Usyk vs. Bellew wasn't competitive + post fight thoughts

But you'd have been "competitive" up to that point, halfway through that marathon.

 

Bellew was landing straight rights at will, even soft ones just popping uysk and decent body shots. Bellew fought out of his skin, don't agree with a word you're saying. Uysk was wary at first but class told and so did his immense stamina and coolness.

 

Exactly Mayweather gave up those early rounds to make it look competitive he could of gone up a gear vs Conor at any point and beaten him up.

Usyk couldn't of just walked through Bellew, he would of gotten countered. Usyk being the smart guy that he is realised this and instead pressed but didn't fall for the trap and let Bellew tire himself out and waited for a mistake he knew would come.

 

That's exactly what happened but we can't shame bellew for that, the man fought really well. But his right hands were getting eaten like pacman, uysk has a very good chin. This disheartened Tony but he was never going to last 12 just throwing right bombs all night, it was only going one way after the 5th.

 

Well, I have to agree with the 'competitive' thing, Tony was out-classed severely.

I wrote a bit about Bellew's possible road to victory and he carried it out to a tee in a career best performance for me so no shame in that. Kidology, good feet, counters he showed the lot. I do believe his nervous energy drained him however and he hyped himself a bit too much.

However, as many have said, Usyk was simply too slick, too clever, too laser focused and, crucially; of an unshakable mindset.
I thought that the crowd and occasion may have taken Usyk out of his stride if he let it, but nothing could have been further from the truth.

If people are being honest, Usyk was rocking and hurting Bellew with occasional but powerful accurate shots throughout the initial rounds. Although they weren't enough to allow judges to give him the rounds, he was certainly doing more damage whilst expending less energy.

Ultimately, Usyk was well in control and was laughing and smiling malevolently at Tony throughout. I don't think Bellew ever sowed a single seed of doubt in Usyk's mind, whether he was countering well with straight-rights or not, and thus, I agree with the thread starter that this was not competitive in the true sense of the word.

Top marks to Bellew though and he certainly wasn't there for the pay day. I enjoyed watching the fight unfold and look forward to Usyk at HW.

 

You're giving uysk too much credit for the early rounds where he was getting outpunched and out timed, uysk is smart enough not to let himself get right handed over and over again even if he didn't think much of bellew power, his timing just wasn't there, he was trying to establish his jab whilst Tony was overcoming it with the right hand. However it was Tony that was more shook up during the exchanges when uysk did land with counter lefts so uysk was growing into the fight.

 

If your stream had cut off after round 7 you'd have said "Damn, competitive fight so far, shame I can't see the rest". Hindsight warps memory.

 

Uysk getting hit by right hands and smiling was also Kidology. Okay he wasn't getting rocked but he certainly felt them.

 

Sounds like ur local club are competetive, but not the best then....lol

 

You talk nonsense