"USyK is an heavyweight now" says USyk's promoter. The 34-year-old, who won an Olympic gold medal alongside Joshua at London 2012, unified the cruiserweight division after turning professional, defending his titles for the eighth time when he stopped Tony Bellew in 2018. Usyk has since secured victories over Chazz Witherspoon and Dereck Chisora, the latter a unanimous decision at Wembley Arena last year, but is set to be the significantly lighter fighter as he bids to become a two-weight world champion. Joshua puts his IBF, WBO and WBA titles on the line against Usyk and weighed in at 240 pounds for his last fight- compared to the Ukrainian’s 217 - but Krassyuk, the general director of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko’s K2 Promotions company, believes his client has adjusted to the step up. “He has been working hard, building his body for the heavyweight division, and he’s a true heavyweight now,” Krassyuk said in an interview with ESPN. “No one can say he is a cruiserweight fighting as a heavyweight like [two-time heavyweight world champion] Chris Byrd was. Oleksandr is a natural heavyweight now.” Krassyuk added that Usyk will be motivated to avenge the defeat suffered by compatriot Wladimir Klitschko to Joshua in 2017, and is predicted that Usyk will use his lighter weight to his advantage but moving his opponent around the ring. “Boxers can just throw a punch to the chin and hope to get lucky, and they might be once out of 10, but can they do it 10 times in a row?” Krassyuk said. “You have to box and win each and every round to win the title. Boxing is the art of defence first and foremost, landing punches and not getting anything back. Agreed with USyK promoter? Will the Bodybuilder create another real Rocky Balboa after Ruiz?
Wlad doesn't need avenging. He retired off Joshua & almost had him... No shame in losing to a younger sexier man. The next generation. The real shame is his lack of humility in defeat to Fury. Don't think he's ever got over it. Usyk has sparred plenty of heavyweights. I'm sure he did great sparring but when it comes down to a hell for leather fight it's going to be hard for him.
Wouldn't be too surprised at all. I don't know if it's just because people keep asking him about it, but AJ seems to be looking ahead to the Fury fight. I have a feeling that we wont get Joshua Fury when we want to next year. I think sombodies gonna lose and I guess it will be AJ. If he beats Usyk though, then I'm gonna pick Wilder to beat Fury.
The chin. The Bodybuilder's chin is not good. He risked going into a coma state with Ruiz. After the concussion he has had speech issues and lost eyes for a long period. His entourage kept everything well hidden. We wrote a lot of threads on Joshua's health conditions after Ruiz 1. Dont forget it.
Didnt Usyk school Wlad in sparring so badly leading up to his AJ fight that he shut down media access lol
Wlad is team Aj for this fight Wlad can cope with his loss vs Aj, but that loss in Germany eats him up inside He wants Aj to win and prays that Aj can beat Fury. He's very bitter since that fateful night in dusseldorf
I'm actually getting the same weird feeling. I think one of (if not both) of these guys is going to slip up
Klitschko with USyK like Ali with Tyson: “Remember what you said — Get him for me.” And Tyson against Holmes made good on his promise.
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have not lent their support to compatriot Oleksandr Usyk ahead of Anthony Joshua fight but Vasyl Lomachenko’s dad has ‘taken him to the next level’ https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/...thony-joshua-wladimir-vitali-klitschko-fight/
you mean when Fury screwed him over on the rematch twice.... yeah I wonder why he doesn't like Fury....
