Usyk could have KO'd Joshua in both fights.

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  1. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just to point out Usyk never said either what the OP is suggesting nor did he say what that rag of a "newspaper", The Sun, put in their headline.
     
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  2. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He tried to get him outta there, he couldn't. No shame in that.....................he dominated him twice
     
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  3. MAD_PIGE0N

    MAD_PIGE0N ... banned Full Member

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    No, there is no shame in that, he won convincingly. But don't you notice the fanatic fanbase attributes him all kind of qualities and not a single negative. We've a saying, can't do a straight translate to, but it's like "even God dislikes one who's too much of a saint".
     
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  4. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He didn't say that.

    He possibly could, but it was never his gameplan, and if I remember correctly his corner cautioned him against trying to do so.

    Joshua is at heart a dangerous counterpuncher.
     
    Rollin, Apr 19, 2023
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  5. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    No he couldn’t have. Cause if he could he would have. No fighter wants to fight 12 rounds. If he could end the fight early he would have. It’s like what they say “We don’t get paid for over time.”
     
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  6. RockyMarciano

    RockyMarciano Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sounds like a lack of killer instinct. Thats a notch against him in my books.
     
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  7. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He came so close in the first fight. The man wasn't even a huge puncher at CW so its understandable.
     
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  8. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    This has already been debunked. Ask your hero who himself is afraid to fight Usyk
     
    CooperKupp, Apr 19, 2023
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  9. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good point. Never try to outbox the boxer.
     
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  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    This is what happens when Usyk really goes in with the intention of punishing his opponent and really wanting to get them out of there

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    He's primarily a boxer and he was content to outbox Gassiev, Glowacki etc. But he entered the fight with a completely different mindset. It's not rocket science or it appears to be so for some :facepalm:

    He didn't stop Hunter but he definitely tried to in round 12 and many refs would've waved it off

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    Briedis, Gassiev, and Hunter are extremely durable and have never been floored let alone stopped. They've never even really been badly hurt. Hunter campaigned up at SHW in the amateurs against giants like Belly, Roberto Cammarelle, Islam Timurziev, Fat Andy, Robert Alfonso among many others and was never stopped. Bakole couldn't drop or stop him. Neither could Povetkin, Kuzmin

    Chisora is iron-jawed. He's fought everyone and their dog and only been stopped three times and two of those opponents who did so needed two attempts to get him out of there. Belly couldn't floor him in three fights
     
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  11. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree in the first fight. If he needed a KO, he could have got one at the end. AJ was spent
     
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  12. MAD_PIGE0N

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    Oh, like Usyk is a knockout master? How many of his top opponents he knocked out? Sorry, but there has never been a fighter who possessed all the skills: power, IQ, technique, speed, endurance and so on, neither does Usyk. Just let the guy be great without overexaggerating his boxing skills and character.

    Usyk-AJ: UD
    Usyk AJ: UD
    Usyk-Chisora: MD
    Usyk-Bellew: KO
    Usyk-Gassiev: UD
    Usyk-Briedis: MD (possibly unofficial draw)
    Usyk-Huck: KO
    Usyk-Hunter: UD
    Usyk-Glowacki: UD

    As much as some of them are even some top fighters, but just good ones.
     
    MAD_PIGE0N, Apr 20, 2023
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  13. Thunderstorm

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    Usky has pillowfists
     
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  14. chico g

    chico g Let's watch some Sesame Street...lmao Full Member

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    Usyk hasn't technically knocked down a heavyweight yet.
     
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  15. rusev

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    He doesn't have the pop , maybe from accumulation punching.
     
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