(BREAKINGS of few hours ago: USyK vs AJ Is already sold out). Give Usyk your best game plan to beat The Bodybuilder at 1000% on September. It could come true. Besides do you think he should take into account that the judges could blame him if the fight went to decision? Or not?
Don't try to feel him out in the fight as Usyk usually does, just train your ass off and study the vids on Joshi's strenghts and certainly his weakneses. He's not going to get a decision if he outboxes him 8 to 4 or 7 to 5 after figuring him out in the opening rounds, so he has to take him out.
Move around Joshua. Make him commit. Counter with a hook or a combination and move in and out of range when you do so. Frustrate him and walk him into counters from time to time when he gets agressive. Jab to the body but be incredibly careful doing so becausr you'll expose yourself. Make him gas and press the issue heavily when he does. Of course it's easier said than done but thats all the advice i would give him.
Usyk needs to go to the body with his left uppecut, keep moving and clinch Joshua to disrupt his rhythm as often as he can.
Is Usyk a converted southpaw ? I've watched 7-8 of his fights in entirety and his right hook seems quite light plus he never loads up on it even when chance presents itself , I get that his style essentially means that he doesn't plant his feet hard enough to get full leverage and keeps moving but that right hook of his looks more like a setup punch than anything.
AJ likes to set traps and counter. If I was. Team usyk I’d be watching lots of clips of AJ and work on countering his counter. also, AJ is wide open for the uppercut if you can walk him on to one some how then you are on your way
Yeah im pretty sure Usyk is right handed but he can combination punch well in his stance if he has too
Not get knocked out Usyk has to start strong and finish strong Many rounds he won't be able to win, know when to give the round up. Needs to pick his spots perfectly. Needs to set a mental pace that AJ cannot keep up with AJ ALWAYS finds a way to look bad. If Usyk goes into preservation mode the moment AJ has success then I'm turning it off.
Start out with a fast pace and make Joshua work from the very first round. Vary his punches, body and head, make a nervous Joshua think hard about the next move. Movement is key with Usyk’s elite footwork, because Joshua is not good at chasing, as we saw against Parker. Do NOT clinch with Joshua. The bigger and taller man would lean all over Usyk, zapping his energy. Also, Joshua is very strong and can wiggle out of the clinch and land the uppercut, as he did against “the master” of clinching (Wlad).
It's a tall Orthodox and short Southpaw matchup and it reminds a bit of Klitschko- Byrd , I still remember how badly Wlad had neutered Byrd in both of their fights just with the jab,exponentially more so in the second, poor Byrd couldn't even close the distance without getting leaned on and hugged by Wlad.
Be very aggressive from the outset, don’t let him settle in and get comfortable. Even when you’re not punching double and triple feint him to always force him to react and burn nervous energy. Attack the body.
