Is Bellew even a top 5 Cruiserweight?

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  1. RazzAxx

    RazzAxx Active Member Full Member

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    Bellew is a great story made by the man with big heart all by himself. Usyk is good boxer, but not much of a fighter. It will be interesting.
     
  2. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I think he has a knack for selling himself and of course that's important but it's massively overegged. He was hardly Duran or Pac, a child fighting men to escape real poverty.
     
  3. RazzAxx

    RazzAxx Active Member Full Member

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    There will always be a better story about anything in anybody's mind. This topic is NOT about Duran or Pac.
     
  4. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Well what is good about Bellew story then? I'm dying to know.
     
  5. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Based on what he's achieved at 200lbs. No... He's getting over praised for beating a shot & hobbled Haye at HW! He's better than some people think... Sound ring IQ, mentally tough, decent fundamentals but Bellew has never been more than a B level fighter for me.
     
  6. Shrewd_dude

    Shrewd_dude Active Member Full Member

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    You mean you didn't know Bellew was brought up on the mean streets of Liverpool and had to fight for every single thing he has achieved??

    The guy has had a very hard time compared to guys like Usyk who grew up in Crimea during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
     
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  7. RazzAxx

    RazzAxx Active Member Full Member

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    Usyk grew up in Crimea? :D
     
  8. f1ght3rz

    f1ght3rz Ronaldoooo is crying in his caaaaaar Full Member

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    No, he isn't.

    Could name easily 5-10 CWs who would beat him EASILY.
     
  9. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    There's a big socialism movement in Liverpool, so you could argue that they feel Usyk indeed had it better
     
  10. BigStiffIdiot

    BigStiffIdiot Safer than Adam Smith's laptop password. Full Member

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    He is such a ****ing bellend. I hope he doesn't land a punch then gets brutally stopped and never appears on TV again. Is ego is spiralling out of control and he is the most hypocritical man I have ever had the displeasure to hear speak.