Since we have largely agreed that Usyk's WSB fights count towards his legacy...

You can "agree" on whatever you like, amateur boxing won't count towards a professional record. If you want to do a whole-career appraisal just do one, and include the amateur careers of the boxers you are comparing him to. What's wrong with that?

 

Whatever it was, it took place before Boxrec, Wikipedia and Usyk17 Promotions claim he turned professional and is not included by any of these organisations in their written record for him. Wiki note specifically that the WSB took place before Usyk turned professional. I've never seen anyone of any repute list any of these WSB fights as a part of his professional record. So if you're appraising him as a professional it would seem odd to want to include these fights to me.

That said, knock yourself out, it isn't hurting anybody but makes zero sense to me. And I feel pretty sure that absolutely nobody will be doing so in 15 years.

 

That much faster, mongoose reflexes and reaction times apex prime version of Usyk who was a light on his feet and agile as a 135 pounder was better than the version that unified all the belts at HW and would've beaten all these HWs he's beat in the pros even clearer and if you stick that version in with all the greats of previous eras who he apparently stood no chance of beating according to these supposed self-appointed 'experts' worship at the altar of he bare minimum causes them absolute nightmares. But of course they act like this mid-late 30s version is the prime version of Usyk even though it's plain to see he has slowed down a lot.

These self-appointed 'experts' whose opinions we are supposed to take seriously even though they all to a man told us the prime or closer to prime version at CW stood zero chance of becoming HW champion in this era, let alone becoming undisputed.

 

Apparently it makes sense to the majority here, but Serge's post contains no information about whether or not Usyk's WBS run should be included in his appraisal.

But Usyk is an enormously popular figure and if you set up any kind of vote "for" or against, he'll "win." Lots of people would casually agree. I don't mind anyone casually agreeing. I'm just pointing out that Ring, Boxrec and Oleksander Usyk, they don't agree.