Usyk lack of power will DOOM him at heavyweight.

Byrd got beat by power punchers...Wlad, Ibuebuchi, and I thought Golota beat him....these are all big strong guys.

You can also add Vitali bc he wins easily at 100%.

Usyk won't have such an easy time at the current top of the division, he won't be hurting guys much bc the heavyweights take better punches and will have reach on him.

There's also a few guys coming up that are great boxer/ devastating punchers....that would flatten him by 2 years time.

 

Lol! And Chris Byrd’s punches weren’t hard enough to keep iron chinned Tua who had nuclear power honest right?

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How about Holyfield?

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Two guys with power and chins that were SOMEHOW beaten by a 210lb southpaw slickster with “Feather Duster punches”

Keep in mind Usyk is more skilled (especially offensively) and hits harder than Byrd. He’ll have enough, more than enough to sting guys like Joshua and Wilder who quite frankly aren’t exactly Vitali Klitschko or Tua in the chin department.

 

You're confusing lack of KO power with having pillows for fists. Usyk has enough pop and throws more than enough volume to keep him from being rushed, that sets the platform for his skills to do the talking.

Power aside, who at HW do you believe even has the necessary footwork to maneuver themselves into a position where they can let their hands go and actually land something? The only good pressure fighter there is Povetkin and he's already on the decline, not to mention possesses less reach than Usyk. Joshua and Parker's footwork is slow and pretty mediocre, Wilder's is quicker but utterly clueless at times.

 

His skills are ATG level but I just have to see him vs someone like Whyte, Parker, or Ortiz before I can say he could beat Joshua and Wilder.. Whyte is 6’4 and about 240 and Ortiz 6’3 250 while Usyk is 6’2 will probable be 220.. He’s he will box circles around these guys but what happens when he get caught with a HW punch is what I wanna see.. Joshua will fight him like he did Parker.. can Usyk fight him coming forward for 12 rds idk.. Wilder is very unorthodox but he is nowhere near as slow as Gassiev and he’s 6’6.. Yea Usyk can box circles around him but will that in and out style work for 12 rds against someone who has shown that all he need to catch you once with the right hand to change the fight idk.. Either way I wanna see and I want get in to bashing either guy because AJ and DW have major weaknesses..

 

2slyk just won a tournie of the hw division in reality, just a subunit of it.

what have the others at hw done?

 

Usyk-Joyce was at Super heavyweight in those AIBA closer to pro boxing.

 

Absolute bollocks. OP is not a boxing fan and does not understand the sport. The point of "boxing" as opposed to a barroom fight, is to hit and not be hit, which Usyk does, as did Ali, Willie Pep. Pernell Whitiker, Ray Leonard, etc. And he does it on that level.

We don't know how hard Usyk hits, and never will, because he uses movement to confound his opponents rather than setting down on his punches. We we can say is that he has beaten Briedis and Medzhidov in pro-style fights, and not a lot of heavies are going to hit that much harder than those two, certainly not Deontay Wilder, who struggles with guys stopped by Demetrice King and Ashanti Jordan.

Usyk is coming, and if he gets Wilder in the ring, he will be a champ. Joshua is a tougher fight, but by no means the bridge too far.

Deal.

 

Windmills has a long reach but he has no idea how to use it. He's like a HW Paul Williams; all the height and reach in the world, but still lets guys bang it out in his wheelhouse. His KO power is the only thing that needs to give Usyk pause, but even then I don't see how Wilder can hope to land on a guy like Usyk to the extent that he can force a KO. For my money he'd be like a lamb to the slaughter.

 

Yup, you don't think Joyce will be dangerous for Usyk in a year or two though? Usyk is clearly more skilled, but at heavyweight, power can trump skill. Joyce will, likely be skilled enough by then to be dangerous.

 

Really Doomed! @Aydamn