Usyk speaks and it's sad.

[GrandpaBernard]

Boxing anyone is always risky. Making the biggest fight of your career even more needlessly risky is ******. Nobody gives credit to any fighter who pushes for a knockout, gets caught and is instead stopped and loses.

It's not evel like we can say Usyk coasted to a win. This was a dangerous fight for him all twelve rounds. At no point did I ever feel he was avoiding danger. And he certainly tried to close the show in the 12th when he saw his opportunity.

Of course his corner said don't needlessly give this guy chances. That's their job, to give good advice that helps their guy make winning moves. Usyk was smart to listen to them.

yep let be honest

if someone gets their azz ko'd gunning for the knockout

mofos will laugh at them

fighters don't get enough respect for how dangerous their work is

[Smash]

Boxing, the "sweet science of bruising" - you forgot the part about getting bruised (so did Usyk it seems).

joshua got bruised up & so did usyk too actually, joshua lucky to finish the fight too by all accounts

[Willie Pep 229]

[QUOTE=GrandpaBernard;n31105586]

He did what he had to. Not everyone can be a super ko puncher

plus why shouldn't the smaller man dance around his opponent[/QUOTE]

I don't know - ask Billy Conn, it has something to do with character. A champion wants to win the fight not wait around to be told he won.