Was Belllew v Usyk a case of timing vs skill?

Bellew boxed very very well early doors. Made usyk miss and made him reset with the right hand to the body.

He didn't manage to land many left hooks and later on usyk managed to adjust to the right hand to the head. Eventually youth and size took over.

A good fight where the favourite won clearly after the underdog started well. It's not a fight that needs over analysing

 

A little head movement from Bellew was enough to make Usyk look clueless for most of the fight. And Bellew is not that good.

 

And that's why Bellew only landed a handful of good counters and got broken down in 8 rounds.

 

Why do you care? Just post them.

 

And you ignore the fact that Bellew was winning the fight at the stoppage.

 

He wasn´t. Bellew did not win 5 rounds that night. Even if the official judges had him up.

And let's say he was ahead on the cards. What does it matter if he couldn't get past the 8th round? He was slowing down and got taken apart. It doesn't matter that he won some early rounds. He got outboxed.
It's a 12 round fight and Usyk got the better of him.

 

Absolutely. The crowd went nuts every time Bellew threw something even though almost nothing landed, much less cleanly. Judges and commentators definitely got carried away there.

 

He won the first 3 rounds but he didn't land that much more than Usyk did ultimately

 

It was for one of the judges.... lol

 

It's all well and good Bellew investing most of his physical and mental reserves into winning the first three rounds (and surviving the next four) but winning those battles lost the war. Had he fought with the intensity he was capable of sustaining for 12 rounds, he likely wouldn't have won the early rounds and built up a lead.

Bellew used a lot of movement to set up his counters and a lot of concentration to time them. He emptied the tank to stay in the fight...