Boxing thread

[Bahnz]

Yep, mopped the floor with the two dominant heavyweights of his generation 4 zip. Undisputed champ in two weight divisions. Definitely a Lewis-tier fighter at the least. Deserves to be in the conversation for the greatest ever. Wish he'd walk off into the sunset, but I can understand why he'd want to keep going.

 

[Burgey]

Didn’t see the fight today but saw short highlights including Fury shaking his head at the scorecards. I gather Usyk schooled him?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Didn’t see the fight today but saw short highlights including Fury shaking his head at the scorecards. I gather Usyk schooled him?

No. Much closer than the previous fight I thought. 4 rounds seemed steep but the British press/ex fighters saying he was robbed was way over the top.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yep, mopped the floor with the two dominant heavyweights of his generation 4 zip. Undisputed champ in two weight divisions. Definitely a Lewis-tier fighter at the least. Deserves to be in the conversation for the greatest ever. Wish he'd walk off into the sunset, but I can understand why he'd want to keep going.

Best since Lewis and arguably better given his unbeaten record. Fighting in a better era than Klitschko brothers did and he's taken on everyone and beaten them all.

 

[Bahnz]

Also, Dubois is so cringey he almost manages to be endearingly cute. Almost.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Think we can definitely now start carving the tablet that says "All Time Great" for Usyk.

He's beaten everyone in a weight that's likely well above his natural one (in the process giving a resounding answer to every pundit who suggested the Marcianos and Dempseys of yesteryear couldn't live with today's XL heavyweights) and done it at an age where most fighters are likely on the down slope.

I wouldn't be surprised if he walks away, but, in all seriousness, I reckon the most interesting fight out there for him is Opetaia, whether it's at cruiserweight or heavyweight.

 

[social]

Think we can definitely now start carving the tablet that says "All Time Great" for Usyk.

He's beaten everyone in a weight that's likely well above his natural one (in the process giving a resounding answer to every pundit who suggested the Marcianos and Dempseys of yesteryear couldn't live with today's XL heavyweights) and done it at an age where most fighters are likely on the down slope.

I wouldn't be surprised if he walks away, but, in all seriousness, I reckon the most interesting fight out there for him is Opetaia, whether it's at cruiserweight or heavyweight.

Usyk is a much bigger guy than Marciano

He’s 6’3” & 220lbs whereas Rocky was 5’10”, 190 and basically a small cruiser

 

[hendrix]

Didn’t see the fight today but saw short highlights including Fury shaking his head at the scorecards. I gather Usyk schooled him?

Was far less competitive than the first fight. The first fight by round 6 it actually felt like Fury had control of the fight. That was never the case in this fight: I don't think Fury every won more than a round in a row and never had any momentum.

Usyk didn't really have to get out of 4th gear IMO. I think I gave Fury about 2 rounds clearly - the 5th and one other. He nicked a couple of others, but definitely didn't win more than 4 IMO. After round 6 this fight was over and Fury was struggling to stay competitive. Fighting negatively/defensively and not really trying to win.

 

[hendrix]

Yep, mopped the floor with the two dominant heavyweights of his generation 4 zip. Undisputed champ in two weight divisions. Definitely a Lewis-tier fighter at the least. Deserves to be in the conversation for the greatest ever. Wish he'd walk off into the sunset, but I can understand why he'd want to keep going.

Peak Usyk is about 8 years ago. His cruiserweight run is quite outrageous in what was possibly the strongest cruiserweight division in history. Went to every champ's backyard and took their belt.

Even a very old Briedis still gave Opetaia the toughest fights of his career: that goes to show just how strong the cruiserweight division when Usyk, Briedis, Dorticos, Gassiev, Huck, Glowacki, Hunter et al were at the time. Remembering that Michael Hunter has a win over Martin Bakole.

 

[hendrix]

BTW, this is still the most competitive fight of Usyk's career and IMO the most underrated fight of the modern era.