Usyk now has to be #3 pound for pound at worst

[The Ninth Layer]

Barring a very surprising Nov 6 I don't see how anyone argues Canelo out of the number one spot but Usyk's win tonight puts him at my #3 spot behind #2 Inoue and I could even be talked into switching 2 and 3. It's pretty rare to see a heavyweight who you can imagine dominating with their fighting style if they were sized like a smaller division fighter, but like... if a hypothetical 168 pound dimensioned Usyk could fight Canelo at 168 I'm not sure I would be able to pick the winner better than a coin flip.

[ralex]

He’s definitely top 5. Case can be made for top 3

[The Ninth Layer]

I like Terence Crawford a lot and he's my favorite active fighter to watch fight now but like, if a portal opens up and an alternate reality 147 pound sized Usyk steps out and challenges him to a fight I still don't think I can pick the winner.

[mlac]

no.1 for me. true definition of a world champ, travels around the world to champs backyards and takes their belts.

Bud doesnt have the resume, and Canelo is marred by corruption & PEDS, robberies etc.

[shenmue]

Pound for pound is made up imaginary nonsense.

What usyk is though is one of the best in his division, only fury has an argument for being better currently.

[ShoulderRoll]

He's #2 now in my opinion.

More meaningful win today than anything Crawford or Inoue have done.

[The Ninth Layer]

no.1 for me. true definition of a world champ, travels around the world to champs backyards and takes their belts.

Bud doesnt have the resume, and Canelo is marred by corruption & PEDS, robberies etc.

I just don't see anyone between 160-168 who I'd pick to give Canelo anything close to a pickem match. And if we're gonna extend the range to 175 (which even considering that already says a lot) there's just Bivol and Beterbiev who are definitely dangerous fights but really only because of the size difference. Maybe Jermall Charlo in a year or two after a careful jump up to super middle. But otherwise yeah to me the essence of pound for pound is a guy so good nobody across 3 weight divisions feels they can credibly threaten them and that's Canelo right now for sure.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I’d put him at #2. I want to see him face Fury now, he’s a big underdog in that fight but if he pulls it off, he’d become a true modern ATG.

[Hatesrats]

1. "Canelo"
2. Uzyk.




3. Crawford (because)

..... then Everyone else.

[The Ninth Layer]

He's #2 now in my opinion.

More meaningful win today than anything Crawford or Inoue have done.

Inoue for me is largely the eye test, I love guys who attack the body but what Inoue does is more like watching a building get demolished.