No knockouts.
He's a purists dream, and as much as we can all appreciate the skill, I honestly don't think he has any fights that in years to come I will be itching to go back and rewatch.
The fights are all really similar, high paced chess matches but for pure entertainment value? It's not really there and I truly believe that's why he's always been "the opponent"
He has not got that 1 punch knockout power or heavy hands like Beterbiev, but he has got enough, he rocked AJ badly end of the 1st fight if that was 15 seconds longer he could have stopped AJ, and that punch that sent Furys senses scrambling. Bellew KO is the one that we will remember as the highlight reel ko. I think his chin is not talked about enough, when it comes to this era who has the best chin automatically i think majority of people will rightly say people like Canelo and GGG. Usyk has taken some clean flush punches well, buzzed but never where he's about to be dropped or gone on weak legs, ate clean uppercuts from Fury the first fight, AJ caught him with a good punch that buzzed him.
He knocked out Daniel Dubois, Tony Bellew, Marco Huck, and Thabiso Mchunu.
Dubois quit because he got knackered, he wasn't knocked out
The others I grant you, they were at cruiser and not memorable fights to me.
It's the one thing Usyk lacks is a bit of pop at top end
Think he is entertaining even if he doesn't get the finish, at least he is willing to press the action than the monotonous Dmitry Bivol.
Though, I can't be the only one who thinks Usyk intentionally wears high trunks because he doesn't like getting touched to the body, his recent bout was an exception.
Fury has the same issue.
Usyk always wears his trunks at regulation height, so that you can see his belly button when he stands straight and raises his arms.
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Usyk vs AJ 2
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Usyk vs Dubois
The sport owes a tremendous debt to Usyk for tanking any chance this dickhead had of being held alongside the all-time greats. Walked in, snatched his entire family legacy and took it back to Ukraine with him. God bless.
No knockouts.
He's a purists dream, and as much as we can all appreciate the skill, I honestly don't think he has any fights that in years to come I will be itching to go back and rewatch.
The fights are all really similar, high paced chess matches but for pure entertainment value? It's not really there and I truly believe that's why he's always been "the opponent"
purists dream? I think his busy hopping around style is pretty ugly and not purist boxing. I personally think he is boring. He doesn't sit down on punches and just hops around.
Think he is entertaining even if he doesn't get the finish, at least he is willing to press the action than the monotonous Dmitry Bivol.
Though, I can't be the only one who thinks Usyk intentionally wears high trunks because he doesn't like getting touched to the body, his recent bout was an exception.
Fury has the same issue.