200
204-195
210-212
212-212
211-202

Usyk was 16-0 (12 KOs) at CW against opponents roughly his size give or take 1 or 2

3 of the 4 guys he didn't stop have literally never been off their feet.

I've never even seen Briedis get hurt, as in on wobbly legs, discombobulatized, or in any danger whatsoever of going down.


Klitschko brother's former chef and camp manager on Briedis

''I knew Mairis was a danger and would win. Bad choice for Charr . Mairis can bang!''

''no
but he was great at movement. You have to stay focused with Mairis at all times.''

Mairis is a tough dude. Had him at least 6-8 times in Wlad and Vitalis camps. Always gives top work''

''Mairis can box that way is all day long, but dont be fooled, the boy has some power. Seen it first hand''

''I DID... but I know what Mairis was capable of from many many times in Klitschko camps.''

James Ali Bashir on Briedis

Said Briedis sparred Wlad numerous times and was never hurt by him, which he says is very rare for anyone who has sparred more than 30-40 rounds with Wlad.

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And Wlad on Briedis

''Briedis is a former sparring partner of Vitali and myself and I know how good he is''

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Gassiev hasn't come close to going down either and it's hardly the world's biggest secret he was a terror in the gym and has knocked out or hurt many ranked HWs in in sparring, not him getting knocked out by them

And obviously Usyk's game plan was to box and move all night vs the extremely dangerous Gassiev. He wasn't loading up on his power

Hunter has a great chin too


And had Usyk turned pro in his teens as opposed to when he was almost 27 y/o and spent 8-9 years of his prime years in the pros when his speed, reflexes, and reaction times were at their sharpest he would've scored more stoppages.

He was very noticeably faster in all these departments in his prime and he was already four months away from turning 35 when he won his first world title at HW and he's 38.5 now and in a matter of weeks will become the 5th oldest HW champ of all time, the 2nd oldest unified one, and the oldest ever undisputed one

I'll wager his KO% at HW is actually impressive for a near 35 to 38.5 y/o especially when you factor in 3 of his 5 opponents were current or future HW champs, the #1 or #2 ranked fighters when he beat them sans Dubois in the first fight and that they were much or way bigger than him

If he were to lose his next fight at likely 39 y/o to a much younger opponent 100% guaranteed he will be crucified for it and it will be deemed a huge stain on his legacy by so many and the fact he's 39 y/o will get conveniently ignored. I don't care if he knocked Dubois out in HL reel fashion in his last fight he's an old man in boxing terms and he's been past his prime for years. I've been a big fan of his for 18 years now so I know what I'm talking about

 

No I haven't and I'm not trying to ''force'' anything on you.

It's important context and it's absolutely relevant to the discussion

If Usyk was fighting SMW, LHW and CW sized ''HWs'' at CW and HW over 15 rounds who he was very often bigger or much bigger than his KO% would be higher or lower?

And it's tiring having to see people constantly ignoring important context in order to try and discredit him whist claiming to be objective and fans of his

 

And I do not post in every Usyk thread. There's at least 4 Usyk threads on the front page alone I haven't posted in at all. A couple of then new threads the others days old so that's just not true

I'm very open about the fact I'm an Usyk super fan. Hell, I admit I'm the CEO of Usyk inc.

Ignoring important context is not being fair or objective

 

If you want to be arsy about it, fine I don't care either

Or you could just try being a bit fairer and not ignoring important context. You claim to be fair and objective but that's not being fair or objective is it?