Anything to keep him away from Joshua right? The answer is no. Usyk soundly defeated Briedis 117-111, 116-112 at worst.
I want to see Joshua vs Usyk It'll be funny watching you blabbering on for months about how Usyk will win, then seeing you scrambling around for excuses when joshua cleans his clock. I love seeing you expose yourself
I'd rather see him test himself against the top SHWs. Usyk has made himself a legend at CW. If he stays there, then Breidis is a must do, because he's mostly cleaned out the division and that's the only remotely debatable fight he's had. But his body of work puts him above Breidis. And I'd prefer to see if a phenomenal fighter, but one who is comparatively small and lacking fight changing power, can beat any of the "big 3" SHWs. I don't personally think so, but it will be a fascinating case study.
@CST80 's picks for Joshua fights. Charles Martin v Anthony Joshua - Martin Wladimir Klitschko v Anthony Joshua - Klitschko Joseph Parker v Anthony Joshua - Parker Alexander Povetkin v Anthony Joshua - Povetkin Eventually you're going to correctly 'guess' at Joshua taking an L. Given he's beaten two World Champions and two Olympic gold medallists, you expected him to lose to..... I'm guessing you've got to have him at P4P Number 1 right now though?
We’ll have to disagree unfortunately. I saw a schooling, and I was rooting for Briedis. Another term I for sure understand though is **** you.
Usyk beat Briedis clearly. I don't think he has anything to prove there. That said, Briedis is arguably better than anybody not named Usyk at CW and if anybody has the ability to make course corrections and do better, it's him. A second fight would be good in its own right and not because Usyk has anything to prove. Personally I feel Joshua's size and strength will be more of a problem for Usyk than Usyk's slickness will be for Joshua, mainly because Usyk doesn't have a big punch. I'll be rooting for Usyk though.
A rematch would be warranted, not at all a must though. Very logical at any point if both end up making a permanent move to HW.