Comments Thread For: Usyk and Dubois Battle In Unlikely Heavyweight Title Bout

[Roberto Vasquez]

Dubois is a big strong guy. He's more of conventional HW. In a way Joshua was made for Usyk because he relies on his skills to win. Usyk could out-skill Joshua. I don't think Dubois is winning here but he has a chance

Dubois doesn't deserve this fight but Fury ducked it so what else can they do? if I was Usyk I would retire, he's not a real HW. Every fight is a risk for him. Fury ran away. What's the point in continuing?

Usyk was really hurt after 2nd AJ fight. He's not a big guy. He feels those shots. Took him a while to recover after the fight

[BlackRobb]

Pointless and silly mismatch.

[ProblemChild_JakePaul]

Dubois wins this one by KO

[joe strong]

And who did Usyk beat to deserve to get a title fight against Joshua? Chazz Witherspoon and Derek Chisora?

He was the WBO mandatory. The WBO has a rule that a champion can move up a division to get a mandatory spot if they choose. Usyk took advantage of this rule & the rest is history. I believe to get the mandatory spot he had to vacate his CW title but I could be wrong on that point. I’m someone can correct me if I’m wrong.

[ifc]

Dubois is a big strong guy. He's more of conventional HW. In a way Joshua was made for Usyk because he relies on his skills to win. Usyk could out-skill Joshua. I don't think Dubois is winning here but he has a chance

Dubois doesn't deserve this fight but Fury ducked it so what else can they do? if I was Usyk I would retire, he's not a real HW. Every fight is a risk for him. Fury ran away. What's the point in continuing?

Usyk was really hurt after 2nd AJ fight. He's not a big guy. He feels those shots. Took him a while to recover after the fight

Usyk should try one last time to get the Fury fight and if he can't get that try to get a big money fight with Wilder. I agree with him not wasting his time fighting contenders for little money who do nothing for his legacy.

[57Blues]

And who did Usyk beat to deserve to get a title fight against Joshua? Chazz Witherspoon and Derek Chisora?

ligit question...... does that say more about who a figter is willing to fight or the state of the heavy weights right now > ?
Also if Josh was the only true challenge that Usyk fought does that mean that maybe Usyk may still have not been challenged yet ? Due to the state of Josh as a fighter since NYC ?

[shawnkemp804]

He was the WBO mandatory. The WBO has a rule that a champion can move up a division to get a mandatory spot if they choose. Usyk took advantage of this rule & the rest is history. I believe to get the mandatory spot he had to vacate his CW title but I could be wrong on that point. I’m someone can correct me if I’m wrong.

I didn't ask was the the WBO mandatory or not. I said who did he beat to deserve a title short against Joshua.

[joe strong]

I didn't ask was the the WBO mandatory or not. I said who did he beat to deserve a title short against Joshua.

He cleaned out the CW division but simply exploited the WBO rule allowing him to move up & become the mandatory. This is only a WBO rule. He never beat any top ranked HW he just simply invoked his right according to their rules.

[Roberto Vasquez]

Usyk should try one last time to get the Fury fight and if he can't get that try to get a big money fight with Wilder. I agree with him not wasting his time fighting contenders for little money who do nothing for his legacy.

I mean maybe but Wilder doesn't have a belt and he punches insanely hard. Why risk that for nothing? Also what does Usyk gain reputationally? It's not like Wilder is killing everyone in the top-10. Wilder is killing everyone outside the top-10. Why is that? Got to be some reason