To all the people claiming Usyk is the greatest Heavyweight

Thanks, champ

 

The Usyk disrespect is insane even over here in the UK. Don't get me wrong, he's very popular and loved by many fans over here but even though he's conducted himself with the utmost class during all his many visits to these shores and has beaten all his British foes over here on a deck stacked against him or on the road with the deck still being stacked against him a few of those times if we're being honest, and whilst conceding obscene or huge physical advantages to much bigger men, he's had to beat AJ, Belly and Dubois twice a piece to receive the credit for doing so once and even when he does so twice we still hear excuses from many and from certain media members, pundits, fighters and ex-fighters.

Remember AJ only lost to Usyk in the first fight because he got the tactics wrong? Remember how they threw Robert McCrackenunder the bus for that?

Less than 48 hours before the fight AJ said he'd been studying Kronk fighters and that he knew exactly what he needed to do and that he was going to give the fans the KO they wanted.

Prior to the rematch he claimed he didn't want to hurt Usyk in the first fight and that McCracken had never taught him defence and some actually believed this BS

He also said beforehand how hard and frustrating it is to pin Usyk down, that it's like trying to "swat a fly'' and it will tire you out when you keep missing. But all AJ had to do to beat Usyk is ''be aggressive and walk Usyk down'' despite the fact that Usyk is a master boxer on the front and back foot and he will outbox you and walk you into counters you don't see coming if you try to push him back

So Usyk whooped the ''new''/''old" aggressive AJ with his new American trainer in tow yet again but AJ "got the tactics wrong" again. Why did he try to "outbox" Usyk again?

Don't forget that they were lining the "new" and "improved" Boxercise Ben trained AJ for a third crack at trying to best Usyk and many believed that version fresh off a HL reel KO win over Ngannou was the man to unseat Usyk this time, until Dubois HL reel KO'd AJ on his face and only then did many stop believing AJ was the better man than Usyk even though Usyk had beaten him not once but twice

Then the same thing happened after Usyk beat Dubois. Even though Usyk won every round all we heard about from many was the low blow and how Dubois was robbed of victory. Even during the months leading up to the rematch the same British media members would not shut up about it and they would not shut up about it to Usyk either. So Usyk agrees to give the much bigger, much younger and much more powerful Dubois who can punch holes in brick walls a rematch in his backyard on a deck stacked against him to put all that talk to rest and silence the doubters and yet come Monday morning after Usyk HL reel knocked Dubois out in his backyard Talksport who have picked him to lose to AJ, Belly and Dubois IIRC are making a fuss and making sure everyone knows all about Dubois' dad holding a party for Dubois the day of the fight, before the fight, and chaos in the corner during the fight in order to low-key try to discredit Usyk

Belly wasn't aggressive enough vs Usyk, was too light or too heavy, and he was robbed in those fights or deserved to win at least one according to many

Then we have ''average southpaw" Usyk who is ''not an ATG" being treated like a piece of dirt at the negotiating table by Belly after Big Frank has said the fight would be "easy to make" and that the purse split would be "50/50" and being insulted, disrespected and screwed around by Belly and John Fury sucker headbutting the smallest member of Usyk's team like the classless thug and bully he is

AJ hurling Usyk's belts out of the ring, stealing Usyk's moment from him and trying to completely unprovoked instigate a fight with Usyk's trainer who was twice his age and half his size

Dubois crashing Usyk's post-fight interview for Belly II when Usyk was paying tribute to his sons

Dubois' trainer Don Charles being extremely disrespectful towards Usyk, in many interviews and pre-fight press conferences accusing him of being a liar, a cheat and questioning his faith and Charles' son George Fox doing the same and making a complete clown of himself

Bellew is the only Brit opponent of Usyk who had never disrespected him, quite the opposite in fact, and even though Usyk is friends with Chisora and Chisora has praised him he's also said some things in interviews about Usyk I didn't like

When Usyk, Holyfield and Haye were in the same building for some event or fight Usyk ranked Holyfield and Haye 1 and 2 CWs of all time but Haye wasn't quite as humble and he ranked himself over Usyk and came across as a bit disrespectful to him and he has picked Usyk to lose to all of his Brit opponents IIRC, maybe not this time with Dubois though. He gives him his flowers now but the point is Usyk has to go far above and beyond to receive his just due and respect and behave like a saint

As said, Usyk is loved by many over here and many media members praise him and give him his flowers but there had also been a lot of completely unwarranted disrespect and Usyk has had to completely silence the doubters time and time again and conduct himself with the utmost class and not put a foot wrong to receive the credit others would've been given in a heartbeat or much sooner than he has.

 

You're welcome, Clint