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

Lol, theres only one patronizing tone here lad, its the same one that echos cries and tears whenever anyone doesnt agree with their crappy internet scorecards. Im going by everyones scores, which happen to be pretty damn close to the official ones, and different from the one s#$t one that one fan has. Your the one calling a razor close fight which could be decided by a coin toss a clear victory for Usyk, when 99.9% of people disagree with you, and are calling a cruiserweight Perez a heavyweight. You bring irrelevant "Joshua fanboys" into the conversation because you know Wilder fans would be the only ones dumb enough to believe your tall tales. Get off your high horse, you know as well as anyone Usyk vs Briedis 2 is warranted and an instant sell, especially after Usyk beats Bellew and Lebedev and Briedis wins WBSS2, why anyone would think it would be a good idea for Usyk to give up his belts the second hes won them with a pipeline of big money cruiser fights in line is beyond me. Usyk becomes cannon fodder for the superheavies. Not big enough, not strong enough, some WSB decisions from the amatuer/semi pro days dont change that.

 

I have no doubt that he can be at least a top 5 heavyweight but i doubt that he would beat Wilder and Joshua at the moment, Wilder is too ferocious and powerful and Joshua is not an ordinary super heavyweight, he is pretty well rounded and can punch very hard, i don't think his WSB fights give any indication about how he will cope with them.

 

The current atrocious heavyweight scene is ripe for a highly skilled Cruiser to come in and clean house

It's a bum infested wasteland. Usyk would have a far easier time there than at Cruiser

 

As I've said many times before: fighters that lose weight to make 200lbs will be fine at HW. Usyk doesn't need to change anything, and just by not having to train for a weight limit, he'll easily come in around 218, same intensity, speed and stamina. 225 wouldn't compromise him too much either. That's the perfect wight historically it this famed division.

In fact, Gassiev could actually benefit from moving up, he's very young, very explosive, power comes from excellent weight transfer, fairly fast for the big boys has great stamina, 225-230 could work out well in 2 years or 3, extra power, a little less mobility, and it's not like them big boys will pull an Usyk and dance circles around him, peppering him with a zillion punches.

Usyk doesn't have to do anything special to face Wilder, Joshua. He's got the goods and he's got the physical requirements as well. Extra power would help, but it's not like he's suddenly gonna find it at the attic or something.

 

All the scorecards ive ever seen have been between 115-113 either way, your the one saying it has to be 116-112 for Usyk "At the worst".

Agenda? . Dont give a wobbly who he fights, if hes gonna be such a dominant heavyweight, why not fight Jarrel Miller next? Surely Usyk has enough power to keep a 300 pounder off of him and crack Miller's small weak chin, Miller doesnt have the work rate to keep up with Usyk, why not fight him? Ill tell you why he wont fight him, because Usyk doubts his own power and chin against super heavies, why on earth do you think hes made a career at Cruiserweight since his WSB days and wants to fight Bellew next?

Bellew vs Usyk is a big money fight, why on earth do you think both of them want it and are calling for it. To make lots of money.

Lebedev is a Russian legend. Usyk is a Ukrainian superstar. Been paying attention to world events lately? Ukraine superstar vs Russian legend? Old champion vs new champion? This fight sells its self.

Usyk vs Briedis 2. WBSS1 winner vs WBSS2 winner, 2 best cruiserweights in the best WBSS fight settling the score.

Id rather see Usyk in the big Cruiserweight fights and fighting Joshua or Wilder directly to get paid than only fighting smallish heavies in a heavyweight career that would be anything but dominant.

 

I don't look too much into amateur fights. I still think the incredible Juggernaut Joe Joyce, would flatten Usyk in the rematch. Let see this light hitting cruiserweight have his first heavyweight bout first. Beat a Miller, beat a Ortiz. And see if he can really compete against the likes of , the bodybuilder Joshua, and the devastating bronze bomber! I don't even think he could beat the likes of Parker or Whyte, lol.

 

Best thread ever! Of course Usyk is capable to be a true champion in the HW division!

 

Lol most of the ones arguing that Briedis beat him are the same ones who argue Canelo beat GGG or Linares was. “Winning the fight against Loma until that stoppage!” They don’t really even count and for obvious reasons.

 

Close the distance, effective pressure, roughhousing, never letting him settle, Briedis wrote the book on how to beat Usyk, now knowing his soft hands, hed probably KO him in the rematch. If no rematch, no matter, after Bellew, Usyk is going to be offered either 300+ Miller or 255+ Whyte, or no Joshua. But you know as well as I we'll never get to see that either, as Usyk the 'heavyweight dominator' will be insisting on Chisora, Allen, Price or a Joshua payday straight away. The same ones arguing Usyk is going to dominate the heavyweight division are the same ones telling everyone Wilder is apparently already doing it. I like Usyk, he's no genuine heavyweight, but he's an excellent fighter, I wish him well, I hope he keeps the great Cruiserweight fights coming.

 

He just about came up top dog in one of boxing weakest divisions... went life and death with B level Breidis. Mark my words he gets slumped by any top five HW, possibly top ten

 

He's more than capable, It's expected