Reality Check Time! Oleksandr Usyk is Still The P4P Number One Fighter On The Planet. This Is Why...

They aren't though.

Huck was no longer really relevant he was barely in the top 10 and had one foot out the door in regards to retirement.

Canelo was a P4P top 10 fighter and considered the man to beat in his division.

Bivol is rated higher than Briedis by a considerable margin Briedis won 5 world title fights compared to Bivol who has won 13 world title fights.

Briedis is known more his notable losses where as Bivol has the big wins over Canelo, Beterbiev.

I never said the Super Middleweight division is a great division and i'm not debating Usyk hasn't beaten better names overall. I was just pointing out that a win over Canelo is a significantly better than a win over Huck, taking into account Huck was 2-2 in his last 4 fights where as Canelo hadn't lost in 3 years and was considered the best fighter at his weight.

I agree Canelo hasn't looked that great in recent years i also picked Crawford to win based on that and due to the stylistic problem that Crawford brings. But Canelo has always had issues vs movers he has concrete feet and even Plant gave Canelo issues with his movement and Canelo was close to his prime then.

Obviously Canelo isn't in his peak anymore but are we not taking into account Crawford is 38 years old aswell ? which is the same age as Usyk ? and i often see people here crediting Usyk for beating notable fighters in his late 30s so why does that not apply to Crawford aswell ?

Overall Usyk has beaten better names but Crawford has more world title wins 2 wins over fighters who were ranked in the top 10 P4P not to mention he's undisputed in 4 weightclasses which is a great achievement.

Is Crawford's resume really strong ? no. But in regards to his achievements he has enough of an argument for it not to be a slam dunk in Usyk's favour.

 

Usyk a very solid #2 behind Crawford.

 

GGG from Canelo 3 was probably better than the absolute best version of Huck, same goes for Kovalev that Canelo beat. (Might actually beat a faded Huck H2H too)

Different levels.

 

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