Will Usyk take a dive?

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  1. Oneirokritis

    Oneirokritis The Scourge of Stupid Idiots. Full Member

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    But he won't, because he has no integrity.
     
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  2. Surrix

    Surrix Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A quick google seach shows that average pro boxer in US earns lesser than average engineer. This is reality.
    While ppl are dreaming about very big buck just looking at top 10 purses etc things.
    You think that you might hire everyone in Ukraine for 10$ per day based on GDP?
    Someone earns these 3500 bucks take home monthly , someone earns nothing ( like in US too, even unemployment level for uni grads doesn't looks impressive at all. Nor for US nor Ukraine. ).

    Yeah, Ukraine is not so wealthy country like US and still not in Ukraine nor Kazahsatan prize fighting is not main road out of poverty.
    Unlike US or Mexico. Sorry.

    Somewhat ppl had lived without prizefighting and didn't had died without this income source.
    Ukraine isn't Thailand for sure.
     
  3. TheWorstEver(TWE)

    TheWorstEver(TWE) Active Member Full Member

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    Or is Usyk lulling everyone into a false sense of security with his affable personality. It worked a treat for Ruiz jnr.
     
  4. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    you do an incredible amount of writing, just to say nothing. like hearing yourself talk?
     
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  5. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Usyk

    Took a dive

    Never healed from an arm injury 5 years ago

    What other preemptive excuses have their own threads on this board so far?
     
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  6. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Remind me, who was the last fighter that faced Joshua and played the 'I wanna be friends' nice guy act pre-bout?
     
  7. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I swear, some of these threads
     
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  8. Quina74

    Quina74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kovalev Canelo was an obvious fix as it gets.. Not really debateable..

    That said I think Usyk has a lot more respect for himself not to he paid for a sparring session/dive unlike that drunkard Kovalev
     
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  9. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Come on man, at least post the whole thing. This is after they have chosen gloves.
    Here is the whole video:
    This content is protected
     
  10. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It gets you a fair way in most places.
     
  11. Ilesey

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  12. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    No need with glass Jawshua.
     
  13. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    An Olympic gold medalist and ATG cruiserweight who has been talking about being heavyweight champ for years is going to take a dive against a guy who is demonstrably beatable?

    What?
     
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  14. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The rumoured purse split means Usyk is getting less than the 25% as mandatory WBO challenger.

    Shouldn't he be getting paid more to take a dive? They are paying him less than WBO rules AND there is a rumoured rematch clause. So I do wonder what is in the contract...

    I suspect if they were to rig the fight with Usyk's blessing it would be a draw, and a rematch.

    But this is just a pie-in-the-sky conspiracy theory.
     
  15. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Lol.

    BoxerToxer was always good for a laugh.
     
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