To be good is to be larger than war.
It is to be more than great.
Amanda Gorman, Poet, (1998-)

Oleksander Usyk. 23 fights. Done.

Victories, as the away fighter, disadvantaged in height, weight and youth against Anthony Joshua twice, Tyson Fury twice and a stoppage of the leading contender of the next generation, Daniel Dubois, confirm a dominance for the Ukrainian few heavyweights achieve. Narrow though it proved.

A win, is a win, is a win. And Usyk collects them. And belts. And the hearts and minds of those he conquers.

His defeat of Fury was, to this observer, as a slight as it had been in their first encounter but throughout he was the fighter with the greater self-belief and superior boxing acumen. Had he not conceded 50 plus pounds it is hard not to imagine he would’ve dominated more clearly. Weight was a leveller.

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