Usyk is ready for the big time except...

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  1. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ...his clinches are terrible. If he does that against a large heavyweight with a good inside uppercut, he'll get KO'd.

    Usyk looked good tonight. Credit to Chisora. His conditioning held up and he fought until the end. Usyk totally took over after the 5th and went to a level Chisora could not match.

    Usyk is ready for the best fighters. But he's still undersized and underpowered. He's going to have to work hard to beat the largest and best heavyweights.
     
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  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    A lot of the inside clinch/defence he was using tonight someone like Fury would just manhandle him. Push his head down. Put weight on him. Push him back. Hit his body which Chisora couldn't do.

    270 pound 6'7.


    AJ sucks in the clinch and inside also anyway, but he still can't be moved like Chisora.

    Wlad was not happy that he couldn't move AJ in the clinch & push him over like he did with smaller men.
     
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  3. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree. And Fury has some sneaky inside uppercuts.

    Usyk has a lot of work to do before he is ready for Fury. Tonight was a step, though. At least he didn't get beat up like he did vs Chazz.
     
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  4. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chazz landed exactly 4 punches a round in that fight
     
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  5. TEAM_LOMA

    TEAM_LOMA This is Boxing Full Member

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    As a Ukrainian, I'm happy Usyk won, but I believe Del Boy got robbed and it was a draw at the very least.
     
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  6. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oh I'm not saying Chazz won. I'm just saying Usyk got all swollen up.

    I'm a Usyk fan. I want him to do well. Tonight was a solid step forward.
     
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  7. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I had four close rounds in the fight. If I give them all to Chisora, and add them to the other round I gave him, I get 5 rounds Chisora. Or the 115-113 Usyk score the two judges had. I can't come up with a better score than that for Chisora, but that's just my card.

    He fought hard and was in shape, but he was out of his class, IMO. That said, he made Usyk look pretty ordinary at times.
     
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  8. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Everything was good, until that AJ comment.
    AJ explosiveness in the clinches is what making him so dangerous up close. That uppercut in there is a real beauty.
    And he can KO pretty much most people with it.

    As far as Klitschko, its irrelevant, because he was way too old, his power, speed, footwork, cardio, energy level, output, reflexes and everything you can think was way past it, and the fight was still close a****.
     
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  9. robg

    robg Active Member Full Member

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    I give Usyk a good chance at beating most of the heavyweights. Some are 50/50 fights to me. Probably the only person I don’t see Usyk having a chance against is Fury
     
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  10. chico g

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

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    Realistically. If Usyk is losing 4 or even maybe 5 rounds to Chisora, how many would Joshua or Fury take off him. He's gonna go super aggressive and KO them clean? Not enough evidence that he has the attributes to do either I'm afraid.
     
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  11. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Usyk needs a few cycles 90s Holyfield drug regime.
     
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  12. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Evan Fields FTW!
     
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  13. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Nah. He'll never be ready imo.

    But will be fun watching him try. Will be a big event and adds excitement to the sport.
     
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  14. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Usyk will give Joshua an ultimatum to fight me or vacate. And Joshua will likely choose to vacate.
     
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  15. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Maybe.
     
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