Well your talking about place but I’m talking about the actual fighter and how he did it and AJ was supposed to fight Wlad in his 18th fight but it got postponed had he done that it’s even more impressive ,he unified in 19 fights . That’s a record I believe at HW ?
I certainly think Usyk can make some waves in the top 10, there’s some really good and testing fights for him before he can credibly get in the ring with any of the top 3. Chisora is a decent start but I see him getting through a tough one there and maybe onto the likes of Whyte, Parker, Povetkin, etc. Personally don’t think he’ll be a huge success and yes comparisons with a Haye type career at this weight may not be far off the mark. Can’t see him troubling Fury or A.J. sufficiently, but I think he’ll certainly add to the division.
He'll win some fights and maybe an alphabet belt but will hit a wall due to size at the top. He'll be about as successful as Haye. But not like Holyfield. That said he will be a pain i n the ass for a lot of people win or lose.
He would struggle with Fury, and probably beat anyone else, although Joshua is not a walk over by any means.
Surely you can’t count Joy Joyce, not sure why he’s on your list Michal Hunter is a solid heavyweight but I don’t rate him extremely highly A win over Bellew isn’t that impressive Gassiev and Briedis are both very talented fighters but again, those fights were not fought at heavyweight. Usyk has the tools to be a force in the heavyweight division and I’m naturally biased because I’m Ukrainian but he hasn’t proven himself at heavyweight yet. I don’t think his fight with Del Boy will be a walk in the park either like everyone predicts it will be.
If Usyk wants to beat A.J. or Fury, he has to knock them out. At points, Fury is almost impossible to beat. Usyk has to build muscles and knock them out if he wants a title.
Last month Hrgovic was in Kiev and Ukrainian journalists asked him what he thought of Usyk and how he would go with him in the ring. Hrgovic said: Usyk is a great boxer, a fine technician, but sorry, I would kill him in the ring. He is simply too small.
I would heavily favour Usyk against Fury. whilst Usyk is the one of three guys (other two being Hunter and Ruiz) at HW I wouldn't be very confident about predicting AJ to beat.
He’s on the wrong side of thirty. I don’t expect much, we will see more if he stays un injured long enough to face Chisora but he isn’t on the Evan Fields juice nor does he have the headbutt down so I can see him getting sparked out against the bigger guys.
Last match Usyk weighed 215 pounds / 97.5 kg, which is absolutely too small for the heavyweight division. It should be at least 230 pounds / about 105 kg for a knockout punch. Most heavyweight boxers weigh over 240 pounds / 110 kg.
