What does Usyk have to do to surpass Holyfield alltime?

At cruiser; Qawi X 2, Occasio, Parkey, Deleon, Tillman.
At Heavy Dokes,Stewart,Thomas,Tillis , Douglas, Foreman, Cooper,Holmes, Tyson, Moorer x2
Bowe #2 Tyson x2, In other words not only did Holyfield beat better competition than Usyk
faced, many of the fighters he defeated would beat Uysk.

 

Surpassing Holyfield at heavyweight is going to be difficult, since Usyk started fighting at heavyweight in his mid 30's. Holyfield literally fought everyone.

 

Briedis is better than all of those guys apart from maybe Qawi.

Dokes, Stewart, Thomas, Tillis, Douglas and Cooper are not better wins compared to Joshua.

 

Hard to say.

Tyson, Mercer, Lewis, Bowe, Moorer had better chins than the Bodybuilder.

To be at the same level USyK has to beat at leasr Joshua in the rematch and twice one among Fury and Wilder.

 

Holyfield beats him up bad.no comparison

 

Knew this was coming.

 

He has to know when to retire!

 

I would favour Toney to beat him

 

This will be a fan-battle for the ages, and it really comes down to how you think of Holyfield.

Points in Holyfield's favor:
His wins dwarfs Usyk's in number and quality (at heavy)

Points against Holyfield:
Beatable fighter with ten losses, and, "Evan Fields"

I struggle with Holy. So many great years, so many great fights, but at the end of the day, I don't know how much of it was him and how much was the fact that testing was in its infancy back then. I would say Holyfield with an asterix by it.

 

If he unifies and retires without a loss, after beating the guys necessary to win all the belts (presumably Joshua in the rematch, the winner of Wilder/Fury, and any rematch associated with that one, plus probably some unavoidable mandatory in the interim), he's not that far off, honestly.

 

He'd had a whopping 3 heavyweight fights so there's that. If he beats Fury and Wilder as well as winning the rematch he is certainly building up an impressive record.

How much money and potential legacy did he just cost Fury? If their unification came off and Fury rolls him (hugely likely) it's a very big win for him. Joshua's damaged goods now even if he won a rematch. That notch is gone and the legacy ceiling lowered.

 

He has long way to go at heavy. Although tonight was a stellar win. At cruiserweight he matches up nicely. Usyk’s cruiser resume is awesome.

 

I think that at cruiser he's surpassed Holyfield.

I think that at heavy he's unlikely to, he started heavy a bit late. Although if Usyk goes on to beat Fury and Wilder and a few other guys without losing he'd have a better claim. Fury is going to be especially problematic for Usyk due to his sheer size and skill at the long range work.