The Usyk heavy weight HYPE train

At least some of the hype about Usyk (in addition to his skills) is that he trains properly, always comes into fights totally in shape, will take a fight in his opponent's back yard, seems to make fights happen without too much negotiation drama, fights reasonably often ... and most importantly he's not afraid to fight the best. I think boxing fans tend get behind most fighters like this.

There are some others at HW with the same kind of mindset/attributes, but they are the minority.

 

Why is this important to you? I get it, you're a fan but, oh boy, why worry about it? We'll find out one day if the hype - soon to be ramped up by Matchroom - is justified. It's all part of what makes boxing engaging...

 

I like Parker as a person and as my countryman. Doesn't stop me from seeing that Usyk is an awful stylistic match-up. I struggle to see how Parker is going to get near enough to land any of his bombs, Dillian was gassed and had no defense when Parker put him down, and yet Parker still didn't have the stamina to finish him. If Usyk was similarly buzzed he'd just have to run away for a bit while his head cleared.

 

Fair does.... dude

 

Usyk is the real deal. He's got the speed to outbox all the current heavyweights, and the skill to outslug them. As long as the winner of Wilder vs Fury fi- woah hold on, lets not get ahead of ourselves here. As long as Wilder and Fury fight each other, as in they actually enter the same ring at the same time and have a real fight, and the winner fights Joshua, Usyk can do it. Because very few heavyweights in history could take on Joshua, Wilder, Fury in a row. Usyk isn't that proven yet.

 

What you're missing is that sometimes excellent amateurs can forgo some of that pro experience. E.g. Loma winning a world title in his third fight against a strong opponent in the form of Garry Russell Jr. Would it be disrespectful to have predicted a Loma victory before that fight?

Similarly, Usyk was dominant in the HW and superheavyweight amateur divisions before turning pro. History shows that the top cruisers can be competitive at HW: e.g. Huck nearly beat Povetkin on his first fight up, Briedis KO'ed WBA regular champ Charr. In general a top p4p-level guy from the division below can be a serious contender in the next division. So why not Usyk?

Like I said before, if you think the elite HWs (Joshua, Wilder, maybe Fury if he gets back) beat/KO Usyk then fine, that's perfectly reasonable. But you verge on the opposite, you seem to think Usyk has no chance of doing anything at HW and I struggle to see where this confidence comes from given the lack of evidence. When Usyk fights a decent HW or two then we'll have more to talk about.

 

He might have done with a minute more. Dillian - wisely - went all Okolie for the last 30 seconds and used what strength he had left until the final bell. Which is why i think those two should share a ring again: the 'what if?'. And it was a good scrap....

 

Yes, I think he would've got the KO if he had an extra minute. Infuriating that he showed zero urgency before that, a better trainer would've recognized the situation IMO. Pity he's sticking to Barry, he may not be the most talented in the division but he has enough talent to beat Dillian and be a solid top 4-5 guy.

 

Well there's a theme developing here. Parker isn't ruthless enough: in and out of the ring.

 

2Slyk is a proven elite, the only proven elite in the HW division.yes i did say HW division! CW is HW.

Perhaps JOshua is an elite too now, but I would say wait for it.

 

The best guy who actually knows how well Usyk COULD do is this guy in the link( ALI BASHIR ) who thinks he will defeat just about everyone( im skeptical )

[url]https://112.international/sport/usyk-will-beat-bellew-parker-and-white-ali-bashir-30565.html[/url]

The one guy he doesn't think Usyk would beat is Joshua and he is very biased on Usyk bc that was his guy and knows HW boxing obviously .

 

Joshua will slaughter Usyk