Usyk is absolutely stunning, incredible!

1st round alone is higher quality than 95% of the boxing i have seen take place this year. Both guys slipping and countering in combination, immediately coming back to respond with their own, ripping body shots, high punch output lovely stuff.

This is also helping remind me how awesome Drozd vs Makabu will be.

 

I'll hae to see it againt Vysotskyy, I really can't remember it too well now, the reason I think I thought Kucher was unimpressive is because I didn't think Makabu himself was that great, he fought pretty lazily yet whenenver he did stepped his foot on the gas he really hit Kucher with some bombs. I think maybe against a better boxer, Kucher would be outboxed even more.

That's all I really remember (I have a ****ty memory to be honest) and perhaps I'm misremembering how the fight went now.

 

Lebedev and Kalenga both showed freakish toughness in their fight. Both guys are monster punchers and neither was visibly hurt at any point (in spite of both going down, Kalenga maybe a tiny bit but still)

Just rewatch the 1st round right now and tell me they both don't display complete skill sets, top notch stuff IMO. Makabu has a James Toneyish style and skills couldn't disagree more about him.

 

Got work in the morning so I only watched the first four rounds, and yeah I have to say I'm still liking what I see from Kucher. Heavy hands, nice punch placement, good handspeed, only thing he needs to work on is his inside game, but he gives plenty of top 10 cws problems.

Makabu of course goes without saying, we all know his quality and hat he's capable of, and he's fighting for a title next, but I really do hope Kucher hasn't stagnated too much, very talented fighter

 

Not sure why everybody is so excited about this fight. Usyk was facing a journeyman, and not very durable one. It is easy to show skills against C level opposition. I am not sure how he would look against a durable pressure fighter like Kalenga.

 

Makabu is pretty skilled but I think there are more skilled fighters in the CW division, by all accounts M'Chunu was outboxing him early in the fight until he gassed out.

 

Couldn't agree more, Lebedev's footwork I think is beautiful in particular. Very underrated.

 

Exactly, I think maybe it's the way he looks? And that he's gotten into some wars that people under-appreciate his boxing skill (also power punchers tend to have their skillset ignored by most people), I remember someone here even went as far as to call him an ogre or something like that when referring to his boxing skills.

I personally think he's got a fitting nickname, I find his boxing very aesthetically pleasing, I know that is the old Toney but in that fight in particular he displayed some great skill.