HAVING change into undisputed champion in two weight courses the place does Oleksandr Usyk now sit within the legendary pound-for-pound rankings?
Itemizing the highest 10 fighters on the earth splits the boxing group with some insisting it’s a pointless train whereas others benefit from the debate as to who’s the very best fighter on the earth.
The game is in an period deep with future hall-of-famers corresponding to Naoya Inoue, Terence Crawford, Usyk, Canelo Alvarez and others. Having watched the Ukrainian declare a surprising victory in opposition to Tyson Fury on Saturday evening former WBA super-middleweight champion George Groves was requested by Boxing Information if the 37-year-old is the brand new pound-for-pound primary changing both Inoue or Crawford.
“He’s received to be up there, hasn’t he? He’s received to be up there,” Groves mentioned.
“Pound-for-pound is all the time laborious. That’s all the time the talk to have since you’ve received Crawford, you’ve received Canelo, you’ve received Inoue.
“He’s in that calibre now [Usyk]. And this, in some methods, is a pound-for-pound struggle, as a result of he’s given away a lot weight and measurement and he’s nonetheless carried out the job.
“You couldn’t say that Crawford might go up and beat a Canelo. I’ll put him [Usyk] up there. Solely time will inform by way of the place you place him within the all-time nice listing.
“He’s received to be up there as a result of he’s within the trendy period of giants and he’s beating them. The truth that Evander Holyfield did it, however he beat [Mike] Tyson, who’s 5’10”, 5’11″. He’s [Usyk] gone in and beat Tyson Fury, 6’9″. So, you’ve received to place him in there. He’s an distinctive expertise.”
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