Ben Davidson was taken right out of a fitness first, with his generic diet plans and 1 hour PT sessions not really cutting it or paying the bills.
He has been beaten quite a few times as an amateur and I know that doesn't really count for too much as his pro record is undeniable but can bellew expose anything that played a factor in him losing? Also who would you class as his biggest test?
This. For whatever reason fighters with extremely extensive amateur records (200+ matches) seem to have this bad habit with the Cubans being the worst offenders.
hard to say, he seems rather complete. the only thing i can thing of is if the elite guys he beat gassiev etc get exposed as subworld level and it becomes established that the CW tournie was manufactured - but i dont think thats going to happen. He has passed the eyetest.
His amateur record is 335-15 so relatively speaking that isn't 'quite a few times'. People care far too much about defeats, when you fight that many times as an amateur - you will lose a few.
please enlighten us with Bellews amateur record. we know he has avoided any live body (except the pimp) as a pro.
From a technical stand point not much wrong with him to be honest. Stands his ground and mixes it up more than he needs to at times. His head movement could be better but with his high guard and movement it's not really been an issue so far. But might need better head movement when he starts fighting much taller and rangier opponents and he has to take more risks to cut off the ring.
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America are the champions of corruption currently. I didn't see any german defending ottke but you see plenty of americans repeating the mantra ',it could have gone either way' when some poor foreign fighter gets shafted
Ask Mairis Briedis or Shawn Porter. Usyk is an endurance rhythm fighter, in his movement, punches, and counter punches. Upset his rhythm and you'll upset the fighter. The key to beating Usyk is in applying pressure intelligently and utilizing unpredictability. Hit him as he's trying to set to throw to put him off, counter his counters with head/upper body movement and straights, and throw plenty of punches and combinations from awkward angles to surprise him and not let him read your movement/punches, alternate between head and body and control the centre, make him work and move all night while not letting him breathe. Easier said than done, especially with someone as talented as Usyk, but Usyk has weaknesses that can be exploited. He's not unbeatable.
Like he has other options, he's a prize fighter at the end of the day. Ukraine isn't exactly wealthy country.
While its not a weakness, he doesn't have elite level ability in any phase of the game fans pay attention to. Examples: Defense, power, hand speed, rather he does a lot of things very well. Under rated stamina, chin, and heart, with near pound for pound type of skills at 200 pounds.
Ukrainian fighters hardly fight in their home country, but that doesn't mean they have to fight in their opponent's backyards all the time. Wlad (69 fights) and Vitali (47) both only fought once at home in their entire careers, and Lomachenko, Gvozdyk and Derevyanchenko haven't thus far. But they all have their base of operations which means they aren't in their opponent's backyards all the time like Usyk is.