Size maxis in shambles

Because people put him in top 5 rankings and he couldn't put together a title reign or win fights that went the distance. And he beat a single ranked fighter in his comeback.

 

Well show me a guy that did what he did at his age, at Heavyweight

 

Vitali Klitschko had a better comeback. They both came back in their late 30s.

 

This still says absolutely nothing about 5'11 Orthodox pressure fighters chances in today's HW division.

 

Until we see a photo of the two together I am going to assume Usyk is a smaller man than Larry Holmes.

stats simply cannot be trusted. Going by some tale of the tapes Holyfield was supposed to be the same size as Larry. He just wasn’t.

There are many such examples.

 

Usyk is a classic sized heavyweight in the traditional sense. Above light heavy and below Superheavyweight.

when what you call “the post Lewis sized era”came along it was less an “era” and more the birth of a new division.

 

I can just see people in the classic forum getting their steak knives out and hunting you down after claiming Usyk is bigger than Liston!

 

Used to be called heavyweight until the superheavies turned up.

of course there still is a heavyweight division in the Amatures.

 

As usual, people exaggarate to make the point. Usyk isn't a small HW, but he isn't "large" by any standards either. Jess Willard was large in the 1910s or Carnera in the 1930s, Usyk wouldn't be seen as some kind of giant in these eras. He would have considerable size advantage over most HWs, but he wouldn't be large.

As usual, everything to make the point. Even if it doesn't mean using any logic.

 

I'll sleep like a baby tonight with full knowledge that "size maxis" are not in shambles, because they do not actually exist and are just a figment of the imagination of some nerd on the internet.

Seeing an American throw around the word "shambles" is also bizarre. It's as if he's unironically absorbing British speech by spending too much time discussing boxing on the internet.