An evaluation of Usyk's (and other top CW's) chances at HW

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  1. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    I actually expect Parker-Usyk to look like this. Parker is a phenom who doesn't use his size much at all.
     
  2. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    It is an optimistic assessment, but then again Loma who is IMO a TBE level fighter hasn't been looking tremendously impressive in the first few rounds of his fights where he's figuring his opponents out - I think I had Gamalier Rodriguez winning the first two rounds against Loma from what I remembered. Granted, Usyk certainly isn't Loma but he comes from the same school. People make a great deal of judging him based on the first few rounds.

    I'm not in disagreement with those who are not fond of him, I don't like the same elements they don't like either.
    Glowacki was the stylistic threat, though. Sure, he's definitely a smaller sized HW but he's actually a notably big Cruiserweight.

    Usyk wasn't the most experienced guy there by any means. Joyce could be a danger to him in the first 6 rounds, but after that it'd be a clean sailing.
    For me, it remains to be seen if he can adapt to the pros completely because there's a lot more he has to do to adapt to retain his H2H ability from the amateurs, than say a Loma.
    That's fair enough, you don't have a 'weak' view. The jury is out on this guy at HW.
     
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  3. Todd498

    Todd498 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    He's definitely a weird little ****. I really hope I get to see him in the RBR when Wilder is forced into a fight against a top 5 guy. Preferably Wlad or Fury :D
     
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  4. Farmboxer

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    Usyk needs time to grow into becoming a pro.....................Lomachenko's father is supposed to train him, if he does he can beat most heavyweights, perhaps all, Usyk can out box Wilder easily..............don't know about Vlad........................that would be very difficult, but Usyk will not fight as a heavyweight for a long time if he does make the move, that was Adamek's mistake.................although Usyk is bigger than Adamek, he moves and give angles, let Lomachenko train him more............
     
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