Usyk doesn't have a ton of power nor does he sit on his punches. This video isn't changing anyones mind.
If he'd been a Brit he very well might have had a 100% KO ratio. In every single fight he lands a 4 punch combo at some point.
Let's say he has power, but he doesn't use it, because he can't risk getting exhausted as a result of it later in the fight. And at the end of a full distance fight he's usually very tired, so he can't knock his opponent out even if he wants to.
He isnt a powerful puncher. Against Gassiev it was clear Gassiev was packing the bigger punch. You can even see from how he throws his shots that he isnt intending to get maximum power on the majority, and he is throwing a lot of distraction shots and throwing shots to make openings. When he does land with his full power, there is enough there to keep the opponent honest but its fairly average power.
Usyk has good power but it's not his style to throw big punches all the time. He could have stopped Gassiev in the late rounds but he wanted to make it safe as it was too much on the line to go all in for a silly KO. Usyk has more power than Bellew for example.
Bellew has much more KO power on any opponent he faces, than Usyk has. Usyk is good modern european style boxer who is not looking to hurt the opponent, but looking to win the fight.
No. Usyk has more power than Bellew. Bellews power is overrated due to knocking out old shot slow Haye and glass chin Makabu. Bellew has power, yeah, but nothing special. You can expect some kind of power from a CW/HW. Usyk definitely has more power.
I would say Usyk is more likely to stop Bellew than the other way around. Power is hard one to call but Usyk has been fighting top fighters who are durable. He has stopped some tough fighters like Huck, far as I am aware he came very close to stopping Michael Hunter (not seen that one yet). Only Glowacki, Hunter, Gassiev and Briedis have went the distance with Usyk and these are all world class fighters who have only lost to Usyk and never been stopped. Don’t get where all this talk about him not being a puncher comes from. Bellew is a puncher no doubt about that but probably not the biggest puncher or best overall fighter Usyk has faced but we will find out on the night. Also Bellew has at times been hurt like in the Brudov fight. My pick is Usyk by stoppage in rounds 9-12 in a one sided fight who knows though we will see.
