Where do you rank Dereck Chisora among Usyk's opponents?

Well, in general Briedis, Gassiev and Glowacki might crack not less effective than Chishora IF landed.
Also these are boxers much more difficult to hit them properly.
Hunter too, highly skilled, considerably more mobile than majority of HW top 15 guys, Hunter is no joke at all.

Of course, if Usyk is in not good shape and Chishora is in good shape, he will stop Usyk.
If vice versa, Chishora will get to sleep.
Pros for him is that he is really tough, strong and large, heavy guy.
Cons: slow. To hit this is considerably easier than even Huck, not alone these Briedis, Gassiev, Glowacki, Hunter if they are in very good shape.

 

Briedis, Gassiev and Hunter are better for sure. I'd say Głowacki too. Then it's down to how you rate them at that particular time, but Bellew and Huck could be better too. I'd say Huck was but Bellew wasn't. I wouldn't be that adverse to an argument for Mchunu, but I wouldn't support it.

So that's his sixth. Arguably seventh. It drops to about 10 of the WBS come into it.

 

Chisora is the best fighter he's faced, if he's in shape.

Otherwise he's about 6/7

 

A morivated and in shape Chisora would steamroll the likes of Briedis and Gassiev and looking at his training camp that’s the version we’re getting next Saturday. Usyk is in for a rough night.

 

I don't rate Chisora that highly on his skills and agree with a 6-7th place on that. On the OTHER hand, Chisora is a real heavyweight and is a bruising fighter at the weight. Raw tonnage counts for something, and looking at it from that angle he might be one of the best opponents just on that score. If Chisora has anything at all left in the tank, we will get an idea of how Usyk is likely to fare against higher level heavyweights.

 

He is the best fighter he has faced at heavyweight (depending whether you think the move up has improved Hunter). Breidis is clearly better, Gassiev is better, Hunter now is for sure better but was he a little green when Usyk beat him? All in all the test is more the heavyweight division not level of opponent, can he survive or avoid huge heavyweight artillery and still win rounds clearly, this fight will go a long way to showing us that.

 

I'm a big Chisora fan but don't think he's as skilled as Hunter, Gassiev or Briedis. I wouldn't have him clear favourites over any of them, but I think he'd give them all tough fights.

Chisora's size and strength is what he brings that these others don't. Usyk is no doubt the more skilled, more complete fighter but we still have to see how Usyk handles Chisora's size and strength, that for some in the unknown. But having seen what he did to big men as an amateur like his fight vs Joyce who's even bigger than Chisora, I think Usyk will win a clear decision.

 

I agree with this. Obviously size/weight makes a difference H2H but if we’re purely talking about ‘better’ then this is accurate.

 

I had read up more than for 11 years long history in forums how this Briedis will go even for a count, not alone will get KTFOed.
Nothing from this happened.
Gassiev punched out of the ring Dorticos, a guy that had finished Tabiti in distance. The KO Doctor.
Uysk defeated Gassiev more easily than Briedis.

Oh, yeah, Dorticos too had claimed damn impressive training camp etc. Even Glowacki looked more promising.
Until they get Briedis in the ring.
Promises to KTFO Briedis? Yeah, nice talks and versus results, Durodola, Charr, Glowacki.
Last example was Dorticos.
Also Briedis pro debut was at HW not CW. It does not matter anything, of course, because this is just Briedis.
Nothing special, easily beatable guy from some small country. Not impressive. He already had KTFOed Charr and did this more impressive than Povetkin.
Of course, this is nothing.
Boxer's origin in forums matters considerably more than his actual skills, resume and fights results. Sure, this will be lingua franca for posts in forums.

 

unknown is also about his shape.
Last top fights he had in WBSS semi final and final.
Now also these delays due to covid crsisis. He is older too, of course.

 

You can't really rank Chisora on Usyk's resume. He's nowhere near being the best opponent that Usyk has faced but is his 1st proper test in a new weight division for him. Usyk was the best CW but that doesn't always carry over to HW which is why some people are saying this is Usyk's toughest fight.

 

Because he did not had rematches with guys he had fought in WBSS ? Then of course.

It depends. Usyk if in shape that he had in WBSS might stop Chishora if this is not in 101% shape.
Usyk is considered to have low power because he was not able to stop Briedis, Glowacki, Hunter, Gassiev.
No one had stopped Gassiev and Briedis. Glowacki had been stopped only by Briedis.
There, Usyk's " weakness " might be false assumption.

 

This is a good point ( we still have to see how Usyk handles Chisora's size and strength)
Delboy 36 years old now & might not be boxing for to much longer, but he's bigger than Usyk.
Second or Third best I guess for now,you watch now I've said this he goes & beats Usyk

 

difficult even to guess shape they both are in now.
Dereck is tough, very strong and big guy, also skilled but he is slow boxer.