Gassiev Is A Bad Match-up For Usyk...

doritos has slow feet. he will be outboxed from the outside. the great thing about abel sanchez is that he coaches great aggressive footwork to corner opponents Who will outbox Dorticos? Usyk? No, Usyk is not a guy to outbox you from range, he's a mid-range volume puncher with a good jab. Dorticos is extremely dangerous for Usyk, who's most vulnerable to straight right hands.

Briedis give Usyk a though fight fighting in a way similar to Gassiev. But Gassiev is better at fighting that way. Gassiev is cold-blooded, he will go for the body where Usyk is very open. I see a mid to late round KO for Gassiev this is Correct.

Out of Gassiev and Dorticos, Gassiev is the easier fight for Usyk. Dorticos is the one Usyk would be worried about a lot as the Cuban's right hand is the perfect weapon against Usyk who doesn't get out of range after offloading fast enough and moves back in straight lines. Gassiev is not an easy fight, don't get me wrong, but Dorticos is real trouble for Usyk. doritos has slow feet. he will be outboxed from the outside. the great thing about abel sanchez is that he coaches great aggressive footwork to corner opponents

Briedis give Usyk a though fight fighting in a way similar to Gassiev. But Gassiev is better at fighting that way. Gassiev is cold-blooded, he will go for the body where Usyk is very open. I see a mid to late round KO for Gassiev

Nah, Usyk schools him. I thought Lebedev beat Usyk.

Out of Gassiev and Dorticos, Gassiev is the easier fight for Usyk. Dorticos is the one Usyk would be worried about a lot as the Cuban's right hand is the perfect weapon against Usyk who doesn't get out of range after offloading fast enough and moves back in straight lines. Gassiev is not an easy fight, don't get me wrong, but Dorticos is real trouble for Usyk. Actually, Dorticos is the one who throws almost every pumnch with maximum power which makes his stamina very suspect as his bouts progress on to the later rounds past the first 4 rounds. Another problem with this is that those one dimensional punches are far easier to time and catch the rhythm of. I think if they fought, Usyk is going to figure out Dorticos inside the first 3 rounds, exploit his stamina problems by taking him past the mid rounds whilst out-boxing him without getting caught by any sufficiently damaging power punch and probably get a stoppage by forcing Dorticos to gas out by getting him to punch himself out. Unless of course Dorticos can make some adjustments. Dorticos is like the Anthony Joshua of the heavyweight division. Murat Gassiev I believe is going to potentially be the tougher opponent due to his seemingly good punch resistance, his ability to vary his punches and moves, his physical strength, punching power and aggression.

Out of Gassiev and Dorticos, Gassiev is the easier fight for Usyk. Dorticos is the one Usyk would be worried about a lot as the Cuban's right hand is the perfect weapon against Usyk who doesn't get out of range after offloading fast enough and moves back in straight lines. Gassiev is not an easy fight, don't get me wrong, but Dorticos is real trouble for Usyk.

The cruiserweight division is bloody fun isn't it. Last weeks fight, this weeks fight. A few guys i know who just watch boxing when it's a 'popular' fight, i tried getting them to watch Usyk - Briedis. I'm telling them about Gassiev - Dorticos (on free to air tv no less). And they couldn't care less. Fuck 'em, it's their loss :lol1:

Could go either way. Gassiev has the power, Usyk is extremely well rounded though and can go the distance. I'm not sold on Gassiev's stamina. 50/50 for me. And, one of the best fights that can be made right now.

Both Castillo and Maidana had the size advantage over Floyd when he fought them :rofl:. Mayweather was outweighed not the other way around. what was floyd's fight night weight?

I would be careful with saying Usyk has no punching power. Dumb ass comment

I'll bet on Usyk. He is a very good all around fighter. He hits hard. Something is making his opponents fall down.

Who you got this weekend? Im starting to think gassiev is going to stop dorticos around the midway point...bodyshots. Can't get the kalenga fight out of my head and we havent seen gassiev go through that kind of adversity yet. I'm really torn. Normally I'd take the better boxer in Dorticos but there's a few things about Dorticos I'm not yet sold on (his chin and stamina mainly I think his defense ain't great either Kalenga hit him at will almost and he faded bad in the middle rounds) he likes a brawl a bit too much and despite having a handspeed advantage and better arsenal I feel it suits the harder hitting, stronger more durable Gassiev. I had Dorticos (slight edge) but probably slightly leaning to Gassiev now by stoppage mid-late.

Usyk, UD....

I feel this depends on Usyk. He can make it relatively easy by staying mobile and maintaining a more amateurish approach but If Usyk isn't switched on & stands in front of him too long as he's been quite prone to in recent outings he's asking for big trouble. That's one big, strong, hard-hitting CW. I think the more polished, experienced and fundamentally sound Dorticos is the tougher fight for Usyk. He can match him tit-for-tat, Gassiev's only real shots a punchers chance. Who you got this weekend? Im starting to think gassiev is going to stop dorticos around the midway point...bodyshots. Can't get the kalenga fight out of my head and we havent seen gassiev go through that kind of adversity yet.

I feel this depends on Usyk. He can make it relatively easy by staying mobile and maintaining a more amateurish approach but If Usyk isn't switched on & stands in front of him too long as he's been quite prone to in recent outings he's asking for big trouble. That's one big, strong, hard-hitting CW. I think the more polished, experienced and fundamentally sound Dorticos is the tougher fight for Usyk. He can match him tit-for-tat, Gassiev's only real shots a punchers chance.

Gassiev is like 23 and has not shown half of the attributes you have claimed yet. Im a fan but he has his biggest test that he needs to get through this weekend before you can claim he causes Usyk problems.. let alone beats him

Gassiev is still relatively raw, can be hit, and has poor mid-long range game, something that Usyk absolutely excels at. He can easily be outboxed and kept at a distance the whole fight, and come out with a puffy face having landed nothing. I absolutely love Gassiev, his style, persona and his fights. But if he fights Usyk, that can easily turn into a Saunders-Lemieux type of fight. this is the classic Castillo/Maidana vs Mayweather type of fight. Except Gassiev hits harder P4P than both and he doesn't have a size disadvantage like those other 2 had against Mayweather. Usyk also isn't as slick. Gassiev will hunt Usyk down.

Gassiev is still relatively raw, can be hit, and has poor mid-long range game, something that Usyk absolutely excels at. He can easily be outboxed and kept at a distance the whole fight, and come out with a puffy face having landed nothing. I absolutely love Gassiev, his style, persona and his fights. But if he fights Usyk, that can easily turn into a Saunders-Lemieux type of fight.