Does Oleksandr Usyk deserve his title fight against Anthony Joshua?

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  1. ray fritz

    ray fritz Active Member Full Member

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    USYK will beat anyone period
     
    ray fritz, Dec 8, 2019
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  2. iamtheman

    iamtheman Well-Known Member Full Member

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    it won't be like that at all. Usyk fights nothing like haye and AJ fights nothing like wlad.
     
    iamtheman, Dec 8, 2019
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  3. sauhund II

    sauhund II Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Which Heavyweight with a pulse or I even go lower, which Heavyweight who was ranked in the top 50 has your Hero beat?
     
    sauhund II, Dec 8, 2019
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  4. BoxingFacts

    BoxingFacts Member Full Member

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    He deserves it but he is definitely not ready for that step up as of yet
     
    BoxingFacts, Dec 8, 2019
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  5. Mr Icaman

    Mr Icaman 32-0 WBC Champ, Ring + Lineal HW Champ Full Member

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    Usyk can cut off the ring Haye relied on his power...

    AJ won't be grabbing and jabbing Usyk all night he will need to try something else..
     
    Mr Icaman, Dec 8, 2019
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  6. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Sure. It wouldn't be the first time a champ found a good contender coming up from a lesser weight.
     
    catchwtboxing, Dec 8, 2019
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  7. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    In the good old days, it was common for a champ from lower division to move up and be respected enough from the bigger champ to give him a fight right off the bat.
     
    Braindamage, Dec 8, 2019
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  8. Mitch87

    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Usyk and maybe Hunter are probably the worst matchups stylistically for AJ in my opinion.
     
    Mitch87, Dec 8, 2019
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  9. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    He deserves it more than anyone else in the HW division, and that includes the champs.

    Bum Squad's best wins going into his title shot were Audley Harrision's petrified geriatric shot corpse, Sergey Liakhovich's even more shot corpse who was 2-4 in his last six fights, including being stopped in 3 of those losses, and a part-time boxer who hadn't fought in a year and a half, and his close buddy Malik ''Scuba'' Scott who was wrecked by the exact same slapping left hook puny mental patient Charlie Z laughed off.

    And AJ's only win of note going into his title shot against Prince Charlie Martin was an injured Dillian Whyte. Take away the Whyte win and Hrgovic has a better resume than AJ going into his first title shot.

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    Serge, Dec 8, 2019
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  10. Lord Burghley

    Lord Burghley I Squeeze Muscles Full Member

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    Deserves got nothing to do with it. Get the feeling AJ’s not going to fight many fighters who are threats. Eddie, will do all he can to protect AJ’s reign. That’s his job.
     
    Lord Burghley, Dec 8, 2019
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  11. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree and can’t wait to see which “no-hoper” becomes the next Andy Ruiz.
     
    J Jones, Dec 8, 2019
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  12. rorschach51

    rorschach51 A Legend & A Gentleman Full Member

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    Joshua is gonna dump the WBO title and let Usyk fight whoever for the vacant strap. Maybe Parker, Kownacki, or Chisora versus Usyk for the WBO title in the first quarter of 2020 would be my guess.
     
    rorschach51, Dec 8, 2019
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  13. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Take the risk or lose the chance Full Member

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    Deserve no will get yes
     
    Ph33rknot, Dec 8, 2019
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  14. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    :lol: Isn´t Usyk among the current top 10 P4P?
    Don´t you want to see best fighting the best?
     
    Badbot, Dec 8, 2019
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  15. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    Actually it was Scuba Scott. But Gavern did lead to that eliminator fight.
     
    Badbot, Dec 8, 2019
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