Oleksandr Usyk on the cusp of winning a heavyweight title?

Isn`t he a cruiser? Don`t think he`ll have the reach to get past Wilder`s long lead. What is Usyk`s reach?

 

There is no doubt he is the most skilled than any heavyweight, but size might be a problem

 

HW is a wasteland, but I don't see Usyk getting better by adding 20 pounds to his ring weight and fighting guys who will still have 20 pounds on him. He is very good and it seems on the horizon at some point, so we will see.

 

In the future, who knows, but right now, he's on the cusp of losing 3 Cruiserweight titles...

 

Usyk can compete at HW, I've seen him do it in the amateurs. He's actually even better against the big guys because he tends to have such a massive speed/mobility advantage.

People will be surprised. Watch his WSB fight vs Joyce, Usyk absolutely dominated him.

 

He knows how to fight guys with longer reach, he can kinda do the Loma thing where he comes in on the inside moving his head side to side or he knows how to stay on the outside making himself hard to hit then lunge in with something

 

Let’s see Usyk stop ducking Gassiev 1st before he’s handed the keys to the city

 

I like Usyk, and he'd certainly be the most skilled heavyweight, but physically, I think it's a bridge to far (against the best).

I could see it going very much like Brook vs GGG if he fought Joshua. Do you remember Brook's face when he felt the power of GGG in the first round.

 

Skill is only relative to the effect it has on your opponent.

 

The top heavyweights (in no order) are Joshua, Wilder, Usyk, Povetkin and Parker. . . .Usyk is ready and primed for a move. . . He should take one warm up fight in the weight class and immediately receive a title shot.

 

I'm a big Usyk fan and I favour him to beat Gassiev and 1 day move up to heavyweight but in no way to I consider him being on the cusp of winning a heavyweight title or even getting a shot unless we are talking about him taking on Manuel Charr or whoever ends up holding that so called world title lol

 

I also would like to see this pillow fisted man with a mullet try to fight Wilder. Just to see this forum meltdown when he gets put to sleep.

 

Since he’s about to be left in a crumpled heap on the canvas by Gassiev, I can’t see “Slappy Sasha” Usyk going anywhere near today’s heavily roided HW division, especially once Gassiev moves up. At best Usyk would be a gatekeeper there.

 

I saw Usyk make a total fool out of Joyce, Joyce is 6 feet 6 inches tall and outweighed Usyk by a ton, yet Usyk toyed with him, it was no contest. I would pick Usyk to beat Wilder for sure, but you have to remember, he has those angles like Lomachenko, is fast, he can mover in and out, does not move straight back, Wilder would miss him a lot and get countered..................Usyk usually weights around 208 the day of the fight, he said he would fight at heavyweight around 220..................he won't put that much weight on...........................