Usyk possibly on the Hopkins vs Smith card

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  1. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk will apparently face Mateusz Masternak according to a ukrainian source ,good fight
     
  2. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Masternak, huh? Yeah that's a good fight!

    :chuck:
     
  3. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Not a great fight. BUT Usyk gets a pass for a couple of reasons.

    1. He just schooled a tough LEGITIMATE champion in Glowacki
    2. Masternak while not deserving of this shot is no bum, and interestingly enough is the 2nd best win at CW by a considerable margin on Bellews resume. That wasn't an easy fight for Bellew at all, so Usyk has a chance to beat Masternak clearer and make a statement.
    3. He's keeping busy - beat Glowacki only a month ago and already planning to get back in the ring
    4. Exposure to casual American fans.
     
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  4. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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  5. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Good fight for Usyk to further adapt. One of the reasons why Glowacki-Usyk was competitive despite Glow being a good fighter is that Usyk hadn't adapted his pacing strategy accordingly, the same way Lomachenko hadn't against Jose Ramirez, Salido and to an extent, Russell Jr. The problem with Usyk is that he tailors his game around however many rounds he's scheduled to fight.
     
  6. Kevin Willis

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    Lame showcase to get him U.S. exposure. No secret how I support the E.E. fighters but this is weak. Huck would have been my target opponent for this. He may have something scheduled, not certain but for a title shot he would have jumped at fighting Usyk.

    Hell; I would have preferred Steve Cunningham to Masternak by a mile.
     
  7. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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  8. drenlou

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    I remember I was the only one who picked Muller to beat Masternak in Kirk's league! Along with Sturm over chudinov, and Rios over Velez!:deal:
     
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  10. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Pretty sure I picked Masternak to beat Bellew, and don't regret it in the slightest. Bellew is the biggest overachiever in the sport. He's **** and at some point his luck will run out :lol:
     
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  11. drenlou

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    :deal:
     
  12. Kevin Willis

    Kevin Willis Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    STFU! You over do everything to make yourself seem like some fight trainer/insider. You go off on tangents you do not comprehend which exposes the fact you have never spent one day training for any fight sport.

    Usyk and Loma need your insight into their development like a proverbial hole in the head.
     
  13. CST80

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    I picked Bellew, and damn lepinthehood talked me out of it.:llorona:
     
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  14. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Well you watch Jose Ramirez vs Lomachenko, and compare it to Lomachenko's amateur fights where he had a very well known strategy of using round 1 to press attack to figure out his opponent and set traps, round 2 to use his discoveries of his opponent against them, and round 3 to coast to victory.
    Why else did Gvozdyk look pretty underwhelming for a fighter of his ability against Karpency? Oh, yes. The same problem. The difference between me and you is that I know boxing, you don't. All you do is try to make this forum personal and be racist.
     
  15. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Bring up two youtube pages . Watch Usack and Khan at the same time. They are exactly the same.

    The demonstrators say Usack is some sort of holy trinity of boxing while saying Khan is a glass jawed BritBum.

    No.