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I love Usyk as a fighter and a person and feel privileged to have been able to follow his career. He's been a breath of fresh air.
He's an ATG & possibly has the ability to crack the top 5 HW all-time list where of course you can speculate head-to-head and things of that nature but the reality is he has not got the quality or depth on his resume to make a case for being greater than Ali.
I think that Larry Holmes *might* have been better than Ali but you simply can not give him it because their resumes and accomplishments are not remotely comparable. Its just my speculation based on the eye test vs lesser foes & it doesn't matter if I think he looks better in there I have to go with the one who proved to be at a higher level time and time again.
Usyk will never be able to overtake Ali for the sheer fact this era hasn't the quality and he hasn't the time on his side to even make that argument.
I don't want to pick apart Usyks resume in fact I think its underrated on the whole and I think his WSB fights should maybe count as really they are pro fights they just aren't counted. I think his CW run is horribly overlooked & Briedis is a fantastic win. However strictly at HW and I do not want to go here but these HWs are just so flawed, vulnerable and frankly not very good this and tbh people know this. We all remember when Usyk moved up all people mentioned was their size, not their skills, not their ability, size. Why? cause deep in their hearts they knew they was just big, limited & highly vulnerable.
He's an ATG & possibly has the ability to crack the top 5 HW all-time list where of course you can speculate head-to-head and things of that nature but the reality is he has not got the quality or depth on his resume to make a case for being greater than Ali.
I think that Larry Holmes *might* have been better than Ali but you simply can not give him it because their resumes and accomplishments are not remotely comparable. Its just my speculation based on the eye test vs lesser foes & it doesn't matter if I think he looks better in there I have to go with the one who proved to be at a higher level time and time again.
Usyk will never be able to overtake Ali for the sheer fact this era hasn't the quality and he hasn't the time on his side to even make that argument.
I don't want to pick apart Usyks resume in fact I think its underrated on the whole and I think his WSB fights should maybe count as really they are pro fights they just aren't counted. I think his CW run is horribly overlooked & Briedis is a fantastic win. However strictly at HW and I do not want to go here but these HWs are just so flawed, vulnerable and frankly not very good this and tbh people know this. We all remember when Usyk moved up all people mentioned was their size, not their skills, not their ability, size. Why? cause deep in their hearts they knew they was just big, limited & highly vulnerable.
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