Comments Thread For: Usyk: I Want Several Titles, By 2018 I Think I'll Be at Heavyweight

[bronx7]

Spence Crawford sooner

[Redd Foxx]

I would like to see him at HW. Cruiser seems ideal for him but he seems to be a class above everyone there and if there's no money or challenges, HW makes sense. I think he's sturdy enough to hang, and fast enough to cause some real problems.

[HankHill]

Usyk's short presser

[Dr Rumack]

6'3" is small for heavyweight these days. Usyk's a talented boxer with great feet but I think he might struggle to overcome that. He's not exactly a booming puncher either.

[dan_cov]

He'd beat all the HWs with ease the question is could he beat the giant HWs? Like say Joshua, Fury, Wlad, Ortiz (I think he probably does take this), Wilder.

The rest ain't nothing but fat as **** CWs anyway.

The CWs really are just smaller HWs they're all around 6ft3 & walk around at 220-230 but are trim.

You've got Huck arguably beating Povetkin. Breidis destroying Charr in better fashion than Povetkin. Even a 40 odd yr old way past it Cunningham & a 45yr old Tarver went upto HW and had good success. **** Cunningham almost wiped Tyson Fury out.

If these guys got in shape they would be CWs hell Andy Ruiz would probably be a Middleweight

[dan_cov]

I think he beats the p*ss out of all the smaller sort of HWs like Parker, Stiverne, Povetkin, Ruiz, no question.

Its just the giant lumps.
I could see him giving them a lot of trouble.

I think he can beat Wilder & Ortiz, bad style match ups.
I think a more physically imposing Fury or a Joshua could be a big problem down the stretch but I think he can hang with those boys. It would be a great addition to the HW scene but hopefully he takes care of business at CW first.

[Weltschmerz]

He knows there is no money at cruiserweight.

'No money'. How much do you make a year?

He's too good for cruiser maybe heavy will give him a challenge...

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I think he beats the p*ss out of all the smaller sort of HWs like Parker, Stiverne, Povetkin, Ruiz, no question.

Its just the giant lumps.
I could see him giving them a lot of trouble.

I think he can beat Wilder & Ortiz, bad style match ups.
I think a more physically imposing Fury or a Joshua could be a big problem down the stretch but I think he can hang with those boys. It would be a great addition to the HW scene but hopefully he takes care of business at CW first.

Agree on this. He also notes of course he's not fighting at HW tomorrow, in a couple years though to let himself grow into that. It makes common sense actually and all cruisers want to test themselves at heavy when/if they can.

[chirorickyp]

Not gonna happen. Slow, hittable and no devastating power. Boring. Will not watch this guy. I saw zero potential there.

[BigZ44]

He's obviously a smart, technical, highly skilled boxer, but I still want to see him take on a few more high level cruisers before I'm ready to annoint him as a threat in the HW division. Really want to see him in with some pressure, power punchers like Briedis, Gassiev or Kudryashov, think those kind of guys could give him trouble. Also don't think he's got enough to keep the monster HWs off of him, even a guy like Pulev would control range and jab him to death