Who is the Cruiserweight GOAT?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by pow, Dec 31, 2024.


Who is the cruiser GOAT?

  1. James Tony

    1.4%
  2. David Haye

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Evander Holyfield

    23.0%
  4. Oleksandr Usyk

    74.3%
  5. Dwight Muhammad Qawi

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  6. Mairis Briedis

    0 vote(s)
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  7. Steve Cunningham

    1.4%
  8. Johnny Nelson

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Juan Carlos Gomez

    0 vote(s)
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  10. Marco Huck

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk. His resume is much deeper at cruiserweight than Holyfield’s resume. Usyk also won on the road in all his big fights. Quawi was probably the best opponent either man faced so I’ll check that off for Evander. H2h it’s tough call. But Usyk has better resume
     
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  2. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No one seems to ever bring up that the CW limit in Holyfields days was 190 lbs while it’s 200 lbs now.
     
  3. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    The Real Deal Evander Holyfield a complete fighter at his peak unbeaten at Cruiserweight and unbeatable.
     
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  4. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I wonder if the Steve Cunningham vote was an accident?
     
  5. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holyfield won 6 world title fights at Cruiserweight and beat the likes of Qawi who was a good at the weight but he was better as a Light Heavyweight but still a good win for the amount of fights he had. And De Leon is another stand out win who won 12 world title fights at Cruiserweight so that's a significant win.

    But Usyk just has more depth overall to his Cruiserweight resume with wins over the likes of Hunter, Briedis, Gassiev, Bellew, Glowacki, Huck, etc. He also won more world title fights than Holyfield with 7 wins compared to 6 for Holyfield.

    But at Heavyweight I still rank Holyfield above Usyk.