We are too harsh towards usyk

For all those 'big clean shots' that he ate... he looked relatively unhurt and undamaged.

kickboxers are tough for Oleksandr Mairis was a kickboxer too Maris is better than Fury, Dubois and Joshua. Prime Usyk was a cruiserweight

Yes, I feel that if Rico hadn't gassed, we might be looking at a new HW boxing champ whose roots are in kick boxing.kickboxers are tough for Oleksandr Mairis was a kickboxer too

No. The first available opportunity was when Rico went down with his head between the ropes. The ref let him spit the mouthpiece to chew time instead of calling time out. He let Rico get up and saw that he was defenceless in the follow up. The minute in the corner wouldnt have saved him. Usyk would.....if not knocking him out...would have at least dropped him more than once in the final round. Fury said it best when he said Rico put up a great fight but just ran out of energy. Yes, I feel that if Rico hadn't gassed, we might be looking at a new HW boxing champ whose roots are in kick boxing.

The Rico fight was worse for boxing as Tyson only ever fought Wilder and was knocked down many times before and by Cunningham, also Francis was not very active that fight and was mostly headhunting, the Rico fight was against the most decorated boxer ever and looked clueless for most of the fight beside the knockdown and the controversy.

The Rico fight was worse for boxing as Tyson only ever fought Wilder and was knocked down many times before and by Cunningham, also Francis was not very active that fight and was mostly headhunting, the Rico fight was against the most decorated boxer ever and looked clueless for most of the fight beside the knockdown and the controversy.

Well no, fury didn't lose he outlanded Ngannou in almost every round, Usyk lost 10 out of 11 rounds and did not "KO" rico, the ref jumped in and ended the fight to save Usyk at the FIRST possible opportunity. Tyson Fury lost the fight. Francis Ngannou landed the more power punches, and scored a knockdown 'the only statistics were Tyson Fury out competed Francis Ngannou was landing a higher number of jabs'. Note: You make out like Tyson Fury was out working Ngannou by miles 'tell everyone the number, that which he out landed Francis Ngannou by? It was 12 punches'. And those 12 extra punches which Tyson Fury landed, what did they achieve? Any knockdowns? No 'Tyson Fury before he won vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov had lost his last three fights, vs. Francis Ngannou and Oleksandr Uysk twice back to back'. To conclude: So Francis Ngannou threw the higher number of power punches, scored a knockdown and inflicted the most damage in the fight 'This is professional boxing, and fights are scored via style, damage and aggression. Francis Ngannou won the fight in all the most important areas'. Oleksandr Uysk did not perform as expected by many vs. Rico Verhoven 'but at least when he decided to put the hammer down, he was able to inflicted damage on Verhoeven and forced a stoppage'. Both performances from Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk were not great 'but I personally think Fury's was way worst of the two performances' etc.

One thing was for sure here. Usyk's legs looked gone. His in and out movement was nearly completely absent. Whether that was aging, the extra weight or just coming a tad under prepared for Rico. Rico did great for the look Usyk gave him, but I'm not sure that's the Usyk any of us expected. Usyk without leg movement isn't much different than many other subpar fighters out there.

He fought a huge awkward guy, who is not even a boxer, but he is a kickboxer. Usyk is 39 old, he clearly overlooked the guy, but at the end of the day he won by a stoppage. Usyk will be in shape against Kabayel. Dude, not for nothing, you are constantly overly critical of other boxers, especially when you don’t like them. You’re upset Usyk is getting the same treatment you give out. Lmfao. Come on Jake!

People overlook that Rico trained 6 months for usyk. Usyk going into fight cold, didn't know what rico does as a boxer. That's huge advantage for rico People overlook that Rico has 0 amateur boxing fights and 1 four round pro fight 10 years ago, and has never fought a 12 round boxing match in his life. And is 37 years old and retired from a different sport. That’s a huge advantage for Usyk.

Again: Usyk is "the high IQ in the ring" - he didn't figure out Rico for 10 rounds? Was his team not capable of analysing Rico's movements anyway? Rico was not at a disadvantage, being against the conservatism and the fear of boxing, to admit that people from other sports could do well or even great at boxing? Wasn't it Rico transitioning to boxing, i.e. limiting his habits and skills only to improve and learn others within 6 months?

