Comments Thread For: Gassiev, Usyk and 'Fight of The Year' Expectations in Jeddah

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By Alexey Sukachev - At the conclusion of one winter month and at the start of another - the cruiserweights delivered. This time they delivered in a double package - as part of the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament. As good as the first semi-final was, second one - which place in n a resort city of Adler, on the outskirts of the rich southern city of Sochi, Russia - was what many considered to be a true gem...
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['b']

Gonna be sad to see Usyk get knocked out

[Andrij]

Gonna be sad to see Usyk get knocked out

Gassiev will be the one who gets stopped. Briedis a much more difficult opponent for Usyk than Gassiev. Wait and see.

[TinAgeOfBoxing]

USUCK is not fun to watch he will try to pitty pat and run to a decision. Gassiev has the power.

[Dr.Cool]

Good they are having this WBSS, but it sucks it is at cw. No one cares about cws. There is light heavyweight and then there is heavyweight. I get it, its cute and can make ABC's more money, but honestly no one cares. RJJ didn't ever fight at cw for a reason. Because it is a fake division no one cares about. Most don't even know it exists.

['b']

Good they are having this WBSS, but it sucks it is at cw. No one cares about cws. There is light heavyweight and then there is heavyweight. I get it, its cute and can make ABC's more money, but honestly no one cares. RJJ didn't ever fight at cw for a reason. Because it is a fake division no one cares about. Most don't even know it exists.

How can it be a fake division when it has the largest jump in weight from one division to another except for CW to HW (when you factor in the giant HWs)??

Some divisions are separated by 3 pounds, JMW to MW is 6 pounds and SMW to LHW is 7 pounds. If you had to get rid of 5 divisions CW wouldn't even be anywhere near the discussion

[Dr.Cool]

Gassiev will be the one who gets stopped. Briedis a much more difficult opponent for Usyk than Gassiev. Wait and see.

You do realize you are talking about cruiserweights? Come on, like you or anyone else has ever seen any of these alleged professional boxers fight. No one knows anything about any of them because no one has ever seen any of them fight. Its like WWE, they just develop and write a story. Get a couple bums from some gym, take pictures of them dressed like boxers, write a couple stories, make up some foreign names (to explain why no one has ever heard of them) and suddenly there is a whole new division in boxing.

[Dr.Cool]

How can it be a fake division when it has the largest jump in weight from one division to another except for CW to HW (when you factor in the giant HWs)??

Some divisions are separated by 3 pounds, JMW to MW is 6 pounds and SMW to LHW is 7 pounds. If you had to get rid of 5 divisions CW wouldn't even be anywhere near the discussion

Why do you think there is such a weight jump? Because it is fake. Duh. There is no such thing as cruiserweights.

[Bronx2245]

I still can't understand how SHO, HBO, and ESPN, all took a pass on this fight, much less the entre tourney! I thought HBO had an interest in Usyk's career?

[yoshik]

USYK is a boring fighter. Gassiev will walk him down and break him. I am not sure why so many people think Usyk is the man.