Comments Thread For: Eddie Hearn: Talks For Bellew-Usyk Fight to Start This Week

[EnglishOxide]

So Eddie Hearn completely switches to DAZN from September instead of Sky ???

No.

DAZN is US. Sky is UK.

All his cards, apart from Jacobs are on both.

[MDPopescu]

After Round 6 Gassiev was very frustrated. He went to his corner and said in Russian "I can't adjust to him. **** it". Then Abel responded "Should I stop this?"

Thanks for translating -- I wasn't aware that Abel understands Russian...

... it was obvious for me, from the beginning, that Gassiev's hooks were literally useless against such a high skilled southpaw like Usyk (one would need a classy stiff jab and an accurate straight right for this)... even if, by mistake, he would have KOd Usyk there should have been no glory whatsoever in the outcome -- he was way below Usyk's class...

[Andrij]

Thanks for translating -- I wasn't aware that Abel understands Russian...

... it was obvious for me, from the beginning, that Gassiev's hooks were literally useless against such a high skilled southpaw like Usyk (one would need a classy stiff jab and an accurate straight right for this)... even if, by mistake, he would have KOd Usyk there should have been no glory whatsoever in the outcome -- he was way below Usyk's class...

No the other team members translated it to Abel.

[Ecosse1]

This fight "HAS" to be made @ 200Lb! Otherwise it's a complete farce. Yes let Bellew have home town advantage, but let's stick to the cruiserweight limit & not split the title's!

Usyk is probably going to give up they belts to move to HW anyway. There's not really any one for him to beat at CW. Bellew at HW would be a good first fight before moving on to the big dudes

[Patsfan bri]

Well let’s see if he jerks Usyk around like he did wilder.

[Boxing Logic]

It's an attractive in between fight for Usyk money wise and to test how he feels at heavyweight. I'd rather see Usyk-Ward though. Anyway, hopefully it happens, hopefully Usyk wins, and then hopefully it leads to something interesting and meaningful again just like this cruiserweight tournament was.

[cameltoe]

Well let’s see if he jerks Usyk around like he did wilder.

Watch how easy this fight gets made, then you’ll know who’s been jerking who around. Which is why Wilder continues to fight can after can.

[cameltoe]

boxing world be shocked if Bellew wins...

Can you imagine... outboxed for 10 rounds and then BLAM... left hook KO counter.

Yeah, that ain’t happening...

[BoZz]

Hearn is so quick to negotiate and to make fights happen as long as his protected coward joshua is not involved (well except when he cherry picks fat Russian bums)

[cameltoe]

We've seen Hearn negotiate. B side, flat fee, a year down the road, lock in for more fights, rematch clauses, small print. Usyk will have to roll over and play dead.

Yeah we have. We’ve seen some great fights made thanks to Hearn.

Like I said above, watch how easy this fight gets made.

It’s funny, cos Hearn has only ever delivered, except when it comes to Wilder. So maybe the issue is... Wilder? After all, his team have hardly been able to fix big fights now have they? Ever ask yourself why?

And BTW AJ is the A side, and a rematch clause for the A side is nothing new. This is no justification for the fight not happening, it’s standard practice.

Anyway, everything that needs to be said about that has been said so let’s leave that there.

Usyk probably stops Bellew late after Bellew fails to land anything meaningful in 8 rounds.

It could set up a bigger fight down the road for Usyk but Bellew is very much an easy entry to HW for Usyk and/or Ward if he came back.