Comments Thread For: Who should be next for Oleksandr Usyk? BoxingScenes team weighs in

[MrShakeAndBake]

I think Dubois deserves a rematch. I bet some of the same people who called his body shot on Usyk low, also called the body shots that Ward landed vs Kovalev legit. Usyk should be happy to rematch Dubois, should he defeat Parker, so that he can win his IBF belt back and retire the undisputed HW champ. That is, if Dubois doesn't knock his head off. People say that Oleksandr KO'd Danny with a jab. I think he just gave up, because he was getting tired and he was discouraged after his body shot was ruled low.,

It was low. but i dont mind seeing Usyk whip Dubois again, last two rounds Usyk was snapping his head back like a pinata. Usyk beat the hardest fighter with his long arms in Fury , Dubois would be a cakewalk for The Goat, guaranteed, so i dont mind for him to get his belt back , then retire

[pollywog]

Dubois doesnt deserve a rematch because he never earnt the first fight or the current belt he was gifted.

Parker will ensure there's a karmic lesson for Young Dan. Pay your dues and fight clean.

Cut out the low blows and headbutts and wind ya neck in would be my advice.

[whatismyname]

Through no fault of his own, si.ply due to his greatness, Usyk kind of killed the HW division for now.

[PittyPat]

Go for undisputed again at CW for the craic. Opetaia, Ramirez, whoever.

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

What we do not yet know is the outcomes of the fights that are scheduled at HW. I imagine that one guy will be elevated more than the rest. Did Dubois finally figure it out? Maybe, but Usyk is the great Equalizer!!! I can't wait to see what happens in Bakole's career because that last fight especially showed me a dude coming from insane weird angles with great hand speed and thunder.
PUMPED!!!!

[BrankoB]

I cannot say that I am excited about watching Usyk fight either Dubois or Parker. Personally I would enjoy watching him fight some of the other contenders like Bakole, Zhang, Kabayel or even Itauma in a couple of years. The problem is this - if he fights on, he will be caught getting old in that ring like everybody else and some young gun two or three years from now will knock him out cold. History books will be re-written and people will be saying he was never that good in the first place.

If I was him, I would retire undefeated as a legend of the sport. There is nothing he can do to add to his legacy right now. He can only spoil it by fighting on.

[luvgun]

Martin Bankole should be next. He is the hidden boogeyman of the heavyweight division.

[BlackRobb]

It's shameful that Parker hasn't gotten a title shot yet. If be beats Dubois, he should definitely be next, but that may not be an attractive enough opponent to get Usyk to stick around.

[luvgun]

What we do not yet know is the outcomes of the fights that are scheduled at HW. I imagine that one guy will be elevated more than the rest. Did Dubois finally figure it out? Maybe, but Usyk is the great Equalizer!!! I can't wait to see what happens in Bakole's career because that last fight especially showed me a dude coming from insane weird angles with great hand speed and thunder.
PUMPED!!!!

Bakole is a beast.

[luvgun]

I cannot say that I am excited about watching Usyk fight either Dubois or Parker. Personally I would enjoy watching him fight some of the other contenders like Bakole, Zhang or even Itauma in a couple of years. The problem is this - if he fights on, he will be caught getting old in that ring like everybody else and some young gun two or three years from now will knock him out cold. History books will be re-written and people will be saying he was never that good in the first place.

If I was him, I would retire undefeated as a legend of the sport. There is nothing he can do to add to his legacy right now. He can only spoil it by fighting on.

Martin Bakole will give him a problem. He is the hidden boogeyman of the heavyweight division.