if usyk cant knock dubois down

No, Chazz retired. As I said, some people may argue this is a kind of TKO.

 

That’s the fella. Same sort of power as Usyk. He’s the goat of feather fisted fighters for stopping so many greats without KO stopping power.

 

If it's 120-108 what difference does it make?

 

He's not a HW puncher (we already can see this).

Doesn't really matter when you can outbox and school your peers.

 

I never understood this obsession with knockdowns and knockouts. Sure, they make nice highlight reels, but the sport is called boxing and not knockdowning/knockouting. Do people realise that Ali and Usyk have the same KO ratio? The man most people consider the greatest HW ever was never known for his punching power.

Usyk was never known for knocking people out. He talked about it several times how knockouts take a huge toll on the health of the fighter suffering then and that he avoids knocking people out whenever he can. The best example would be the Bellew fight. Since Tony boxed well, Team Usyk feared Usyk, who was the better fighter in that fight even though Tony boxed really well, would end up getting robbed. They were right - at one judge Bellew was leading by three points. Usyk couldn’t afford to take chances with the corrupt judges favouring the home fighter. Other than that, when Usyk knows he is in the lead, he really isn’t keen on looking for a KO punch. If anything, this lead to some criticism that he shouldn’t leave match results to chance like that, he should go for more knockouts.

 

Exactly this. Ali’s KOs, especially after his exile, were all due to accumulation of punches. He never just sparked people out with one punch during the most significant and recognised portion of his career. Who cares about KOs and knockdowns when you win a fight? Winning the bout is the only thing that matters, everything else is just mere detail.

 

Not a damn thing.

 

Usyk stopped Chazz Witherspoon in his first heavyweight fight.

 

He’s a blown up Cruiserweight with elite boxing skills. If he gets his arm raised at the end, I’ll be happy. The sweet science is more than knocking guys out. If you don’t like this fact, maybe bare knuckle brawling is more your speed.

 

Oh, that was so amazing!

 

Dubois has the accelerated healing factor due to his young age, and he's strong like an ox. It won't be easy for Usyk to KO him.

And it may be night night for Usyk if he fights careless, because Dubois is no bum. Don't judge him from Lerena fight alone.

 

I think part of it aside from the excitement is not having the fight left up to the judges, who are often notorious for either being incompetent, corrupt or both.

 

I think Dubois will catch and stun Usyk in round 7 and then knock him out. Usyk is 37 years old.