Why Oleksandr Usyk Is More Than Capable Of Moving Up & Dominating The Heavyweight Division.

Serge · May 19, 2024

shadow111 said: ↑

Fury finally met his match in the realm of mind games. Fury was at a loss for words after hearing that. Fury made a career out of getting in the heads of his opponents and winning the battle of the mind. But in this case as it turned Usyk out mastered the master of the mind game. Usyk is now the master of psychological warfare.
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Indeed. No one can get into Usyk's head and win the battle of psychological warfare with him. I believe it's impossible

He's the mentally strongest and most fearless fighter I've ever seen. I'm not saying there aren't some others who can match him in that regard but none of them can exceed him

shadow111 · May 19, 2024

Serge said: ↑

Indeed. No one can get into Usyk's head and win the battle of psychological warfare with him. I believe it's impossible

He's the mentally strongest and most fearless fighter I've ever seen. I'm not saying there aren't some others who can match him in that regard but none of them can exceed him
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Usyk's resilience and fighting spirit can never be questioned. It's one thing to never give up when in it deep, as Usyk was at the midway point, and to keep fighting to survive. But Usyk kept soldiering on, determined to find his opening. Usyk wasn't just content to survive, he was determined to find a path to victory. It is a storybook case of overcoming adversity in the midst of battle. The Ukrainian warrior earned his place in the annuls of boxing history with that scintillating performance.

Serge · May 19, 2024

shadow111 said: ↑

Usyk's resilience and fighting spirit can never be questioned. It's one thing to never give up when in it deep, as Usyk was at the midway point, and to keep fighting to survive. But Usyk kept soldiering on, determined to find his opening. Usyk wasn't just content to survive, he was determined to find a path to victory. It is a storybook case of overcoming adversity in the midst of battle. The Ukrainian warrior earned his place in the annuls of boxing history with that scintillating performance.
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Well said and I agree with every word

CST80 · Dec 22, 2024

bjl12 · Dec 22, 2024

CST80 said: ↑

Much is being made of the issues that Usyk will face since it appears that in his not so distant future, he'll be northward bound. Personally I don't think he'll struggle in the least, in fact, an argument could be made that the lower he weighs the better he'll do. In my opinion all he needs to gain is one measly pound, and that'll be more than enough, 5 or 10 is fine, but he should set that as his limit. Power is never going to be his strong suit, while respectable, he's no Deontay Wilder in that department. His main attributes are his three S's, speed, stamina and skills, all of which would be greatly hampered if he gained too much weight. A indefatigable nimble fleet footed Usyk is preferable to a lead footed slow lumbering Usyk.

There's been a lot of debate as to whether matches in the World Series Of Boxing should be considered professional bouts and added to fighters pro records. After all, most of them are contested with either 10 or 12 oz. gloves, and they don't wear headgear while participating in them, on both counts, that's the same as they do it in the pros. At the beginning of their professional careers, fighters usually start out with 4 round fights, gradually work their way up to 6 rounders, then on to 8, 10 and eventually 12. Well matches held in the WSB are all 5 rounds. Personally, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be counted as pro bouts and added to their records. So if they were to eventually be added to his pro resume, that would put his record at 21-0 13 KO's. That would also mean that not only did he make his pro debut in the Heavyweight Division, but stayed there for 6 whole matches. In his very short stint in the division, he managed to rack up one of the division's more impressive records.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, "but these guys were still technically amateurs". But wait!!! I often see the argument being made constantly that these long time amateurs with 300+ matches in the unpaid ranks, shouldn't be expected to drag ass after turning pro, because they have such an immense record, a ton of experience, have seen every possible style and are so well schooled that they are fully prepared for anything that can be thrown at them. Its been consistently suggested that they should be mercilessly tossed into the deep end without a life jacket soon after turning pro. Because after all, they have a far deeper technically complex skillset and are more well rounded than many fighters that turned pro at a young age and have fought tin cans for the first 5 or 6 years of their careers. Not a word of what I just said is untrue, which is why guys like Lomachenko, Joshua, Usyk and Gvozdyk were able to make the transition to pro far more seamlessly than most. Because they were all pretty close to the total package upon arrival, and were more than ready to rumble with the big boys.

