Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk vs. Murat Georgievich Gassiyev RBR.

20-18 Usyk

 

Abel Sanchez!

 

1-1 now.. much better from Gassiev. Usyk seems to be expending a shitload of energy in there... Gassiev looks like he's just walking through the ring like.. meh.

 

20-18 Usyk. Gassiev started better, but Usyk got his jab working and controlled the last two minutes or so.

 

Usyk winning the rounds easier as I expected

 

RD1: Usyk - 10-9
RD2: Usyk - 20-18

 

Anatoliy Lomachenko in Usyk's corner!!

 

Usyk boxing circles around Gassiev but the 3 cleanest, hardest shots were Gas body shots that could count later

 

R1 - 10-9 Usyk (clear) - All class from Usyk
R2 - 10-9 Usyk - It's a masterclass so far. Too much skill.

 

It's definately speed vs power

 

Round 2

Usyk is flitting around to his right, stretching his arms to full extension with his jabs & left crosses and easily controlling the range and pace. Gassiev is swatting with some cat's-paw lefts batting out and down to knock away Usyk's right glove but never able to quite touch it, Usyk's arms slicing the air mercurially. Usyk is evading the hard right hands that Gassiev is plugging downstairs emphatically, using them as his bread & butter and then following up with a left hook on the near hip if he makes even the slightest contact.

10-9 Usyk

20-18 Usyk

 

Murat needs to get in gear..quickly

 

Round 1: Usyk 10-9
Round 2: Usyk 10-9 close

 

20-18 Uysk. His jab whilst not as effective as it could be is causing Gassiev to have to continually reset before he can get off properly. He did land well for one short burst to the body though.

 

Looking impossible for gassiev. Usyk's lateral movement too good.

 

20-18 Usyk

Gassiev landed a beautiful body shot that look to get the attention of Usyk, a little better from MG but still nowhere near enough.. yet.

 

Its going to be interesting how Usyk's tippy tappy shots go down in Russia...the cards will be interesting for sure