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miniq · Nov 15, 2021

IntentionalButt said: ↑

The Cat >>>>> Big Gyppo Dosser.
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The Cat is just that a big puss whilst Fury is a Lion.

IntentionalButt · Nov 15, 2021

miniq said: ↑

The Cat is just that a big puss whilst Fury is a Lion.
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Let's bump in a year.

JOKER · Nov 15, 2021

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I think by now we can safely call Usyk the better p4p fighter with a legacy yet unfinished but already coalesced as greater, and more charismatic & telegenic than Golovkin. So then, if [url]HBO Boxing hadn't bitten the dust almost three years ago now[/url], and they had snapped up The Cat (which of course would have been a no-brainer, given how a) GGG had recently trailblazed and given other European fighters entrée into the American television market and with it the opportunity at true worldwide stardom and b) the fact that his then more well known countryman Vasyl Lomachenko had featured on the network extensively until just the year prior, in a nine bout stretch from Salido through Sosa that still comprises more than half of his pro career to date, and including splitting a bill with Usyk, who featured twice on HBO programming in all, both fan-friendly master classes, versus Mchunu & Hunter - just think about how aggressively they would have promoted him? They would have strapped the damn proverbial rocket to his back. His popularity among casual fans and potential for mainstream crossover stardom in the USA would have dwarfed Golovkin's...and that's despite being the far likelier man on any given night to nab a UD rather than a stoppage. (there were always styles against which Golovkin, whether he got the KO in the coda or not, could look sort of lackluster and ordinary, which is less true of the more dynamic Usyk)

In this alternate reality, where the former mecca of broadcast pugilism isn't on shaky ground and entering its final operational calendar year and his WBSS matches are showcased, imagine the profile Usyk could have built up just by the conclusion of 2018 alone...with the Briedis, Gassiev, and Bellew victories all taking place on WCB and heavily cross-promoted in between their other shows. Oleksandr's brand of halting, imperfect English is eminently more fetching than Gennady's, and his smile - the Ukrainian's more raffish than is the Kazakh's somewhat derpy offering - the readier for a closeup to spawn countless forum avatars, fight posters, and later even NFT's.

By now he would be their long-established franchise player, enough perhaps to fully offset Canelo's presence on rival Showtime (his defection being not the sole cause of death, but certainly a factor blamable for hastening the demise of HBO). Triumphing over Joshua, with Jim freaking Lampley on the call? Just imagine that for a moment.

Usyk has survived and thrived without them, obviously. It would have served HBO Boxing (in saving their bacon and keeping them on the airwaves) more than it would Usyk, obviously, but that doesn't take away from how mutually beneficial such a pairing had every chance of becoming. They'd still be #1 in the game, and he would be, perhaps unaltered in terms of his fight record, but a MUCH richer and more famous man.
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This thread can safely be back-dated to the Deveryanchenko fight.

miniq · Nov 15, 2021

IntentionalButt said: ↑

Let's bump in a year.
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Implying big Femi can't pull it off? how dare you.

kirk · Nov 15, 2021

Would have been interesting to see if he could have surpassed Golovkin.

I think his style and performances, while better, lack the 'magic' that appeals to casuals as much as Golovkins.

But... big wins and longevity are big factors (key ones) in becoming a star, and Usyk has that.

So would be interesting to see what could have been.

Moonlight · Nov 15, 2021

Usyk >>>> Lil G

IntentionalButt · Nov 15, 2021

Moonlight said: ↑

Usyk >>>> Lil G
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Yes and by those same proportions, Gassiev > Canelo.

JunlongXiFan · Nov 15, 2021

IntentionalButt said: ↑

Yes and by those same proportions, Gassiev > Canelo.
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No, Usyk is a multi division champion, undisputed at cruiser and unified at heavy. Golovkin was just unified at MW. Usyk has a better CW resume than GGG has at MW.

That’s not including Usyk’s wins over Joshua and Chisora of course.

George Crowcroft · Nov 15, 2021

IntentionalButt said: ↑

Yes and by those same proportions, Gassiev > Canelo.
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Better head-movement too.

iii · Nov 15, 2021

If you Big drama imo you to vote for Tony Zale...Canelo , GGG & The Man = Hagler would
all know they had been in a Big Drama show & feel it too...Legend...

drenlou · Nov 15, 2021

Usyk>GGG

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