Did Usyk really beat Chisora?

The ring for the Chisora fight looked very small to me

Was E-Hearn trying to protect his golden goose AJ?

Chisora had close to 40lbs on Usyk which is a lot more than most if not all of the other CWs who'd moved up to HW were giving away in their first few fights at the new weight


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 almost 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 specifically been working on the things he'd struggled to get to grips with when he'd previously faced a southpaw mover, including enlisting the services of said southpaw for sparring.

A he trained like a demon and he was essentially Usyk's official HW debut because Witherspoon only turned up to shell up and survive.

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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.

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"Look at Derek's knockouts - they aren't when he lands five shots then the ref jumps in.

"Boom! Artur Szpilka.

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"Boom! Carlos Takam.

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"He hit them with one shot and knocked them out. You can see he carries one-shot knockout power."

--Anthony Joshua

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Usyk vs Chisora was not close

 

Dillian Whyte says Usyk might be in for more than he’s bargained for. Whyte specifically says that Usyk probably just thinks that he’s going to box circles around Chisora, but an in-shape Chisora will be anything but a gimme.

“He’s (Usyk) thinking he can out-manoeuvre Derek, but if Derek is in shape, which I’m sure he will be, he’ll have a nasty surprise and he’ll have a hard night of work, if he wins.

”I’ll tell him straight, don’t underestimate Derek. If he’s in shape and he’s motivated, he will give you work. Serious work as well.”

Whyte has twice fought Chisora so obviously knows firsthand what he has to offer, and even goes so far as to give a confident answer when asked if he thinks Chisora has a chance to beat Usyk in that matchup.

“Of course, 100 per cent, and I’m backing him to win as well, because Usyk struggled with Chazz Witherspoon.”

That last bit is strange because Usyk won every second of every round against Witherspoon. But this is the kind of divorced from reality nonsense we hear all the time from the Usyk haters and detractors. How can anyone not like and respect Usyk immensely?