Usyk-Gassiev

[A.K]

Is this potentially the best fight to be made in boxing?

We have two young, undefeated, prime, world class cruiserweights both coming off there respective best wins.

We have the fact that they have both cleaned up any loose ends in the division so there can be no one standing at the end adding uncertainty to there dominance.

We have the added angle of Russia against Ukraine with it being played on a large scale at a neutral location which should limit the chance of a dodgy decision.

In the end we will be left with the first fully unified cruiserweight champion since evader holyfield and first since the acceptance of the WBO title. Add in the fact that it will be recognised for the vacant ring title aswell as the Muhammed ali trophy and neither fighter could claim to not be motivated to win.

I don’t see the angle of Russia vs Ukraine very much cause usyk is more Russian than gassiev he’s from Crimea which is Russia he just lives in Ukraine, while gassiev is one of those Arab Russians with Iran heritage.

It’s just gonna be all round great fight between two of the best soviet block fighters.

[soul_survivor]

What? Usyk is anything but mechanical, and throws large combinations. It will be nothing like tonight.

It's going to be interesting seeing how Gassiev deals with Usyk's speed and skill.

Usyk against Glow looked great and fluid and light on his feet, the best I've seen him and I felt like I was wrong about my initial assessment on him.

Since then he has been easy to find and hasnt been as good with his combinations. He has had 2 rugged fights, one against an almost shot guy another against a limited guy he should have looked great against.

So I do hope the Usyk from a year ago turns up but I'm not sure, maybe that was a fluke.

[PsychoPat]

Can't pick a winner, can't see Gassiev hurting usyk, just by observing oleksandr you can tell he's not quite ***ing human. He was engineered or crossbred at chernobyl with a humanoid and part nuclear fusion

[mani1]

I don’t see the angle of Russia vs Ukraine very much cause usyk is more Russian than gassiev he’s from Crimea which is Russia he just lives in Ukraine, while gassiev is one of those Arab Russians with Iran heritage.

It’s just gonna be all round great fight between two of the best soviet block fighters.

Turkish heritage, Murat is a very common name in Turkey.

[j0zef]

This is a fight for ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the marbles baby. It's boxing at it's very Apex. Winner is definitely fighter of the year.

This right here. After that fight, we'll have a very rare completely undisputed, unified AND undefeated champion of the world. Every major CW that could claim that he's #1 in the division has been beaten by one of these 8.

People will disagree because CW is not a popular division, but the winner should be #1 P4P by default. That's how rare and powerful that accomplishment is.