Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandyr Usyk

[kiDynamite92]

Who would win in a match at heavyweight between these two gold medalists?

Anthony Joshua:






Oleksandyr Usyk:

[have_not]

Hard to say because of joshua's size and power.
Usyk has better skills, more agile, faster hand and foot speed.
I expect to see them fight in a couple of years

[John Locke]

Usyk is by far a better P4P fighter.

Not sure who would win if they fought though, Joshua is so much bigger

[Cut Man]

AJ wins. By KO.

I believe AJ has a very bright future and within the next few years he will be World Heavyweight champion

[HEND]

Donno who is better skillwise but Joshua is fenitiely much bigger and has serious power so I go with Joshua.

[PainfromUkraine]

Usyk has the better overall skill and is a more natural fighter, but he is a cruiserweight...you say 'heavyweight' gold medalists - Joshua won at super heavy, while Usyk won at amateur 'heavy' - essentially as it is now, Joshua is a heavy and Usyk is a cruiser, although he will likely move up eventually.

All i'll say is, we could see this fight one day and it would be very interesting...but i'll also say one thing I am sure of - Usyk will win a world title before AJ.

[kiDynamite92]

Has anyone watched Usyk take on Medzhidov? Because Medzhidov is bigger, stronger, faster and more skilled then Joshua and Usyk neutralized him and won a decision. I think Usyk would win, I'm not knocking Joshua but Usyk is an amazing tactician and works beautifully with angles and counter punches. Skills pay the bills and there's not many who have more skills then Usyk around that weight class. This guy has the potential to be one of the greatest cruiserweights ever and become the next king of the heavyweight division.

[kiDynamite92]

Usyk has the better overall skill and is a more natural fighter, but he is a cruiserweight...you say 'heavyweight' gold medalists - Joshua won at super heavy, while Usyk won at amateur 'heavy' - essentially as it is now, Joshua is a heavy and Usyk is a cruiser, although he will likely move up eventually.

All i'll say is, we could see this fight one day and it would be very interesting...but i'll also say one thing I am sure of - Usyk will win a world title before AJ.

Not sure about that........... I'm not doubting his ability but because of the CW champs not willing to face him.

[PainfromUkraine]

Not sure about that........... I'm not doubting his ability but because of the CW champs not willing to face him.

Well, AJ is still a year at least behind world title level and challenging the champs. If i'm not wrong, Usyk will be mando to Huck after 1 or 2 more wins, he is already highly ranked in the WBO. I think Usyk becomes world champ in late 2015, while Joshua will probably get the title once Wlad retires...we're looking at 2017 or so for that, most likely.

[Butt stuff]

The olympics video of Joshua is a bit misleading, he's a different beast now. Would be more accurate to compare their latest fights.