USYK has NOT been granted EXTENSION

My bad it was an honest mistake. I must've been half asleep that day when I was researching the dates which to be fair I often am. The first camp would've obviously been the 3 months prior to fight 1 so therefore he fought 3 fights in 14 months and went through 3 training camps in 17 months. Three fights in 14 months is a lot for someone who ''only fights once a year,'' especially someone of his age

I wouldn't say Usyk's 12 week camps are quite normal. He trains like an absolute demon and he is known for doing so.

Wlad and Usyk are different fighters with different attributes, different careers and different circumstances. Wlad was a natural HW, a massive one at that, and he wasn't fighting guys who were much or way bigger than and he was also fighting the likes of Pianeta, Leapai, Mormeck, Wach, Jennings, Thompson in between his fights vs the top guys in his mid to late 30s.

Usyk didn't even win a belt up at HW until he was almost 35

 

No, by my ''new calculation'' after making an honest mistake Usyk has fought 3 times in 14 months which, again, is a lot for someone who ''only fights once a year,'' no?

It's a lot for any 37-38.5 y/o champion fighting the top guys in the division, like the #1 and #2 ranked guys who were fellow reigning champs, let alone one campaigning in a division vs opponents who are much or way bigger than him.

He fought 3 times in 14 months, spent at least 9 months of 17 months in camp doing gruelling training and despite what you say his training regimen is not quite normal he's super fit, as said, is known to train like a demon, and that is not only obvious from watching him train but also from watching him fight

'Derek Chisora revealed Oleksandr Usyk had an "outrageous" training regime, including a continuous six-hour swimming session, ahead of their fight in 2020.'

And, again, he's fighting much bigger guys and he has to train and work crazy hard just to help him bridge the gap campaigning in a division full of much bigger men and giants. And he has to eat like crazy too to keep the weight on


David Haye has spoken numerous times about how these hard camps sparring much bigger guys takes a lot out of you and how even the shots which land on your arms, shoulders, gloves do damage and take their toll on your body. That's just common sense though and I've heard other fighters and trainers say the same

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Why, are you going to give us a little tune on your fiddle, Fink?

 

Usyk is a couple of weeks away from becoming the 5th oldest HW champion of all time, the 2nd oldest unified one, and the oldest undisputed HW champ of all time and all those ranked above him were either giant 240-250lbs + HWs or natural HWs who filled out to those kind of weights as they aged, and 2 of them were one hit wonders (one was at that age but not when he was younger) who lost their belts in their 2nd defences and one should've lost it in their 1st defence to a Euro or fringe world level guy because it was a shameless robbery and the other fought a can in his 1st defence

 

He fought 3 times in 14 months at 37-38.5 y/o though. That's my point. Hence why he feels like he needs a break for both his mind and body