Comments Thread For: Usyk Dominates Gassiev To Unify WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF Titles

[nikolainikolaev]

hes russian, but hes not slavic

Russians are not slavics. There are no slavics. Slavic means slave. This word used Rome and Byzantine. USSR used slav for political goals. USSR used slav for people who write in Cyrrilic. We gave them Cyrrilic and Christian. They gave us dead and "socialism".

[SAINTSTEVE]

I expected a close, hard fight but Usyk did a bit of a matador performance by utilizing his height and movement. He reminded me of a 200 lb Lomachenko which was what I had hoped from Gvozdyk a couple months ago. It is Usyk though has crashed the elite.

[Superbee]

Yep, whole different ball game when you're not only no longer the bigger fighter, but tiny by comparison. Size matters.

I think Usyk could be on equal weight ground vs Wilder pretty easily without sacrificing too much on on speed and prolly gain a little in power... But yeah, not the heaviest hands in P4P I agree...

Now tell me: How in the world could a deficient technician with hardly any balance and stance like Wilder could even catch an always moving 220 lbs Lomachenko ? He might, doe chances are he won't...

Still a nice subject for a thesis ...

[alexjust]

Usyk was remarkable. Bellew literally stands no chance. I wouldn't give him much chance against Gassiev, but Usyk is just a different level.

[Superbee]

I don't know about Jennifer. But I could see deontay wilder being blackballed from boxing after brutally knocking out a much smaller usyk and ending his career. He'd get that body he was talking about on this guy. Usyk is a good fighter. But let's not kid ourselves here.

Usyk prolly came in at 210 - 215 ... Shorter? sure... Smaller? not so much... Add to that Wilder completely fooked up weight distribution and thus balance and you have a receipe for him knocking out himself against a 225 lbs Lomachenko...

I mean... A pretty average Polish guy had no problem making him miss for several rounds and even made him visit the floor on his own... face down ... twice ...

I think Wilder's belt is achievable for Usyk in a foreseeable future... But that's just me...

[BoxingandBlunts]

Gassiev looked one dimensional smh dump Abel and get a better trainer, he still young enough to learn and grow. Cong**** Usyk knew he was a good just didn't know how good

[MDPopescu]

... Unfortunately, Usyk has nowhere to go from here...

[Superbee]

... Unfortunately, Usyk has nowhere to go from here...

He can go up, and lure Jennifer in... Might take some time, but at some point Jennifer will take the bait... I'd put my house on Usyk, no prob....

[SteveM]

Proper elite performance from Usyk tonight. Efficient, effective work and quality ring generalship throughout.������������

He's got to be top5 P4P. I know Crawford did this at LWW but that was generally considered a weak 140 division whereas when the WBSS was announced everyone agreed that CW was one of the most competitive divisions.

[Mammoth]

Jennifer

Explain why you do this?