Usyk from the toney Bellew fight is the best version of Usyk I've ever seen.

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This version of Usyk beats every other version, he was so light on his feet with angles and level changes
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    Usyk solved the equation he was having issues with bellew but solved the puzzle
     
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    TNSNO1878 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Do you mean at Cruiserweight or in general? I think the Usyk from the Dubois rematch is the best version I have seen; he basically fought Dubois at his own game and haymakered him into oblivion.
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A 38 year old usyk would not beat a prime usyk
     
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    Usyk from Joshua 1 is the fastest and most agile version of him I've seen. After the final bell AJ was sitting on his stool almost collapsing from exhaustion due to the pace.

    Usyk-Dubois 2 is the most clinical version.
     
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    It depends on how you classify his prime. The Dubois 2 knockout was punch-perfect, and he knocked out a HW champion in his prime who was a stone heavier than him. The Bellew fight was great, but I don't think it was his best performance; even at cruiserweight, his win against an undefeated Gassiev was the better win on paper: a 12-0 shutout in his own backyard to win the WBSS and become the first-ever 4-belt undisputed. I never used to rate that win as highly as I do now until I went back and watched the fight again; they were only a few months apart, though, so he wasn't that far off his CW peak.