How do you view Oleksander Usyk's performance at heavyweight so far?

Chisora won at least 3 rounds, yes.

Chisora is fat and slow to move.
Chisora has slow hands.
Chisora has slow feet.
Chisora is shorter than Usyk.
Chisora has shorter arms than Usyk.
Chisora is almost 37 years old and has loads of miles on the clock.

If Usyk is being sold and revered on the basis of his "mobility", "evasiveness", "speed" ...... let's see it against someone a bit taller, faster, longer reach, fresher.
I'm 100% willing to buy. But I wanna see the goods first.

 

AJ is far more cautious than Chisora and more fragile,

Fury looked pretty open when he stormed in v Wilder that tactic will not work v Usyk.

 

Styles make fights. A durable pressure fighter with a good chin will always make him look "bad".

He would fare better against people with stamina issues and a more conventional style like AJ.

 

He's been average. If he didn't have his prior achievements to point to and enjoy all the hype that brings absolutely no one would be saying this guy is the heir apparent. They'd be saying there's a decent fighter there but that's about it, based on these last two fights solely.

I agree with the OP, I'm one of the ones that never went crazy on him until I saw him at the weight. The jump from cruiser to heavy is like no other so until you've done something worthwhile all your potential is just that. Chisora was the perfect litmus test. To be able to say he was the real deal he had to really impress either by pitching a near shutout or by stopping him. All he did was get the job done.
He is an elite level talent. Just not at this weight.

 

So, lets all calm down and let's just look at Chisoras results... now let's remember this is the BEST Chisora that's ever been according to Chisora himself, Haye, Hearn, Adam Smith, Tony Bellew and a lot of others

Chisora..
Went the distance with Vitali Klitschko
Went the distance with Whyte (Lost SD)
Went the distance with Pulev (Lost SD)
Went the distance with an unbeaten Helenius (Lost SD)
Went the distance with Fury
Went the distance with Kabayel (Lost MD)


So let's just all chill for a moment, this narrative that's being spun that Usyk should have blitzed Chisora is a nonsense, it's actually quite a clueless claim.

Look at that list of fighters that were dragged the distance by Chisora. And like it's been said.. this is a much fitter and stronger version with far more experience.

Usyk did just fine Saturday night, Chisora brings a different set of problems than most heavyweights, he has that bullying swarming style, that's what he does and Chisora can be a tough night for anybody if he is up for it and he was Saturday.

Usyk buzzed him a few times, Haye said that himself, he didn't finish the job but he had enough pop to do what some of that list of fighters above couldn't do.

So relax, let Usyk get his WBO title shot, let's see how an AJ handles him, it's not worse than Pulev who himself went the distance with Chisora.

 

I'm a huge fan of Uysk but the lack of size against these guys is clearly an issue for him. Some guys have been able to come up and weight and be successful like Michael Moorer but in Moorer's case he had incredible punching power to bail him out. Uysk is going to have rely on his speed and incredible footwork but at 33 years old, the clock is ticking.

 

Average and thats as good as he will get.

 

No.
If we're being generous, it's the same old Chisora.
"Haye, Hearn, Adam Smith, Tony Bellew" are professional BS artists. I mean, normally I'd think you were being sarcastic if you cited them as testimony.

Chisora went the distance with Fury in 2011, but was completely dominated and unable to go the distance in 2014 ..... and remember that Fury went into the Wlad fight a year later as a huge underdog, so even his domination of Chisora only got him so much credit at the time.

Haye sparked Chisora out in 2012.
Whyte sparked Chisora out in 2018, two years ago.

Look, this Usyk fella is being sold and rated as something REALLY SPECIAL.
He hasn't been sold to us as "a bit better than Agit Kabayel" or "as good as a post-Wlad version of Pulev".
That's why expectations are higher.

And, no, Chisora isn't the best he's ever been. That's a nice way to get a plodding gatekeeper into a PPV main event again though.

 

Done well for his size. But it will only be a matter of time before he's trapped in the corner and given a good hiding. Shades of Adamek when he beat Arreola.

 

There's no denying Usyk's ability. He did some lovely boxing against Chisora and there's no doubt he won the fight.

Haye and Fury both beat Chisora more convincingly and a younger version too. Haye did it with power and Fury with his size. Thats where Usyk will struggle. Power and size.

I can see him taking rounds off both AJ and Fury and maybe enough to win a decision, if he can take Aj power and overcome the size advantage.

 

The main problem he has no power to keep the big guys off of him. Big guys can literally trample him down. Even Chisora was constantly catching up and “wrestle” him in a clinch.

 

If you expected Usyk to blitz Chisora out with a one punch ko you've not been following the sport very closely. On my card he only lost the first two rounds with maybe two later swing rounds. Clear victory for Usyk. I'm not saying he beats Fury or AJ but styles make fights. They are different type of fights for Usyk. Someone like Andy Ruiz would be a 12 - 0 fight for him.