End the drama, Usyk won and will continue to dominate.

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  1. Philosopher

    Philosopher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Usyk beats Kabayel...easily. y'all heard it here....
     
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  2. Darni187

    Darni187 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm not big on Kabayel , looks slow and predictable to me , Moses definitely way more naturally gifted..

    But the real lighter Usyk still beats both ... Don't forget Usyk is a beast and last night just didn't look that normal self and looked fleshly and less mobile than normal.

    I think he was career heaviest too..
     
  3. Mickc

    Mickc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree we need to see Itauma in with more durable opponents,however as for Itauma only doing 31 rounds his full career,Rico had only done 2 rounds his full career before taking on Usyk on Saturday night .
     
  4. TowelThrower

    TowelThrower Y'all must've forgot Full Member

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    Then we ask the question what would happen when Itauma meets Verhoeven if he can push Usyk 11 rounds? He has infinitely limited experience compared to Usyk but he’s far younger and fresher and fearless. He has a very high ceiling and has done everything he’s supposed to so far if he’s the heir in waiting. RV displayed that he is a seriously talented fighter and his skills translate well at least to compete with the undisputed HW,CW and gold medalist. He’s only had 2 rounds in a pro ring before that, so does that mean Itauma would’ve destroyed Usyk considering he is deemed the chosen one? What does this say about Joshua, Dubois and Fury? Maybe it was a perfect storm and his style is useless against anyone other than Usyk. So many questions you can go on with and they are just some basic ones.
     
  5. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agit Kabayel beats him at this point

    Itauma does not

    Itauma beats Kabayel
     
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  6. Knight Falls

    Knight Falls New Member Full Member

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    I love Rico, but he got a 20 second count and was still out of it. There was 0 chance he was surviving another 3 minutes. If the ref wanted to rob Rico he wouldn’t have given him a long count.

    Rico took advantage of the fact there is no footage of him boxing and came in with a weird style. But he was already hurt in the 10th and was spent by the 11th. He wasn’t going to finish that fight and never was.

    This was Usyk’s Leon Spinks/Buster Douglas moment, and he passed like the GOAT he is.

    Once a lot of fans see how easily Usyk beats Kabayel, they’ll jump back on board lol.
     
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  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Won by TKO
    Would have been up on all cards after the elevenht

    One other thing I will address, here. Rico would have had to have made it to his corner under his own power, and it is not even clear that could have happened.
     
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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  9. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    What? I cant hear you.
     
  10. Knight Falls

    Knight Falls New Member Full Member

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    He’ll dominate Kabayel and beat Itauma whenever they fight.
     
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  11. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If he fights Kabayel and the odds are what I expect I'll bet on Kaybael.....uh Usyk ,,at his age,,,ain't getting near Itauma without a bodyguard.
    He hits waaaay too hard for an old cruiserweight.
     
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  12. Knight Falls

    Knight Falls New Member Full Member

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    Power isn’t everything. Kabayel is too slow and too easy to hit. Usyk will piece him up.
    Itauma will be a good fight but he’s a boxer and you can’t outbox Usyk. IMO Itauma will be drowned in the later rounds.
     
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  13. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    Usyk had a bad night and got lucky. It happens. I suspect were they to fight again, Usyk would dominate. That said, on his bad night there are several heavyweight greats that would have knocked him out cold. Usyk ain't the GOAT.
     
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  14. Veerbone

    Veerbone Active Member Full Member

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    Well hell, I guess Ali ain't the goat because Ken Norton and Joe Frazier beat his ass. Joe Louis ain't the goat because Marciano knocked his ass out when Louis was 2 years YOUNGER than Usyk is now.

    Usyk had a bad night and still beat a guy that hasn't lost a fight in over a decade.
     
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  15. h8me

    h8me Member Full Member

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    He. almost. lost. to. a. debutant.
     
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