Comments Thread For: Hunter: on Usyk: Nobody is Going To Really Respect Him at Heavyweight

[billeau2]

It seems Hunter is trying to discredit and diminish the top contender to fight the AJ Fury winner. Usyk has earned his status as the no. 1 heavyweight contender though he will be a considerable underdog vs Fury or AJ.

Jeez... I would like to work for you! I could become the employee of the month stacking a few cans on the shelf! Beating a fat, lethargic Chisora, and almost getting slept more than a few times earned Usyk status?! Usyk will get clipped hard going backwards against a decent heavy... Joyce would really physically harm Usyk IMO, and that is the type of fight he needs to get some real Heavyweight credability.

Maybe the Chisora fight was a bust, but nothing good can be said about that fight concerning Usyk. I mean unless I am missing something.

[billeau2]

He's not wrong.

Usyk was teeing off on a gassed 40 year old Chisora for like 6 rounds and never hurt him except once when it looked to me more like Chisora tripped over his own feet and did a slight stumble.

But that's what happens when you go from fighting the likes of Tone Bellew and the likes to fighting the big boys, there's levels to boxing.

Usyk has got NO power at heavyweight, not even a bit of power.

And lets not forget that Bellow was a hard fight for Usyk. Usyk is very good, he is not, as some seem to think, a really strong prospect that can ride up and grab low hanging fruit from the heavies... Bob Foster, who punched as hard as the elite heavies, was "that good." But Usyk does not have the the power, and he moves in straight lines backwards. He will get killed as soon as a heavy like Ruiz with fast hands counters and catches him going backwards.