Miller a showcase fight for the top power punchers, not Usyk. Usyk would be like a kid who fell into a bear cave. Miller beats him with ease. Ruiz has faster hands than Usyk, is much more powerful and is 45 pounds heavier. Usyk struggles with Ruiz.
Disagree on the handspeed comparison and 40lbs of lard don't make you a better fighter. Usyk dances rings round the plodder Ruiz and makes him look stupid.
come on man miller would get destroyed your letting his size get to much credit.. usyk would school him for 12 rounds.
Usyk could dance rings around Ruiz. The problem is Ruiz likes to throw when his opponent throws and he could potentially catch Usyk on the way in. Usyk does get hit when throwing his own shots. It's one of his, admittedly, few weaknesses.
If Usyk really wants to he can probably fight a very similar fight vs Ruiz as he did against Gassiev. He's got a bit of reach and height on Ruiz after all so he doesn't need to come steaming in, as such I think Ruiz is one of the easier fights out there for Usyk. When he's forced to close the gap on huge heavyweights then it becomes problematic IMO.
I just want to give you a heads up that you liked one of my posts earlier that was saying Arreola did better against Chazz.
Gassiev picked up boxing as an adult and Ruiz has been boxing for his whole like and has like 50 pounds on Gassiev.
The first three fights would be very interesting imo, but I think Pov is all done and is one of the heavies that would wilt at the end. I agree that Joshua gets to him but I actually give him a decent shot against Fury judging by how Cunningham did. ( plus i feel Fury has lost some of his durability ) I think there are other examples of Fury not doing well against smaller fighters that could box, I may be wrong. I think he boxes Ruiz and runs away with a ud, I haven't seen enough of Miller to say, who has he fought? What's his weight currently? But as for Wilder, even though he may be the crudest of the heavy champs I think he boxes well enough and has the chin ( proven vs Ortiz ) and stamina to wait Usyk out and get to him late.
Not saying they are equivalent fighters just that Usyk can probably fight the same fight and win in the same way. Ruiz footspeed is simply way too slow to chase Usyk down should Usyk decide to stay on the outside and be clinical.
Usyk is a horrible matchup for Ruiz. If Ruiz beats Joshua again and Usyk can get to Ruiz before someone else does, that's a relatively easy path to winning a title.
I think we will see Usyk fight more like that at HW. He is going to have to be more cautious, just like Haye was when he moved up.
Usyk will be beaten senseless if he fights that gluttonous blob Ruiz. He needs to stay away from all big punchers and wait for a vacant belt. He just doesn't have the power to fend of these gargantuan size heavyweights. Besting Witherspoon means nothing!
Wilder is dangerous, he has little technical skill but an uncanny ability to land his power punch, just a clip from that could put Usyk away possibly. Wilder showed that even against a fighter that has twice the skill as he does, he can still win by KO. I'd still give Usyk a chance though but personally I think wilder is his most dangerous opponent at this point.
Usyk is going to have to get into range to hit Wilder, and he's going to have to be there for a long time. Wilder is long and rangy and will catch him .
