WBSS final: Usyk V Gassiev

[mlac]

Biggest fight of the year, weird how theres no hype.



I can't wait, sticking with my original prediction of Usyk on points, hopefully there's no dodgy scorecards

[BigZ44]

I was going to make a post exactly like this. Forget Canelo/GGG 2, Loma/Linares or even AJ/Wilder, THIS is the BEST fight of the year! If you aren't interested in this fight you are not a real boxing fan and should hand in your NSB account, plain and simple. I think Gassiev wins it, either on points or by body shot stoppage

[mlac]

I was going to make a post exactly like this. Forget Canelo/GGG 2, Loma/Linares or even AJ/Wilder, THIS is the BEST fight of the year! If you aren't interested in this fight you are not a real boxing fan and should hand in your NSB account, plain and simple. I think Gassiev wins it, either on points or by body shot stoppage

I can see that happening, i like both but i feel like unless Murat hunts and destroys for 12 rounds on the frontfoot & doesnt wait too much, then Usyk will just pick him off with movement and activity.

[BigZ44]

I can see that happening, i like both but i feel like unless Murat hunts and destroys for 12 rounds on the frontfoot & doesnt wait too much, then Usyk will just pick him off with movement and activity.

Four things I really worry about with Usyk. 1, getting a fair decision in Moscow. 2, notorious slow starts, which he can't afford to fall way behind on the cards or get hurt early. 3, tendency to stay in range after throwing his punches. Happened a lot against Briedis where he took multiple shots after his own combos. 4, a tendency to shell up on the ropes when under pressure, which is a death sentence against Gassiev. For all Usyk's movement, it is almost always to set up offense and not to evade pressure. He will have to be better than he was against Briedis to win imo.

[Marcodian]

Looking forward to this fight for quite a while, glad it's nearly here.

I watched the WBSS video earlier to help get hyped for it, and one of the main things I took away from it is Usyks lack of an actual trainer, he mentions he didn't have the best camp for Briedis, said that his old trainer was a good man but that he wasn't really helping him improve etc, and by the sounds of it he never properly replaced that trainer, his substitute seems to be his cutman - who he doesn't refer to as trainer but instead as a supervisor - I know Uysk is an elite boxer but I do wonder how a lack of an actual trainer could affect the fight.

[DeathWish]

GASSIEV by DESTRUCTION!!!!!!! The dude better come out and destroy!!!!!!! They are both excellent fighters.... may the best man win....

WAR GGG !!!!!

WAR GASSIEV !!!!!

[Ray*]

Yeah zero hype. I don’t get it. Especially from “Boxing fans” on here.

[mlac]

Yeah zero hype. I don’t get it. Especially from “Boxing fans” on here.

Who u got Ray?

[WhatDisButtonDo]

Yeah zero hype. I don’t get it. Especially from “Boxing fans” on here.

Usyk /Gassiev don't have enough rolexe's or millions, so they don't care =/.Maybe if this fight made the fighters more money they would watch =/

[iamboxing]

Four things I really worry about with Usyk. 1, getting a fair decision in Moscow.

The whole Russian corruption angle is 99.99% fabrication. In fact, I'd rather have my favorite fighter fight in Russia than the UK where refs jump all over and wave their arms while the fighter is trying to get up.

Case in point: World Cup. The biggest sporting event in the world. No cheating found, and ended up being one of the best world cups in recent memory.