Vitali Klitschko > Usyk > Wlad Klitschko

How come?

 

They weren't a factor at cruiserweight and some of those like Breidis were extremely competitive. Which proves he didn't have to agree to any of them at heavyweight.

If it was just part of boxing he would have been forced to take them at cruiserweight too logically

Funny how Floyd has fewer rematches than Usyk with twice the fights. Rematches with Oscar and Pac presumably would have been huge paydays for him but he managed to wriggle out. Amazing isn't it.

 

Because Klitschkos are ambitious and Usyk achieved more than them.

Boxers are jealous of each other, especially retired older boxers can’t stand the success of younger fighters.

 

I'm sure Wlad wishes he was undisputed. I mean he was almost there - who wouldn't be annoyed. I don't think Vitali gives a shi*. He just seems like that type of person to me.

 

I am a life long boxing and klitschko fan, but usyk beats vitali clearly by decision and has a great fight with wlad and beats wlad in a close fight

 

How does Usyk beat Vitali? I think Vitali can take Usyk's punches and turns it into a brawl. Usyk would eventually retreat and try to potshot, but Vitali is too long and Usyk gets the worst of it.

 

Usyk is way faster, southpaws, very hard to hit with big shots and a great counter puncher with permanent pressure + technical great with his headmovement and fast feet. Vitali is to slow for him imo and his jab is not good enough to disrupt usyks offense. Wlads jab would be way tougher for usyk

 

I don't agree about using the Chisora fight as a comparison, as Usyk was clearly using it to work out how to fight at HW. However, I do agree that Vitali should beat Usyk, given his size, power, chin and underrated boxing skills. Usyk would need to box an excellent fight to outpoint Vitali- i don't see Usyk winning by KO.

 

By your logic, Fundora should fight at HW. Unfortunately your logic is not aligned with reality. Weight is what matters. Sure, a big tub of lard may be a useless boxer, but the assumption is that we are talking about professional boxers, who train hard and have decent skills and stamina.

That is, the old adage "size matters" rings true. When they say size, they mean weight - the reason there are weight classes.

Usyk is fighting significantly heavier men, bigger men. The disparity with Usyk's opponents is incomparable to anyone else's opponents in recent history, even Lomachenko. Inoue is fighting slightly bigger opponents. Crawford fought a much more solid and well adjusted SMW in Canelo, but he was easy to outbox, and not really much bigger than Crawford.

 

I agree, but this is why ducking is so frustrating. In 5 years we will be arguing who would have won between Canelo and Benavidez, but we will never know, even though it appears almost certain that Benavidez would have won.

 

Vitali — the nightmare matchup. Granite chin, awkward rhythm, relentless pressure. On eye test alone, he’s a problem for literally anyone.

Usyk — skill-for-skill wizard. Footwork, angles, gas tank, ring IQ… he makes elite heavyweights look confused.

Wlad — the most dominant résumé of the three, but also the most system-dependent. When the jab + grab worked, it was clinical; when it didn’t, things unraveled fast.

 

Usyk isn't that much faster than Vitali. I doubt that Usyk would be applying permanent pressure. Usyk has a very good chin - maybe better than Vitali's, but I don't think you can play rock'em sock'em robots with Vitali and win.