People overlook that Rico trained 6 months for usyk. Usyk going into fight cold, didn't know what rico does as a boxer. That's huge advantage for rico

Speaking of heavyweights, Briedis did it better against Usyk than Fury and Joshua did. Prime Usyk is a cruiserweight. Usyk cleaned out hw division in his late 30s.

No one defeats Father Time. You can have the best training camp ever in your mind, but if your body doesn't cooperate and your reflexes are shot (Which is primarily what Usyk relies on) then you're toast at the top level. Only a handful of heavyweights have ever held the championship belt past 39 years of age, one was George Foreman, the other Vitali Klitschko the third is Oleksandr Usyk. Based off that last performance against Rico, I'd give any top heavyweight today a 50/50 or better chance to beat Usyk, this includes Dubois, Fury, and Kabayel.We have a guy you idiots are calling an all time great hw without even 10 fights in the division, was getting his azz beat and outboxed by a KICKBOXER, with no amateur boxing experience and 1 fight, through 10 rounds. But yeah, we are "too harsh" towards Usyk. lolbar is set too low for Oleksandr by his fanboys when they're seriously entertaining trilogies with Danny and Flabby Fury both who he already beat twice consecutively these low standards are a c 0cktail of: heavyweight privilege euroids being happy that there's finally a great heavyweight who looks like them the whole hero of ukraine myth

We have a guy you idiots are calling an all time great hw without even 10 fights in the division, was getting his azz beat and outboxed by a KICKBOXER, with no amateur boxing experience and 1 fight, through 10 rounds. But yeah, we are "too harsh" towards Usyk. lol

In shape may no longer be as good as before Oleksandr took a lot of punishment from a giant those clean right hands and body shots are taxing on his bordering 40 body No one defeats Father Time. You can have the best training camp ever in your mind, but if your body doesn't cooperate and your reflexes are shot (Which is primarily what Usyk relies on) then you're toast at the top level. Only a handful of heavyweights have ever held the championship belt past 39 years of age, one was George Foreman, the other Vitali Klitschko the third is Oleksandr Usyk. Based off that last performance against Rico, I'd give any top heavyweight today a 50/50 or better chance to beat Usyk, this includes Dubois, Fury, and Kabayel.

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He fought a huge awkward guy, who is not even a boxer, but he is a kickboxer. Usyk is 39 old, he clearly overlooked the guy, but at the end of the day he won by a stoppage. Usyk will be in shape against Kabayel. Usyk's hardest fight at cruiserweight was also against a former kickboxing champ with 70 kickboxing bouts. Mairis Briedis.

inoue's resume is much better than crawfords. moving up to beat 35 year old canelo who had been ducking the best fighter in his division for 4 years isnt the flex you think it is. its a good win but i dont think its as good as beating donaire at 118 where he was unbeaten and dominant, or prime fulton or prime nakatani. maybe its on par with those at best. the rest of inoues resume is much deeper with quality and quantity as wellyes I have TBud and Naruto Ninja Naoya as top 30 all time and well ahead of Oleksandr Top Soviet Bivol has some catching up to do to race pass them TBud and Naruto Ninja Naoya have also been far more dominant than Oleksandr Mairis Josh Flabby Fury all took 4 to 5 rounds each time In their biggest fights TBud and Naruto Ninja Naoya were mopping foes

TBud has the single buffest win among moderns Naruto Ninja Naoya has been far more consistent TBud top 25 all time Naruto Ninja Naoya top 30 all time but can surpass TBud by beating JESSE bbc Bruce and/or Rafael Top Soviet Bivol races pass Cossack Oleksandr by mopping Fat Dave & Buff Guy Jai. Currently held back by the fact that he has been a one division boxer. JESSE ranking is nerfed he's more dwarf than Naruto Ninja Naoya and dwarf divisions need to get more respect inoue's resume is much better than crawfords. moving up to beat 35 year old canelo who had been ducking the best fighter in his division for 4 years isnt the flex you think it is. its a good win but i dont think its as good as beating donaire at 118 where he was unbeaten and dominant, or prime fulton or prime nakatani. maybe its on par with those at best. the rest of inoues resume is much deeper with quality and quantity as well