Usyk dissapointing, but the revisionist history will begin

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

Bellew won a few early chess match rounds. Then Usyk walked him down relentlessly and Knocked him out cold.

[NaijaD]

Nobody thought Bellew was going to win #1

And #2 I am british but im not particularly a fan of bellew.

And sure enough the revisuonist history has begun

"It was all part of usyks plan to get lit up for 5 rounds"

“Getting lit up”........ Lool really?

Seems like you’re the revisionist here, Bellew won the early rounds but he didn’t dominate by any means.... Usyk was always landing and pecking away with jabs to head and body. He just waited to figure Bellew out and then he unloaded the heavy stuff and closed the fight out spectacularly.

It wasn’t perfect but give Usyk credit, the fact it took only 3 rounds for Bellew to go from “lighting Usyk up” to being beaten up and highlight reel KO’d showed how good Usyk is.

[Earl-Hickey]

Floyd has lost the beginning of many fights and adapted and then gets praised for his greatness. Why is the same not applied to Usyk???? Hmmmmm....

Because when floyd does it he doesnt get hit upside the head repeatedly, miss over and over again with his shots and have a look of concern on his face?

Theres starting slow and then theres whatever that was tonight

[Earl-Hickey]

Exactly the same pattern in most of Usyk fights - Briedis, Hunter, Mchunu.

Acting like Bellew is so good because he was exception from the rest of them isn't true and is a revisionist history. He wasn't different

Yeah thats the thing im not acting like bellew is good


He isnt

Thats kinda the point

[Simurgh]

I don’t know how can this be dissapointing. He did everything he could possibly do. He beat every single big name in his division and is holding every belt there is.

Now, he might be dissapointing in some fantasies, but in reality he did awesomely well.

[Prince Madison]

he knocked him out clean in 8 rounds when people said he had no power. how was that a bad performance. was pretty clear from round 5 onwards that he was gonna take bellew out

[g27region]

Yeah thats the thing im not acting like bellew is good


He isnt

Thats kinda the point

Mchunu wasn't good too, even worse than Bellew. Then what's the point of acting like it's a surprise Usyk is a slow starter. It's a common knowledge here. He lost early rounds to fighters worse than Bellew

[boliodogs]

You dreamed Bellew would knock him out but this is real life. Bellew fought very well and actually won two or three rounds but Usyk took his time and figured him out and then completely took over and knock your man out cold with a single punch. Bellew himself called him a great fighter and the best he ever fought but you want to call it a poor performance.

[ShoulderRoll]

People were expecting him to completely school Bellew. Including me.

That obviously didn't happen.

Bellew was a little more skillful than we were giving him credit for.

[Simurgh]

People were expecting him to completely school Bellew. Including me.

That obviously didn't happen.

Bellew was a little more skillful than we were giving him credit for.

Also he obviously went all in for the first 5 rounds, hoping to catch Usyk. He was winning some of those rounds, but for a huge price.