Honestly, he has to be neck and neck with Canelo. You could even make the argument that he is more skilled than Canelo (when you include footwork, jab, creating angles, and the ability the cut off the ring,: After that, it's a toss up between Spence, GGG, Loma, Crawford, Ennis, Grevonta, and Lopez
No, Canelo has been in there with far superior comp and it’s not even close. Cruiserweight was a dead division and although beating AJ was a great accomplishment, let’s not forget that AJ has been destroyed by Ruiz already.
I put Usyk ahead of Canelo for 1 and 2, respectively. They are both special boxers, it's really no knock on either at all. The edge goes to Usyk to me for 2 reasons. 1) is a more subjective reason but I am just a fan of his style. Elusive, footwork, head movement, all the beautiful fundamentals that make boxing boxing. 2) Canelo has the better resume in terms of names, but Usyk unified at cruiserweight walking into opponents' backyards. He just won a fight he wasn't supposed to win. Canelo's resume has names, but he was expected to beat all those names, except the first GGG fight. He's the A-side and always gets the A-side treatment, where Usyk has fought in relative obscurity and had to go get it all. Credit to Canelo for winning the fights he was supposed to, that counts for something, but he also had the PED thing hanging over him. For those reasons, I put Usyk at the top spot
He beats FURY there is nothing any fighter can do to take him off top spot
Imo only 2 ways usyk drops if he beats fury and doesn’t lose.
1. If canelo unified 175.
2. If Crawford beat Spence and unified ww.
What if Spence beat Crawford and jmw title from Charlo? Interesting debate imo.
Solid points.
A Porter win decisively-UD or ko- makes the debate more interesting.
Usyk beats Fury should he beat wilder again and I’m putting him at number 1.
He beats FURY there is nothing any fighter can do to take him off top spot
im a huge fury fan but usyk has to number one just for the massive size difference hes facing against this crop of heavyweights,
look at the height and reach advantage aj had, imagien if the playing field was even, aj wouldve been stopped easily
yes canelo is good but tonight we saw something special tbh, best cruiserweight/heavyweight since holyfield no doubt as he fought a real athlete in aj unlike when haye beat valuev
Honestly, he has to be neck and neck with Canelo. You could even make the argument that he is more skilled than Canelo (when you include footwork, jab, creating angles, and the ability the cut off the ring,: After that, it's a toss up between Spence, GGG, Loma, Crawford, Ennis, Grevonta, and Lopez
Loma??? lol. He’s lower than Joshua
I’ve had him 4 behind canelo, Crawford and Inoue.
This moves him up to 2 imo until and if Crawford and Inoue win when they fight again.
If he wins the rematch and that is not even a big if, he will be number 1 for sure.....An embarrassing night
I think if Crawford manages to stop Porter he pulls back to number 1 but anything other than that he will be no better than number 2 or 3 IMO I think the Monster has to win a unification to make the top 4 interesting and arguable.
Solid points.
A Porter win decisively-UD or ko- makes the debate more interesting.
Usyk beats Fury should he beat wilder again and I’m putting him at number 1.
I’ve had him 4 behind canelo, Crawford and Inoue.
This moves him up to 2 imo until and if Crawford and Inoue win when they fight again.
I think if Crawford manages to stop Porter he pulls back to number 1 but anything other than that he will be no better than number 2 or 3 IMO I think the Monster has to win a unification to make the top 4 interesting and arguable.
Where does Usyk stand on the P4P list? Does he jump to the number 1 spot or does he have to do more?
I’ve had him 4 behind canelo, Crawford and Inoue.
This moves him up to 2 imo until and if Crawford and Inoue win when they fight again.