I think he gets hit too much especially in the first 3-4 rounds of a fight, when he is sussing an opponent out. He holds his feet slightly too long at times. At HW, someone with elite power is going to clean his clock in those early rounds and stop him. Not necessary an AJ or Fury. It would just take a fighter with elite power, who is aggressive in those early rounds.
I'd expect Joyce to win the first 1-2 maybe first 3 rounds, Usyk to take 4 rounds between 4-9 and then Joyce to win the remaining 2 or 3 rounds as I think he'd come on strong down the stretch. Usyk will have to do a lot of moving in this fight imo on the backfoot.
Was anyone not really impressed with Joyce V Dubois? He showed a chin and that was about it. His jab was decent but I didn't expect to have the result it did. I think Usyk is beatable at Heavy if you get into him bully him and throw leather there is a chance. He didn't look comfortable Vs Delboy early and he only really looked as good as he is as Chisora tired and his natural sped and agility took over. I think Usyk is a hard night for most fighters but early doors he can be gotten at not sure Joyce is the man to do it though.
I wonder if in the modern era of boxing Usyk can afford to look too good from the get go. By no means am I categorically saying he held something back against Chisora. But if he starts lampooning heavies left and right the big paydays will swerve him by a country mile.
Rooting for Joyce and won't make the same mistake by writing him off the way I did against Dubois. Good boxers and likeable chaps, hope it gets made.
Nah. Usyk is on the slide now. He has had a couple of bad injuries and I think it shows. He is definatley slower than he was at his peak but that is still faster than most heavies.
Usyk is in the heavyweight division to get on his bike and scrape out wins not get into trading blows and knocking people out, he is great for the 'hardcores' but for everyone else he is stinking the joint out, it's smash and grab all the way.
Usyk has been bang average at Heavyweight and I've seen not one shred of evidence that he going to suddenly explode into the untouchable superior life form that some of his admirers are promising. Win or lose, he'll go life and death against Joyce and either way, he will have missed the gravy train. As a stand alone fight, it's a blinder. I pick Joe's size and incredible stamina to take a close nod after a strong last two rounds.
Joyce didn't look great against Jennings let's be real. I think Usyk will do enough to win a close points decision.
