Comments Thread For: Usyk: Nobody Has Promised Me Joshua - But Fight Will Happen!

[Sosay]

I dont think this will tough at all.
Wide UD or tko for Usyk. Bellew has shown nothing to tell me otherwise.

[Akutalee]

Aj will knock him out in 7 at most

[P4Pdunny]

AJ will stop him

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

I am down for this fight. I think Usyk gives Joshua hell.

[Earl-Hickey]

lol, that is some cherry-picking of information. Yes, Usyk was a lil gassed at the end of the Joyce fight. They were both still technically amateurs, and so Usyk was only used to fighting three three minute rounds.

Of Usyk's last six fights, one went 9 rounds, one 10 rounds, and four have went the full 12. I would imagine Usyk's conditioning is a little better when he is training for 12 rounds and fighting 12 rounds.

Also, the fight with Joyce was for five rounds. Fighters tend to let it all go in the final round. Boxers fight a lot differently in 5 round fights then they do in 12 round fights. Comparing a professional Usyk in 2018, who has had numerous 12 round fights to an amateur Usyk who only fought three rounds is not a fair comparison at all.

AJ and Wilder might wear Usyk out because of there shots doing more damage and just the mental exhaustion they cause. But to base that upon an amateur fight over five years ago doesn't make sense.

no it's not cherry picking information, and its not because usyk went for broke in round 5, he didn't. His stamina in all his other 5 rounders was fine the difference was he was facing a 250lb behemoth and had no choice but to work for every second of every round.

we will see if he can do that over 12 when he steps up to hw

[Andrij]

Usyk is very talented but I feel he’s biting off more than he can chew which I appreciate and respect when it comes to fighting AJ!

I can see him totally dominating Joshua till he gets caught with something big and the fight will be over!

I say 8th round or 9th round stoppage while completely out boxing AJ the entire fight till he gets caught!

Gassiev caught him good one time and he was almost certainly gonna be on ***** Street if there was a follow up punch!

AJ hits 10x as hard and has longer reach!

Agree. Just to outbox his opponents won't save him at Heavyweight. He will get caught and then stopped by the Joshua & Wilder. And this comes from a Ukrainian who supports Usyk.

[Andrij]

very tough fight for Usyk

People like to point to his 5 round UD over Joyce and though he did make Joyce look very basic in that one the thing people don't mention is how Usyks lungs were dropping out of his ass by the 5th round in that one, in a 12 round fight i think joyce actually would have stopped him in 8-9 rounds. It's one thing to look good against these big dudes for a few rounds, quite another to last the 36 minutes and get your hands raised.

Usyk actually said Joyce was one of his hardest opponents and that is what he's referring to, unlike gassiev and bredis etc he had to give everything in every round in that one.

i give him full credit for trying and don't doubt he will have a good go but joshua, fury, wilder are just too big for a guy that doesn't have the physicality to deal with them (like holyfield did)

Usyk was flat footed against Joyce. But usually he uses his legs and movement since he turned pro. But still this alone won't save him to get stopped by the elite Heavyweights.

[_Rexy_]

very tough fight for Usyk

People like to point to his 5 round UD over Joyce and though he did make Joyce look very basic in that one the thing people don't mention is how Usyks lungs were dropping out of his ass by the 5th round in that one, in a 12 round fight i think joyce actually would have stopped him in 8-9 rounds. It's one thing to look good against these big dudes for a few rounds, quite another to last the 36 minutes and get your hands raised.

Usyk actually said Joyce was one of his hardest opponents and that is what he's referring to, unlike gassiev and bredis etc he had to give everything in every round in that one.

i give him full credit for trying and don't doubt he will have a good go but joshua, fury, wilder are just too big for a guy that doesn't have the physicality to deal with them (like holyfield did)

Have you seen him fight since then? Bscause he just danced around Gassiev throwing 1000 punches over 12 rounds (with 120 in the 12th round)

So safe to say he isn’t getting gassed in 5 rounds.

[Andrij]

very tough fight for Usyk

People like to point to his 5 round UD over Joyce and though he did make Joyce look very basic in that one the thing people don't mention is how Usyks lungs were dropping out of his ass by the 5th round in that one, in a 12 round fight i think joyce actually would have stopped him in 8-9 rounds. It's one thing to look good against these big dudes for a few rounds, quite another to last the 36 minutes and get your hands raised.

Usyk actually said Joyce was one of his hardest opponents and that is what he's referring to, unlike gassiev and bredis etc he had to give everything in every round in that one.

i give him full credit for trying and don't doubt he will have a good go but joshua, fury, wilder are just too big for a guy that doesn't have the physicality to deal with them (like holyfield did)

Usyk looked even small standing near Malik Scott and Scott isn't the biggest Heavyweight https://www.instagram.com/p/BoepzMeAF69/

[MDPopescu]

... if he wants some big money, Usyk has no choice but fighting the HW giants...