Comments Thread For: Joshua Advises Bellew: Counter-Punching is How You KO Usyk

[Zn1]

Beterbiev found success going to the body. If I were Joshua I’d be looking there first. Joshua doesn’t strike me as the counter punching type.

He doesn't telegraph all his shots so he can catch guys on the counter

Eric Molina talked about it quite candidly after facing Wilder and Joshua

https://www.skysports.com/joshua/news/34644/10840678/31

[Noelanthony]

You're tired of emotional outbursts yet you wrote a book crying about this and that like the typical butt hurt GayJay fan boy lol

Mate I'm not a fan of either fighter so how am I trying to "fit in" with the Americans? I even want Fury to win the fight because he's just more appealing as a fighter and person..

I never praised fury's resume nor wilder's resume, we're talking here about a coward who goes by the name of ant joshua, I mean he doesn't even have the balls to talk, he needs Hearn to do it for him

Like I said in many of my comments, joshua is scared and he went for life and death against klitschko, a guy who fury toyed with.

I can tell you're a fan boy Brit who has no idea about boxing, who's just a joshua fan boy...just like in the past..the Brits who used to support that bum Hatton. They also thought he was a great fighter till mayweather schooled him lol

GayJay is a coward, and till he faces either fury or wilder he will stay a coward. That bum won't even have the balls to face the loser of that fight. Have fun watching GayJay against the great Pulev hahahhahahahah

Now you just sound ******. You are incensed because you don’t hear enough of AJ. Lol . He has a promoter that is what his promoter is paid to do. Joshua is paid to fight.whether he went life and death with a Klitscho is irrelevant. He is a unified champion and that’s the only fact you need to focus on. No one cares who you think has the most balls. The fact remains he has earned the right for him to give advice because he has been there and done it. You just post yet you feel your opinion is more warranted??

Telling me about other British fighters, you clown. I couldn’t care less

“ Josh is a coward he needs to fight Wilder and Fury”..... you have feminine traits. Bellew is a real man yeah?Lmao

[oscar9992]

Those were exactly my sentiments as well. If Usyk does decide to challenge Joshua, I am afraid that he is going to have to knock him out in order to win the fight. It's because I just don't see anybody defeating Anthony Joshua on the scorecards in England.

Usyk more chance to geto KO'd then KO'ing Joshua... & I love Usyk. He is among P4P Best!

[champion4ever]

... "One reason we have agreed to fight Bellew is to get to Joshua," Usyk was quoted. "It is exactly part of the strategy and why we have this co-operation with Eddie Hearn.

"He has Tony, he has Anthony, he has Dillian Whyte and a couple more heavyweights.

"It's the best way, the shortest - not the easiest - way to fight Anthony."

Agreed; Usyk is at least four fights away from getting his mandatory title defense against Anthony Joshua. First there is Whyte, Pulev, Miller and then Usyk. The Usyk fight won't happen until sometime by the end of 2020, if they can both remain undefeated and there is no Wilder vs Joshua fight.

[champion4ever]

Usyk more chance to geto KO'd then KO'ing Joshua... & I love Usyk. He is among P4P Best!

That's what I already know. He doesn't stand a prayer against Joshua. For one, he is too small to knockout Anthony Joshua and second, he doesn't stand a chance of defeating him on the three official scorecards. Therefore, Uysk can't win against AJ because the deck and all the cards are stacked against him anyhow.

[Noelanthony]

I think people should chill out a bit with all of this... I'm not a Joshua fan but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's an answer to a question he was asked about in an interview. It's not like he held a press conference to SPECIFICALLY address this issue. Boxers get asked for their opinions all the time about other fights. He happens to be the Heavyweight Champion so I'd imagine he may get asked about these sorts of things from time to time. It's not some sort of gospel as if they were to meet I think most agree it's a distinct possibility that Usyk could box Joshua's head off for 12 rounds just as Fury could. But until any of that happens (and even if it were to happen) I feel the man is entitled to give his take on things without getting crucified.

Well said..

[alexguiness]

A bodybuilder giving boxing lessons....SMH

[Bardamu]

Joshua's first advice to Bellew was to never fight Usyk. He said let the fans train and fight Usyk, you shouldn't do it.

[Bardamu]

Now you just sound ******. You are incensed because you don’t hear enough of AJ. Lol . He has a promoter that is what his promoter is paid to do. Joshua is paid to fight.whether he went life and death with a Klitscho is irrelevant. He is a unified champion and that’s the only fact you need to focus on. No one cares who you think has the most balls. The fact remains he has earned the right for him to give advice because he has been there and done it. You just post yet you feel your opinion is more warranted??

Telling me about other British fighters, you clown. I couldn’t care less

“ Josh is a coward he needs to fight Wilder and Fury”..... you have feminine traits. Bellew is a real man yeah? Lmao

You are correct. And, I would add, that going life and death with a determined, aggressive Wlad is extremely impressive. That is a better win, than Fury's win over Wlad, when Wlad thought if he stood still like a statue and didn't punch he would automatically win a decision. And it is more impressive than Wilder's win over Ortiz. I watched Wlad-AJ and I was rooting for Wlad. But by the end of the fight, I was a big AJ fan.

He has lost my support over his refusal to fight Wilder, but for anyone to try and say his fight with Wlad proves anything other than AJ fought one Hell of a fight where he showed heart, determination, a solid chin, and real power is ******ed. That was one damned good fight, that left all fans respecting both fighters afterwards.

[landotter]

I'd pick Usyk to win, but no way do I agree he's top 3 p4p, let alone 1. He may have all the belts, but what top opponents has he actually beaten to earn top p4p status? To be in that list you need to have big wins on your resume, not just belts.
Cruiserwight has always been the worst division in Boxing, hands down - with the odd exception like Holyfield, there are no world class fighters there. It's mostly just fat light heavyweights. Usyk wouldn't stand out anywhere near as much if he was fighting in a stacked division like 147 or 154, it's just rare to see a skillful southpaw cruiser.

CW is actually one of the deepest divisions. No offense at all intended, but because most are Eastern Europe bred and that is where they earn their best dime does not mean they are "fat, light heavyweights". That is like saying fighters at 125 are just anorexic 130 pounders. Honestly, some people are just built different. I do not like how many divisions we have right now, but not everyone can fight their best at over 200 pounds. CW has generally been a "tweener" division, but it has been deep the last few years. Briedis, Gassiev, and Krystov Glowacki are all dangerous and unique fighters, in shape and world class. Usyk skilled them all.

I agree 147 is deeper. I actually had forgotten how amazingly talented the crowd at 154 is, and they are freaking young. We could have inside a decade of wars with that top 5 or 6 if they all stay there. But honestly, I think Usyk has fought more top divisional fights then any of the top at the other two divisions. Spence may be greater, but he has one real fight so far. Hurd is in my top 5, but based on resume alone I can argue Usyk has done more in 15 fights and shown more ways to beat opponents.

P4P is subjective. But this dude fights and has ducked no one. He is getting ready to fight one of the best at modern day CW and move up to HW to test himself further.

What more could anyone ask?