Comments Thread For: Hearn: I Don't See Oleksandr Usyk Losing a Round To Deontay Wilder

[DClefthook]

They'd be picking pieces of Usyk off the canvas for decades. Wilder is a beast and only the Gypsy King can defeat him. Cash in

I don't see why people can't understand that this is the only outcome. Only the 6'9 Fury who comes in the ring at 280 pounds and has a serious set of skills can beat him. Usyk will get demolished.

[IAMTHAT]

Usyk KOs Wilder before rd 7

[IAMTHAT]

I don't see why people can't understand that this is the only outcome. Only the 6'9 Fury who comes in the ring at 280 pounds and has a serious set of skills can beat him. Usyk will get demolished.

Heard it before AJ 1, people were calling me names for saying Usyk tops AJ. We’ll now we know what I knew before. Wilder gets KOed by Usyk.

[MastaBlasta]

A tough matchup for Wilder for sure. Wilder would need to be very disciplined about attacking Usyk, and I believe he would be. Lots of opportunities for Wilder to be countered badly fighting Usyk. However, Wilder can be quite thhe technician sometimes about attacking. He is better at gauging opponent actions during a fight than many giv e him credit for. Ofcourse if Wilder hurts Usyk at any point he will be in real jeopardy. I also believe Usyk is at his craftiest when he's hurt.

This fight could go many ways but I would favor Usyk to win, as long as he can stay clear of the power punches. Skill-wise Wilder is very vulnerable to Usyk's craft. This could easily end badly for Wilder. Carelessness by Wilder would be catastrophic. His best chance will be a disciplined attack strategy couplked with his uncanny ability to freelance ... and much needed shoring up of his defensive approach.

Wilder is a fighter (when healthy). If he is healthy he always finds a way to attack. If he catches Usyk this is a totally different fight.

[-Kev-]

He is going to need more than 1 or 2 usyk isnt a 50 year old Cuban.

In his 42 wins and 41 KO’s, he didn’t KO 41 50 year old Cubans.

Usyk would be a fool to think like you. The man knocked down a 6’9”, 280lb man 4x in 3 fights.

[Casualfanboy]

Aren’t most of Wilders opponents winning most the rounds?

[bullydean]

Wilder doesn’t have some great chin that’s just not going to get into any realistic conversation at least with me .

It wouldn’t matter what power Fury has ,someone , anyone coming off two bad knockouts isn’t going to be improving taking shots , We’ve all seen Wilder hurt ,buzzed and get breaks in fights so again Wilder is not impossible to stop ,one with Usyks ability can stop anyone giving right moment and Wilder will be making tons of mistakes in that one that’s guaranteed to happen if it goes to the championship rounds .

I'm not saying Wilder has a great chin. I'm just saying someone with more power than Usyk was giving Wilder a serious beating even after he was out on his feet. To say someone like Usyk who has even less power can suddenly KO Wilder doesn't make sense.

Even after two beatings he isn't going to suddenly develop a glass jaw that even Usyk can break.

[zod66]

Wilder will gas out

[Damn Wicked]

Ortiz didn't lose a rd in their second fight until he did and well, that was all she wrote folks!

True, but Usyk is much more crafty and energetic than Ortiz. Wilder might get worn down and frustrated if Usyk applies his typical high volume work rate. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Wilder get TKO’d or even KO’d by Usyk. Neither would I be shocked if Wilder KO’d Usyk. I’d definitely bet on Usyk if this fight were to materialize, though.

[Damn Wicked]

I don’t disagree with young Edward here. Usyk has the better skills. I just get the sense that wilder will eventually land some heavy shots and if and when he does that could be all she wrote. It all depends on wilder winning his next fight though so we will see what he has left against Helenius

Wilder beating Helenius will likely tell us little about how a Wilder vs Usyk match plays out. Helenius is slow, immobile, old, has a very low work rate, with mediocre stamina. He’s been KO’d a few times also. If Wilder can’t stop Helenius fairly easily, he might want to consider retirement.