Aside from the injuries, illness and inactivity (Usyk had fought once in 2 years and not against anyone world class in two years). Chisora was essentially Usyk's real official pro HW debut. Witherspoon only came to shell up and survive and that fight wasn't even decent sparring Chisora's a nightmare to fight, let alone for your first real test at the weight in a shoe box sized ring when you're giving away 40lbs He's stupid tough and durable, is absolutely relentless and is on your ass nonstop from the opening to final bell, has an insane engine, punches very hard, and is nigh on impossible to keep off of you even if you're a 250 pound + 6'6'' savage punching destroyer. Nobody at HW fights like Chisora or brings the kind of relentless pressure, power, fitness, and toughness as him Did he not give Fury sheer hell first time round? Oh yes he did Did he not give Whyte sheer hell first time round? Absolutely. In fact, he deserved to win that fight Did he not give Parker sheer hell in their first fight? Yes he did. Most had him winning that one too Chisora had been preparing to face Usyk for a year, had a 9 month camp, and had trained like a demon This content is protected Here's what AJ had to say about sharing a ring with Chisora 11 months prior to Usyk vs Chisora "I watched the Chisora versus Price fight — I thought 'Why isn't Price controlling Chisora?' Joshua continued to share. "Then I sparred Chisora. The guy is strong, you know. He is no joke. And I give Dillian credit for dealing with him twice. To control Chisora over 12 or 11 rounds takes some doing." Joshua tabbed Chisora for sparring sessions leading up to his rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. in December, when he defeated the Mexican fighter via a lopsided unanimous decision to regain his unified world heavyweight titles. Those sparring sessions ended in mutual respect between Joshua and Chisora. This content is protected "Look at Derek's knockouts - they aren't when he lands five shots then the ref jumps in. "Boom! Artur Szpilka. This content is protected "Boom! Carlos Takam. This content is protected "He hit them with one shot and knocked them out. You can see he carries one-shot knockout power." --Anthony Joshua This content is protected
This^ In essence Chisora could be likened to any given task in your job or life that you just hate to do. The task you'd rather put off. You know deep down that you can always do said task but you really, really don't fancy it. It's the chore that you'd let someone else do. The chore for another day, Lol. I can't think of another Heavyweight gatekeeper that sets a bar as high as he has done. The true gatekeeper from hell.
Usyk had many issues in the camp including COVID. I also scored it 9-3 to Usyk and though he took very little damage in that fight, he was barely getting out of the first gear
Well - the point nobody on here wants to acknowledge is that "Kronk" Parker may now be a handful - even for the top guys Only time will tell...
Yeah he gives almost everyone a real tough gruelling nights work and he's the last person you wanna be fighting in a shoe box sized ring because he just keeps coming
Styles make fights, yawn. Same reason Maidana made Floyd look shaky, same reason Salido made Lomachenko look shaky. Rough unorthodox boxing is how you beat master boxers.
I still think Chiosra beats Wilder and I'd heavily favour him against Ortiz, Martin, Helenius and Wallin level guys.
Because Chisora is big, strong and unorthodox. Usyk struggles more with a brawler like Chisora and Whyte than he does with a boxer like Joshya.
