Usyk is The Greatest Road Warrior Ever

Joshua stops him early.

 

Facts

 

In terms of sheer quantity of road wins, I think Eddie Perkins probably takes the title, but Usyk has certainly belongs in the discussion based on his recent run. He's also pretty much assured himself Fighter of the Year honors in 2018.

 

Hes the “home” warrior

 

Degale used to try call himself a road warrior lmao.

 

Ali got his passport stamped in England, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Ireland, Indonesia, Zaire, Malaysia, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas.

 

The point here is that Usyk's been going to everyone's home turf to beat them. Ali fought in a lot of neutral locations being listed there, which is impressive in its own right, but isn't quite the same thing.

And for the record, I'm a massive Ali fan, and think Usyk is extremely impressive and fun to watch.

 

He's like a street fighter character.

 

What's the fascination with winning a fight in someones back yard? I don't get it. It means nothing.
Mean that the outcome was fair.

What I do think is badass is how willing Usyk is to travel. Now that is something else.
Him winning a fight in Russia or Latvia doesn't do anything for me.

 

Against Opposition with the same nationality as his. Generally

 

Fighting in someone's backyard, and winning, means you are winning with things stacked against you.

Since, a fighter who is travelling, would have the following disadvantages:

- Jet-lag / homesick

- Would have less crowd support and sometimes, get discriminated / booed.

- Be more uncomfortable fighting in a unfamiliar territory. Whilst the home fighter would have the advantage in fighting where has fought multiple times, being more comfortable.

- Sometimes have bias judges, referees and officials against him.


These small things make a HUGE difference in deciding outcomes of boxing bouts. Irrespective of whether you, or anybody else for that matter, want to accept it.

A outcome of a boxing bout, are sometimes simply decided by the location / venue. It can be the difference between winning and losing. As was the case when Pacquiao lost to Jeff Horn. Anywhere else outside of Australia, and Pacquiao beats Horn.

Winning whilst fighting in your opponent's backyard, simply proves, you can win with with many disadvantages stacked against you. That's far more impressive than winning when everything is stacked in favor of you when fighting at home or favorable locations.

 

Foreign fights with foreign boxers
Henry Cooper x2 British
Brian London British
Karl Mildenberger German
Jurgen Blin Swiss
George Chuvalo Canadian
Rudie Lubbers Netherlands
Joe Bugner British
Jean Pierre Coopman Belgian
Richard Dunn British
Trevor Berbick Canadian