Poll: Who will Usyk's "last dance" be?

In fairness Chisora has five wins as the underdog and could have easily added wins against Helenius, Whyte 1 and Parker 1 if he hadn't been the B-side in those fights. And as the A-side in London (as he was vs Usyk), he can be dangerous.

Chisora is arguably the best win of Vitali and Haye, with 38 Sanders and Valuev having the best arguments against. He is among the best HW's beaten by a 40+ HW, along with Joyce, Whyte, Mercer and Moorer.

 

We are just going to disagree on this. Usyk outlanded and staggered a much more animated Chisora. That is all in my book.

 

Kabayel also outlanded Chisora, perhaps by a wider margin.

Maybe Chisora was less animated vs Kabayel because Kabayel did a better job of keeping him under control. Chisora also looked flat vs Fury 2, because Fury was too big and gave him nothing.

 

I don't know, man. I just rewatched it, I saw Chisora land a good shot, Usyk get on the bicycle and answer back while moving, and then Chisora hook his arm and hit him with 42 seconds left. At no point do I see Uysk staggered...I see Chisora holding an hitting.

Exactly 5 minutes and 33 second of this clip.

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Now at exacly 21 minutes nine seconds in, Chisora gets his with shot where he has the visible delayed reaction wobble, and the announcing team calls it.

 

Fair enough if that is how you see it. I think Usyk hurt him and did far better.

 

Needs to be Rico to right that wrong in his resume. But it won't be. It’ll be belly.

 

Yeah, we will have to disagree. Usyk may have done better offensively but not defensively. Rounds-wise it was about equal. Only Fury and maybe Haye did "far better".

 

Good enough. I always liked Agit anyway. Glad he got his due.

 

Thing is, though, from my understanding, he doesn't need to be elevated. The "super" title is created when a WBA title is unified with another. There currently is no "super" title to elevate him to...he IS the WBA champion.

At least that is my understanding.

I am checking the WBA website regularly to see if they issue a clarification.

 

Money is the only thing that matters to Usyk now, so if all goes according to plan and Fury beats Joshua, it’ll be Usyk-Fury III next year as that’s by far the biggest money fight

Wilder I imagine is the only other option they’d seriously consider.

 

Wilder in the U.S. ... Ituama in the Middle East. Regardless of promotion aspects ... these are sellable with Usyk getting the major A side.

Fury would want 80 percent and drag it out for a year. But maybe Usyk will watch how AJ.Fury works out.

 

I think Dana White will pay a ton of money to make it Usyk vs a young guy like Itauma, Benavidez, or Opetaia.

From Usyk's point of view: it's a ton of money, he has a good chance of cementing his legacy even more, and even if he loses it won't be held against him much historically.

From White's point of view: if he can have a young guy beat Usyk, it would transfer the linage of the real heavyweight championship to Zuffa boxing. Instant legitimacy. That would be INCREDIBLY valuable to the brand.

From the opponent's point of view: Usyk is ripe for the taking. It would catapult them to stardom and the entire Zuffa brand would be built around them moving forward.

It makes too much sense for everyone involved.

 

Itauma is under contract with Warren, though.

 

Image Usyk fought Wilder, walked into one and Wilder walked away lineal champion.

Hilarious scanario.

 

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