If a geriatric Ortiz can shut Wilder out for almost 7 rounds

I got Wilder by KO in that fight. Wilder wouldn't respect Usyk like he respects Ortiz. Usyk has a long way to go at HW. He was not impressive in his first fight again an ancient, late replacement, c-level fighter.

 

Wilder beats Usyk by brutal knockout. Usyk doesn't have the power to make Wilder hesitate, and is at a disadvantage in reach and height.

Plus, being a southpaw, Usyk's kryptonite is right hands.

 

Usyk wide UD and he’ll make it look very easy.

 

And Wilder was far from impressive against Ortiz who himself has been far from impressive in fights since their original meeting.

 

whos that chick in your avatar bro

 

Leila Bekhti.

She’s a French/Algerian actress, was in A prophet, Before the winter chill etc.

 

thanks

 

Just a tip, if you’ve never seen A prophet, look it up it’s a ****ing great film.

 

will look into it right now

 

His power was though. We know Wilder can be outboxed. The thing is he holds too many physical advantages over Usyk. He's going to hit Usyk at some point, who isn't unhittable, and Usky will go down. Wilder won't be as tentative as he was vs Ortiz, he will be more like against Fury. He'll be throwing and throwing because he won't respect Usyk's power. With all his height and defensive prowess, Fury still got caught and almost lost. As far as making someone miss, you can't do much better than Fury did. Tough fight for Usyk any way you look at it.

 

Usyk has more ways to win imo than Ortiz, plus I see him varying up his attack and imo he’s got a better boxing IQ.

Usyk will get hit but he is defensively sound, I’ve got every faith in Usyk and he has one thing going for him that Ortiz certainly didn’t and that is his legs and punch output.

It’s an intriguing fight, but one in which Usyk again imo matches up very well in.

 

OP makes a good point. Wilder is still just technically flawed, but he has a freakin hammer of a punch. That's his only saving grace as a pro. And his size I suppose. You get more leverage and power hitting down than upwards. I certainly would not count Usyk out at all v. Wilder.

 

Usyk will make Wilder look like a TOTAL bum. Ortiz made him look like a bum.

Of course the bum could land his right hand again but i doubt it'll be that easy. Usyk footwork > Ortiz footwork. Usyk has best footwork in CW and HW division.

Ortiz was literally standing in front of him with hands low at the end of Round 7. It was a lack of focus/concentration. Without that Ortiz might have won the decision.