Usyk will be the test of a small light hitting HW can dominate

Go tell that to Chris Byrd who was a non-puncher at HW yet he is a 2 time champ.

 

Whilst others don't understand that whilst HW's hit harder....They're also slower and have less output.


Usyk will probably weigh the same at HW as Wilder.

He also wouldn't be the first fighter in History to actually gain power going up in weight.

 

Usyk is 6'3" tall with a 78" reach. About even numbers with Ali. He isn't power based. He's got speed, a chin, stamina, smarts, footwork and defense. A heavier man isn't going to be enough, he's going to needs skills and a larger reach to gain the advantage.

 

Wilder is basically a cruiserweight. Same weight as Usyk.

 

This. Gassiev's power is nothing compared to Wilder's or Joshua's. Also, Usyk isn't as clever a fighter as Byrd is nor can he fight at Holyfields pace to keep the big guys off balance as a way to compensate for his lack of power, but I'd still like to see him try, since the cruiserweight division has nothing left for him.

 

Usyk has great ability, and it'll be very interesting to see how his career unfolds. But although he's of a similar size to Larry and Ali, his style and attributes are very different.

We don't need to see how he does, in order to form a realistic opinion of how we think Ali and Holmes would have done today.

They were proven HW's.

If Usky comes unstuck, is that seriously going to convince you that Ali and Larry wouldn't have had a chance?

 

Roy was immensely skilled.