I got Usyk winning a UD, in a good fight, Bellew will be able to hit him more than Gassiev due to his faster feet. I’m eager to see this one. Anyone giving Bellew a shot? Why if you are?
Usyk by ud or late stoppage, bellew is a very inaccurate puncher who can only actually hurt another fighter when there on the ropes also i expect bellew to go into survival mode and clinch a lot and be dirty I really can’t see him coping with the pace usyk will set espically later in the fight.
Usyk's foot work is top notch. The way he can work off that movement is too much for anybody at CW right now.
I think Bellew might just clip Usyk and score a flash knockdown early on in the bout but other than that I see Usyk dominating and overwhelming Tony, comfortably winning most rounds and going on to win by UD.
bellew has been written off plenty of times,yet surprises people more often than not. he can box pretty well, hes tough, hits hard enough and despite looking horrible seems very well conditioned. I dont expect him to do much against usyk, but then i didnt expect much from him against cleverly, chilemba, makubu, haye etc. the only time hes been outclassed was when stevenson steamrollered him, but i dont see that happening to him again. usyk by decision for me as he looks a totally different animal to the others ive mentioned, but i dont think bellew will look as out of his depth as some are predicting, and he will be a tougher test than gassiev was. does he have a chance? yeah, course he does should be a good fight, but ill be suprised if bellew takes it to be honest as its a tough option for him after his recent WWE theatrics with haye.
Bellew kicks it up like 800 gears in front of a home crowd. I think it will have a tense, electrified feel for the first few rounds as anything Tony gets on a slow starting Usyk will have the crowd going wild and Bellew full of confidence. I would have probably preferred this at heavyweight to see how Usyk went with a few extra pounds but I understand why Bellew wants to have a tilt at all the marbles at 200.
No, even though I actually don't mind Bellew personally. Bellew's improved quite a bit over the year and is now a pretty competent boxer. But that's just not good enough to beat Usyk, especially as he doesn't have a good style to take down Usyk. Bellew is only good at mid range, his short arms won't even get past Usyk's jab. So he can't win from the outside, and he's not a great inside fighter either. The only question in my mind is whether Usyk gets the stoppage or not.
I think Bellew is a decent fighter on the inside, in the Malibu fight he mixed it up in their and in the second Haye fight they did have a tear up when Bellew starting attack Haye.
Bellew needs to get humbled, he thinks he is the greatest since he beat a shot to **** David Haye twice who was Fred Kassi level on both nights.
C’mon man that’s harsh.... how can you compare that version of Haye to Kassi, that’s an insult to Fred.
He's decent inside, I didn't mean to imply he can't fight there - but he'll still best at mid-range IMHO. I doubt that's enough to seriously trouble Usyk though.
Lol, at first i wanted to say below Fred Kassi level but i didn't want to go overboard with it because Kassi is already pretty terrible but you are probably right.