Usyk vs Beterbiev at Cruiserweight prime for prime who wins ?

I think Usyk would win pretty widely. Beterbiev is an underrated boxer, but Usyk is P4P at a higher weightclass. AB's big trump card is his relentless power and stamina. His power would be kinda diluted by the weight jump and his stamina is matched by Usyk who is a machine himself. All round skills and cunning I believe are in Usyk's favour. If Usyk was 175 I might still somewhat favour him. The jump to cruiser stretches the fight into a mismatch imho.

 

There’s a reason he chooses to fight at light heavyweight and likely puts a lot of effort in making the weight judging by his size and leanness.

 

He's decently muscled but I wouldn't say he's massive for his weight class. At 5'11" with a 73" reach he'd have a small frame compared to most top CWs. Jai Opetai is 6'2" with a 76" reach for example.

 

You know the answer buddy

 

Usyk in a clear UD.

 

Usyk won 2 out of 3 times he and Beterbiev met in the amateurs. And Beterbiev only won the first match when Usyk was still growing at LHW.

As far as pro goes at cruiserweight? Usyk would smash Beterbiev's face in and likely stop him. Way too skilled, way too fast and way too mobile for Beterbiev. And he dwarfs him.

 

I'm not sure about primes but right now, I couldn't see Usyk losing.

 

The posts claiming he just gets chinned without any shadow of a doubt are laughable though. Usyk does have some problems with smaller and more compact fighters, so a boxer puncher of Beterbievs class would likely cause him some issues. Although the size and master boxing ability of Usyk would ultimately be the difference maker. It's a closer fight than many are willing to acknowledge. You would think after picking fight after fight of Beterbievs incorrectly that they might respect his abilities a little bit more.