Does Usyk really have a big chance against AJ?

[Beercules]

I don't think so.


Sunday morning we will all be saying "well, Usyk is a nice fighter but got beat up by the bigger (just as good) fighter, cest la vie"

[hugh grant]

Box I g fans wouldn't be so excited about a fight if it was obvious whose going to win

[Frankie Coffeecake]

He definatley has a chance, a win for Usyk wouldn't even be as big an upset as Ruiz was.

I do think in order to win though he's going to need to fight a flawless fight, and Joshua will have to make tactical errors. He's reliant more on Joshua to lose the fight than him win it in my opinion.

If Joshua fights the way he should, he will win imo.

[Zelda]

I am afraid Usyk has two chances of winning here - slim and none.

Usyk's put on weight did not look good at HW at all, and has the body structure of a CW with extra weight on. All these thing won't work for him but against him. He is skilled as we all know but Joshua is not unskilled. So, there are massive disadvantages for Usyk with no massive advantage.

I differ from a lot of posters here that this is a competitive fight. AJ vs Hrgovic or AJ vs Dubois or AJ vs Joyce will be more competitive than this one. Joshua is the massive favorite to win and, in my opinion, will win it easily by KO. I am saying this after looking at how Usyk looks and after his performance against Chisora. This fight is being hyped by Eddie to make it look very competitive and dangerous but it is not.

[elfag]

only if AJ is gunshy and doesnt throw or boxes usyk and doesnt press him with his power. even then as someone said, they are fighting in the UK and there is a lot of pressure for AJ fury to happen later. everyone makes more money if AJ wins. Usyk has little chance of winning a decision, no chance of a KO.

[Motofan]

I think, if the cards are fair, he has a real shot of out boxing Joshua if he can withstand the power early. That said, he hasn’t looked like the same fighter at heavyweight. I see Joshua as very robotic and unnatural in the ring but the guy is much bigger than Usyk and can crack. I think we either see Usyk blown out early or robbed terribly on the cards. Joshua has a **** gas tank so I think he gets absolutely worked over late in the fight if he hasn’t stopped or discouraged Usyk. My fear is that Usyk knows he can’t win on the cards and fights going for a ko and gets caught. If I were betting I’d pick Joshua by ko in the first half particularly due to believing Usyk will be trying to stop Joshua.

[Szef]

I'm having a hard time understanding the people who say Usyk has no chance to KO him.

He might not be the hardest puncher, but he's accurate and fights at high pace. A pace that Joshua hasn't dealt with in his pro career yet.

Joshua has stamina issues and it's not like he has titanium chin.

Joshua will get hurt in this fight, I'll guarantee ya'll that.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Sure. Usyk is elite fighter, even though he is not a natural heavyweight.

[TMLT87]

I favour AJ to win but its a 60/40 for me. Although thats not accounting for the high probability of judge ****ery if it goes the distance.

[deathofaclown]

He will win