Usyk is just as skilled

Crawford is and always has been a natural 147 pounder. He was absolutely massive for 135, very big for 140, and he's a big 147. He was rehydrating as much as 18lbs at 135, 17lbs at 140, and he's easily rehydrating at least 15lbs at 147. He weighed more at 135 against Gamboa than career 140 pounder Postol did against him at 140, and more against Postol than career 147 pounder Horn did against him at 147.

He's usually been the bigger man and has often had a weight, reach or both advantage or significant ones. In fact, he's never been at a reach disadvantage in a single world title fight, so in every single one of his fights at the world level.

If you're coming in as high as 153lbs at 135 and 157lbs at 140 and the top welters weigh 160-162lbs you're not going to be facing opponets much bigger than you at 147 and he's clearly noticeably thicker and heavier at 147 and still very lean at that weight. He's at least 162 in the ring.

Look at how crazy lean he looks here weighing in the ''60s-70s'' so at least the upper 160s. He doesn't have an ounce of fat on him. He looks no different there than he looks in the ring so he might even weigh more than 162 in the ring at 147.

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How difficult the weight making process to get down to 135 was was the main theme of his HBO 2 Days special. Hell, he's even saying it's a real struggle to get down to 147 now and that he might move up to 154

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So the argument he's beating bigger fighters when he moves up isn't true in most instances. He looked as big as Porter who was a MW in the amateurs (165)

He weighed 7lbs more than Gamboa at 135 and 9lbs more than Beltran at 135, and he still weighed 5lbs more than career 140 Postol at 140 when he moved up.

At worst he's the same size as many of these 147 pounders he's fought. Maybe he's been smaller a few times but he never looks remotely undersized or like he's giving away much weight at all and like I said he's literally never giving away reach.

How many times has he been outweighed by 1 division in the ring, let alone 2, 3 or even 4 like certain ''hype jobs'' have routinely at their third weight and giving away tons of reach routinely too? Fighters who weren't rehydrating as much in their first weight he is in at his third and are rehydrating barely anything in their third one. I'll wait

Usyk is facing giants at HW who are way way bigger longer and heavier than him and he's routinely facing big-massive punchers at both CW and HW

Gassiev is one of the sport's most powerful KO artists and he's known for knocking out numerous highly ranked HWs in sparring. This has been confirmed my many in the know. Ben Davison said lots of HWs have personally told him Gassiev hit them harder than anyone and Sam Jones said he's seen videos of Gassiev knocking out top HWs in the gym and they were frightening

AJ is a massive puncher who had stopped all but 2 of his opponents prior to facing Usyk

Briedis is a massive puncher too

Glowacki, Bellew, Chisora, Huck, and Hunter are all very big or big punchers too

And Dubois hits ridiculously hard. Many fighters have said his jab feels like a big right hand

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Crawford is a fantastic fighter but he's fought very few big punchers, let alone one his size. Look through his resume if you don't believe me

Egis is probably the biggest puncher his size he's ever fought. Am I wrong?

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Usyk deserves to be in the conversation for P4P #1 not only for being undisputed at CW and three belt unified, winning, defending and unifying all his world title fights in his opponent's backyards (don't forget how much praise and credit was lavished on Crawford, Spence, Haney and Fulton for doing once what he's done in almost all his world title fights), and running such a danger fraught gauntlet of murderous punchers and legit bangers, again in their backyards. He also deserves it for turning the Baddest Man on the Planet into the sport's biggest coward, both figuratively and literally.

Think about it. A literal giant who weighs 50lbs more than him, is much taller, has a 7'' reach advantage, and a youth advantage wants nothing to do with him in his own backyard where everything is stacked heavily in his favour and for all the gold in Fort Knox. Usyk's skills did this to that man.

And Usyk's skills made another giant AJ have a nervous breakdown in his own backyard.