Oleksandr Usyk 🇺🇦 has never been knocked down in a pro fight. As an amateur, his record was 335-15, a 96% win rate, with Olympic and World Championship gold medals. #1 P4P since 2022, undisputed at Cruiserweight and then at Heavyweight
He is the best boxer of this generation, 39 years old, and still holding 4 belts. Muhammad Ali lost 3 of his last 4 fights starting at age 36. Sugar Ray Robinson lost 5 of 10 fights from ages 35 to 39. Joe Louis lost to Rocky Marciano at 37 and retired after. Rocky Marciano himself retired at 31. Mike Tyson was losing most of his major fights after the age of 30
Almost every all-time great was either retired by 38 or losing multiple fights by that age. Yet if Usyk doesn’t look superhuman and in his prime at 39.5 year old, people suddenly say he was overrated and can’t be considered one of the greatest boxers ever, despite accomplishing everything possible in boxing
If Usyk retires now, people would say he was avoiding fights. Then he gets blamed for a referee’s decision when he was on the verge of a knockout in the 12th round against the #2 P4P best kickboxer in the world.