Where do you place Usyk all-time at heavyweight after last night?

[Weebler I]

Witherspoon, Chisora, Joshua, Dubois*, Fury

There are two great wins in there, and I'm not a boxing historian but surely you have to do more to be considered an atg HW.

[automaton89]

So, genuine question, what would it take? Because there's not much left to do.

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Fight the GOAT Frank Sanchez when the knees have healed up.

[automaton89]

Witherspoon, Chisora, Joshua, Dubois*, Fury

There are two great wins in there, and I'm not a boxing historian but surely you have to do more to be considered an atg HW.

People assume Fury is an all time great for no reason whatsoever. He beat wladimir who is NOT an all time great. The rest were cans.

[Pac=Duran]

YES boxing is a global centric sport. but in the past men like Jordan, Magic, and Bird dominated. And in boxing the USA used to dominate. Now they just are not as good, the home grown USA talent.. in both sports.

Basketball is becoming a game or really tall big men that happen to be able to Shoot, and Pass well. It just was not that way 30+ years ago.

The top five players in the game as you listed may be all European in says 3 years. James and Curry will retie soon. Who's the next USA star player? I am not a basketball guy so I do not know.

Yeah it was only a matter of time before they found incredible tall coordinated 7ft shooters. Freakshow sport tbh lol

[STREET CLEANER]

Anywhere above Fury and AJ.

[Willow The Wisp]

He’s undeniably an All Time Great now. Period. He’s the greatest Cruiserweight and Heavyweight of his era. And he’s one of the greatest Heavyweights of all time. And he’s proven with his wins over much bigger opponents in a higher weight class, that he is a true top P4P boxer in its literal meaning.

Oleksandr Usyk’s notable wins in his journey through Undisputed Cruiserweight and Heavyweight championship.

Krzysztof Glowacki - 26-0, WBO CW Champion
Michael Hunter - 12-0, Defense
Marco Huck - 40-4, Defense
Mairis Breidis - 23-0, WBC CW Champion
Murat Gassiev - 26-0 WBA, IBF CW Champion
Tony Bellew - 30-2, Defense
Derick Chisora - 32-9
Anthony Joshua - 24-1, WBA, WBO, IBF HW Champion
Anthony Joshua - 24-2, Defense
Daniel Dubois - 19-1, Defense
Tyson Fury - 34-0, WBC HW Champion

All this in just 22 pro fights.

This is a true champion’s resume and a real elite boxer. This man’s skills transcends size just like Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao…two legends and GOATs of their time. Usyk has joined them.

I admit Usyk has even surpassed my favorite active fighter, Canelo Alvarez. Usyk dominating Fury would’ve been like Canelo dominating Bivol. And Canelo is an ATG as well.

Great post, all very true.

In my eyes, Usyk did the deed, and pushes higher up the list.
It will be interesting to see if he can repeat on October.

As of mid-May 2024
50 years of Heavyweights. 1974 - 2024

(Note: Those highlighted are Active Today)

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Larry Holmes
4. Mike Tyson
5. George Foreman
6. Oleksandr Usyk
7. Wladimir Klitschko
8. Tyson Fury
9. Ken Norton
10. Joe Frazier
11. Evander Holyfield
12. Anthony Joshua
13. Deontay Wilder
14. Ron Lyle
15. Vitali Klitschko
16. Rid**** Bowe
17. Gerry Cooney
18. Earnie Shavers
19. Jimmy Young
20. Joseph Parker
21. Ike Ibeabuchi
21. Tim Witherspoon
23. Gerrie Coetzee
24. Andrew Golota
25. Michael Dokes
26. David Tua
27. Alexander Povetkin
28. Mike Weaver
29. Frank Bruno
30. Tommy Morrison

[Willow The Wisp]

People assume Fury is an all time great for no reason whatsoever. He beat wladimir who is NOT an all time great. The rest were cans.

Lol.

4 serious questions for this poster:

Are you a fan of Boxing?
Are you a fan of Mixed Martial Arts?
Are you a fan of Professional Wrestling?
Are you a fan of Traditional Martial Arts?

[Willow The Wisp]

Where's Will O the Wisp at? He's the boxing historian, right? Big Fury fan? Curious to see if his take is still consistent.

See above.

[Pac=Duran]

Usyk is no ATG so relax lol. People seem to love throwing that word around so easily these days.

Undisputed at cruiser and heavy after beating all the best fighters in each division.

Countless fighters and trainers are saying hes one of the best ever

[crimsonfalcon07]

See above.

Thanks. I'm curious if there are other fighters in history who have been the road warriors that Usyk has. How does he stack up historically in terms of winning titles on the road?