Comments Thread For: Photos: Usyk, Gassiev - Go Face To Face at Final Press Conference

[mlac]

gassiev's head and neck is ****ing ridiuclous

[Jewish-Reptile]

Valuev - Holyfield.

Did I say recent or not ? Lmao, what year was that ? Valuev hasn’t fought since 2009 when he fought Haye right ?

Yeh I completely agree with you Russia is completely known for robberies ......

Are you ready for the heavy counter ? I hope you are. Valuev was not promoted by a Russian and the fight neither took place in Russia, I’m sure you’ll have some explanation though why Vladimír ***** had the scorecards ready before the fight though come on the suspense is killing us

[Ajvar]

Did I say recent or not ? Lmao, what year was that ? Valuev hasn’t fought since 2009 when he fought Haye right ?

Yeh I completely agree with you Russia is completely known for robberies ......

Are you ready for the heavy counter ? I hope you are. Valuev was not promoted by a Russian and the fight neither took place in Russia, I’m sure you’ll have some explanation though why Vladimír ***** had the scorecards ready before the fight though come on the suspense is killing us

Russians money were there. Russia is where russians, money and corruption meet at one place. I don't actually look for boxing fights in Russia so that was as recent and as russian as I could bring.
Just wait 2 days and we will see if there will be another fight which qualifies your demands.

[kafkod]

This is a very intriguing match up!

I'm picking Usyk to win on points because he has a much higher punch output than Gassiev and stamina to burn. Gassiev is very fit, like all Abel's fighters. But, like all muscular power punchers, he has to pace himself carefully to avoid gassing. Usyk has the perfect style to take advantage of Murat's rest breaks, swamp him with non-stop punches, and win rounds.

Usyk needs to tie Gassiev up if he gets trapped on the ropes though, rather than shelling up himself and trying to weather the storm, which I've seen him do in other fights. Shelling up in front of a guy with such a lethal body attack as Gassiev would not be a good idea!

[xhiddenx87]

IF Gassiev KOs Usyk then its all Usyk´s fault because he didn't prepare well for this fight and changes his trainer each year.

So any props to gassiev if he wins?

Or its a usyk show, if he wins its a masterpiece and if he losses he let him win?

[ShoulderRoll]

Yet here we are on a boxing site apparently populated by huge boxing fans with no clamour whatsoever, minimal interest. Let’s nit pretend it is difficult to watch any boxing fight online in this age because it really isn’t.

It's a good matchup and I'm looking forward to it.

But no US tv means a lot of US boxing fans are going to forget about it, unfortunately. Out of sight, out of mind.

That's the price to pay for completely ignoring a market the size of America.

[Santa_]

WAAAR GASSIEV!!!

Fight of the year potential right here

[BoxingIsGreat]

Yep thats his plan to take him to school and he has all the tools to do it.

Yes, sir! To me, Usyk is among the best in the world P4P, top 5 easily. Hopefully, he isn't going into this fight all distracted from the BS that went on about location.

[boxing IQ]

I feel the exact same way. Usyk struggled against Briedis, doesn't have an actual trainer to help execute a game plan, postponed the fight due to injury, was reluctant to fight in Russia, and refused to participate in the media workout. Those are some huge red flags going into the most important fight of his career. Promoters, analysts, and the media are mostly picking Usyk to win while a lot of boxers are leaning towards Gassiev. I think, giving the circumstances surrounding this fight, it could be Gassiev's night.

[Southpawology]

Such a tough fight to call. Going with gassiev though! IRON!