Comments Thread For: Team Usyk "Looking Forward To Signing Papers" For Showdown With Anthony Joshua

[Monty Fisto]

I don't see Usyk having the firepower to keep Joshua off him for 12 rounds boxing wise his skills are superior but size makes a difference and Usyk has not looked good in his 2 fights at heavyweight.

Yeah, I'm kind of back and forth on this one and at the moment, I'm seeing it like you. Usyk is skilled, durable and has good feet -- maybe he takes it via exploiting Joshua's inferior gas tank, but I doubt it. Joshua has struggled to varying degrees with fighters of Usyk's size, but he doesn't have much to fear from Usyk's power and Joshua's superior reach and power should be enough to bag it.

To my knowledge, no one has even buzzed Usyk before, so it's interesting.

[greeneye99]

Not necessarily there buddy. AJ has problems with the style Usyk has. TBD

AJ has problems with Usyk?
But Delboy easily took Usyk all 12 Rounds?
Things that make you go Hmmmm
Ahhh I don't think sooo Buddy

[jethro66]

Does everyone forget AJ has improved since the second Ruiz fight?

[Iron Fister]

Good fight. I can see Usyk gassing AJ and taking him into deep waters. Usyk will have to start fast and keep a relentless pace. If he can time and a tag AJ at will, we know the Champ liked to give up and take breaks. Here's to hoping there isn't too many timeouts afforded to AJ in England

[MastaBlasta]

An interesting fight. We haven't seen AJ in with a real "skills" guy .... Usyk is a good boxer (even though he has not shwn the same skills so far at HW). Based on what Usyk has shown lately, I'm not sure if he can get AJ's respect. Definitely time to show up for real.

For AJ it will be interesting to see how he attacks Usyk ... if he goes all out, or decides to give him a steady consistent pounding throughout the rounds. AJ always seems vulnerable to tiring out, which might get him in real trouble if Usyk can awaken. Aj needs to be sharp, patient, yet "a bully" in this fight ... to discourage Usyk. There is some danger if AJ doesn't take control of the fight, but otherwise he should cruise to a solid win ... and have fun doing it.

Usyk has to finally show he can be dangerous at HW in this fight, or there is no chance.

[ShoulderRoll]

The pressure is on Joshua not to get outboxed and lose and see the gravy train come to a crashing halt.

[MaksBox]

An interesting fight. We haven't seen AJ in with a real "skills" guy .... Usyk is a good boxer (even though he has not shwn the same skills so far at HW). Based on what Usyk has shown lately, I'm not sure if he can get AJ's respect. Definitely time to show up for real.

For AJ it will be interesting to see how he attacks Usyk ... if he goes all out, or decides to give him a steady consistent pounding throughout the rounds. AJ always seems vulnerable to tiring out, which might get him in real trouble if Usyk can awaken. Aj needs to be sharp, patient, yet "a bully" in this fight ... to discourage Usyk. There is some danger if AJ doesn't take control of the fight, but otherwise he should cruise to a solid win ... and have fun doing it.

Usyk has to finally show he can be dangerous at HW in this fight, or there is no chance.

Um... Forgot about Gold medalist and former Champion Povetkin?

This fight with Usyk goes even shorter. Usyk starts VERY slow.... And AJ has improved a lot since Povetkin. AJ by KO between 1 and 6.

[GucciGod]

Does everyone forget AJ has improved since the second Ruiz fight?

Lmao! Face palm moment! How has he improved exactly? In which areas are you seeing these improvements? All I see is a mentally fragile fighter who doesn’t know wether to box and move or stand and trade. He’s literally fought a walking COVID patient who was 39-40 in pulev. I think casual fans are trying to take over this forum by spamming silly comments with no substance.

[Kannabis Kid]

Yeah, I'm kind of back and forth on this one and at the moment, I'm seeing it like you. Usyk is skilled, durable and has good feet -- maybe he takes it via exploiting Joshua's inferior gas tank, but I doubt it. Joshua has struggled to varying degrees with fighters of Usyk's size, but he doesn't have much to fear from Usyk's power and Joshua's superior reach and power should be enough to bag it.

To my knowledge, no one has even buzzed Usyk before, so it's interesting.

Yeah I mean it wouldn't surprise me if Usyk was able to stay on the outside and box his way to a decision but I just think Joshua is going to come in and impose his will. I think Bellew and Breidis stunned Usyk a bit but never had him in any trouble just caught his attention with some good punches.

[Roberto Vasquez]

This is a great fight. No one really knows what will happen - altho I think AJ is the favorite. AJ is a big powerful guy with a very hard jab but Usyk seems to pretty durable.

The big question is Will AJ do what it takes to win? That might mean abandoning his boxing and walking Usyk down

I will say watching the Joyce vs Usyk fight. Joyce didn't have much trouble landing on Usyk so I'm sure AJ can