Now, this is why Usyk can and will dominate at Heavyweight. Since these are as close to pro as you can get, watch them all, analyze them thoroughly, they're not that long. You'll see how Usyk not only effortlessly deals with much larger fighters, but in some cases he excels when fighting them. Usyk has always had more issues with smaller pressure fighters that come in low than he has when he has an elevated target he can take aim at. His defense is so sound, his reflexes so quick, he can evade almost everything that's coming back at him with the greatest of ease. Watch and behold!

His pro debut at Heavyweight was against one of the best fighters New Zealand has to offer, easily now one of their top 2 Heavies. Junior Fa is a guy who'd gone 1-2 with Joseph Parker. He has decision wins over all of these talented fighters Arslanbek Makhmudov, Haji Murtuzaliyev and Avery Gibson. He's currently rising up the ranks as a real pro, occasionally looking great, sometimes underwhelming. Not amazing by any means, but.. a solid guy with an iron chin to make your pro debut against.

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His second fight at Heavyweight was a step down from Fa, it was Eric Brechlin, who was a subpar amateur, but he needed to test the waters and get his feet a little wet against some minnows before being tossed right in with the sharks. Brechlin's best win was over Evgenios Lazaridis. He was basically a bum that regularly got outpointed by superior fighters, but it was uncommon than he'd get stopped. Hell, he even went the distance with Anthony Joshua right before AJ made his pro debut. Usyk made quick work of him, dismantling and stopping him in 3. Albeit a slightly bull**** corner stoppage, but a stoppage nonetheless.

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Then after feasted on that bum, he took a ginormous leap forward in class against Joe Joyce, the very same Joe Joyce that was robbed of a Gold Medal at the Rio Olympics, the same Joe Joyce that since turning pro has torn through Ian Lewison quicker than Dillian Whyte, and through Lenroy Thomas quicker than Breazeale and clearly David Allen, who Thomas beat. Add to that his list of impressive wins over Filip Hrgovic, Ivan Dychko, Demirezen, Stankovic, Gibson, Modugno and what should have been a win over Yoka, who stopped David Allen recently. The fairly quick massive 6'6 Juggernaut dwarfed Usyk in the ring, surely Usyk's gonna get his as beat right? Nope... its debatable if Joyce even won a round, had it been more than a 5 rounder, Usyk may have scored a stoppage over Joe.

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Next in line after Joyce, they brought in fresh off of his dominant victory over Anthony Joshua, the beastly Azerbaijani Magomedrasul Medzhidov, who beat the absolute best of the best, scoring a vicious KO win over Ivan Dychko, alongside wins over Cam F. Awesoe, Magomed Omarov, and victories over fellow (robbed) AJ conquerors the brilliant Roberto Cammaerelle on points, and Erislandy Savon via stoppage. Medzhidov is a monster, with vicious KO power, AJ was rocked to his core several times against him, with headgear on, yet Usyk was completely unaffected by the Azerbaijanis bombs, aside from a deflected shot that landed below Usyk's belt. Usyk comprehensively dismantled Medzhidov, and like with Joyce, had it been a 12 rounder, maybe even an 8 rounder, he would have probably stopped him.

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Okay, fine... after that back to back Murderer's Row he needed an easy stay busy fight, so he feasted on some of Joe Joyce's leftovers. Joe stopped fat worthless gelatinous Italian blob Matteo Modugno in the 4th on cuts, well Usyk always wanting to one up the competition, outdid Joe, by dropping and stopping the mountain of lard in 2. But... for what its worth, Modugno also holds victories over current Polish Cruiserweight beast Michal Cieslak, decent Ukrainian Arkhypenko and managed to stop the iron chinned Sean Big Sexy Turner, and quicker than Nathan Gorman, and is undefeated since joining the pro ranks. So... that might end up being not bad a win after all.

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Superb vision.

KO KIDD · Dec 22, 2024

Great prediction, I'm afraid to see how poorly of a take I made in here somewhere

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