Although noone defeated Lennox Lewis, Wlad klitschko became the lineal champion by dominant wins in the HW division. Tyson Fury beat him but then stopped fighting for three years to avoid a rematch. Since then Usyk has beaten AJ has beaten Wlad. That makes Usyk lineal, and any diatribe from Fury about being the longest lasting lineal champion should be ignored. Fury has ducked Usyk for the fourth time, but it has been a multi-year duck. Usyk is clearly the best HW and is more undisputed than other fighters, eg Haney who only beat Kambosos to become undisputed at 135, then lost but was gifted a win. Boxing fans know the real champion.
Is Usyk bests Hrgovic, his hw resume beats Fury. - Joshua is better than Wilder - Hrgovic is better than old Wlad and I agree, Usyk is true lineal champion.
Usyk is lineal in my eyes, and already has a top HW resume - Chisora to match Fury's Chisora, Dubois to match Fury's win over Whyte, and AJ x2 which imo is better than Wilder x2.
No, even if you would pick Hrgovic to win. Wladimir was THE champion and still at the top. Hrgovic has fought a single top 10 ranked guy.
I'll explain the difference between a duck and a delay. When you duck someone, you have have chance to fight them but don't sign to fight them, you fight Wallin instead. Then you avoid them again to fight an mma fighter. See, the reason it's a duck is that there is no fight actually signed or going to happen. That's AJ ducking Wilder. A delay is when you've made the fight, it's signed and organised, then it gets delayed by injury or some other factor, but you're still signed to fight and it will now be on a different date. That's Fury v Usyk. Now, if Fury pulls out for no good reason and the fight is terminated, you can call it a duck.
You either have critical thinking skills or you don't.. NPCs among us still think the cut was accidental..
Right because Fury didn't have a chance to fight Usyk last year? Are all Fury fans inbreds like you? He was the one holding the belt hostage while fighting Chisora, Whyte, & Ngannou (the same MMA fighter you now have an objection to AJ fighting after Wilder didn't keep his end of the deal & got exposed by Parker which apparently is also AJ's fault) I can't decide whether Fury is the worse poison for this sport or his fangirls at this point
No Usyk isn't. We'll see in May. Fanboys are really hoping May doesn't happen. Like we go from April to June and Usyk is the forever fantasy champion.
39* And still clearly the nr 1 guy in the division. No one was favored to beat him. He was the champ who was constantly defending the belts vs top ranked opponents.
Hrgovic hasn't beaten anyone better than AJ, Wilder or Wlad. Usyk beating Hrgovic is a foregone conclusion because Hrgovic is massively overrated. Why else is he fighting absolute bums like De Mori?
I'd still like to see the fight because realistically Wilder would have sparked the Wallin AJ faced in 2 rounds. AJ v Wilder is still very much a 50/50 fight in my eyes.