What boxing style would be the worst for Oleksandr Usyk

gollumsluvslave · Oct 3, 2021

George Crowcroft said: ↑

It's pretty obvious looking at his career. The pressure fighters who are slightly shorter but remain technically sound, are the ones Usyk has had most issues with. Briedis, Chisora, Beterbiev, etc. It should also be noted that this likely specifically applies to orthodox only, as Krsytzof Głowacki fits this bill well, but he had absolutely no success and was battered thoroughly.

I think looking at match-ups which are bad for him, you have Joe Frazier, who's the worst match-up in history for him. Shortly followed by Mike Tyson.

I don't see what's made so big of a deal of the Bellew and Hunger fights. Between them, they at best, won six rounds. Both received collosal beatings once Usyk figured them out and stepped things up. Mchunu had as much as success as they did and nobody's talking about how Usyk struggled with him. A shorter boxer is a pretty easy match-up for Usyk.
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100% Bellew and Hunter were both Usyk doing his "force the opponent to fight at a pace they can't sustain" - so the fact he lost a couple of rounds early in those fights don't mean much when his gameplan played out as expected.

jmb1356 · Oct 3, 2021

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Tyson

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Fury keeps his hands down a bit too much. Wilder got the second KD in the first fight because his hands were down and the jab missed him anyway, but he was open for the right.

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What boxing style would be the worst for Oleksandr Usyk

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