Usyk biggest weaknesses

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  1. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Usyk is a great fighter

    The thing that makes him so great is that hes at least an 8 in every category and in some a 9 or a 10

    Some minor weaknesses of his are

    He doesnt have huge 1 punch power. Its good but not amazing.

    Very good but not blazing speed (like Ali, Tyson, Holmes, Hoylfield, Haye for a few rounds)

    Not great on the inside


    Doesnt like it to the body (who does). This is overblown cause hes never been dropped.

    Also I noticed that he doesnt really stick and move like a Larry Holmes type. When hes moving hes not really punching

    These are all small things in the grand scheme of

    Anyways, this is the best I could come up with

    What do you think are Usyks biggest weaknesses?

    Also forgot to throw in that Usyk is not a great finisher

    He had Fury hurt in the first fight and couldn't get him out of there in the last 3 rounds
     
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  2. rolzone

    rolzone Member Full Member

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    He’s not a real Christian


    According to Don Charles
     
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  3. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    God was on his side on Saturday tho.
     
  4. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Every fighter has a weakness. Uysk's just hasn't been exposed yet.
     
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  5. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Don Charles is a buffoon, a loser, an open pus-filled oozing sore on the face of humanity and a bleeding hemorrhoid on the arse of humanity.
    His words are of no more import than the foul wind from a donkey's arse-hole.
     
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  6. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Looking for a needle in a haystack, Usyk looks technically perfect for now...
     
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  7. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    The way I see Usyk is, if you create a character in a video game, you set all physical attributes like speed and power at around the middle, some a bit higher, some lower. But you set skill / technique at near max.

    Edit: cardio near max too, as someone mentioned.
     
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  8. jnes1

    jnes1 New Member Full Member

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    His fight IQ and cardio is a 10
     
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  9. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    His weakness is his age and not fighting often enough.

    The consequence of this is we won't see many more fights.
     
  10. Max Thunder

    Max Thunder Proud member of the Cult of Vikings Full Member

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    Don really pushed the horses there.
     
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  11. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He's sometimes a little too feel. If he wasn't feel he'd probably be even better. Imagine if he was like an unfeeling robot, he'd be a literal terminator in the ring like Ivan Drago.

    "It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!"
     
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  12. Camps

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    Well played, sir. :)
     
  13. Camps

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    I was among those who said after Usyk-Fury 1 and Usyk-Dubois 1 that his one vulnerability seems to be to the body and Kabayel poses a potential challenge.... but Usyk's speed and elusiveness only seem to improve, and that makes a big difference.
     
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  14. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Still raging that we didnt see Bowe V Lewis Full Member

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    His ring IQ and mentality is by some distance his biggest strength.

    If I had to be really picky and find some weaknesses and I know I'm scraping the barrel here. I could see Usyk struggling against elite pressure fighters such as Frazier considering Chisora and Briedis were some of his toughest fights.
     
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  15. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    It's glaringly obvious he has no inside game whatsoever
     
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