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
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.
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