Who Was Winning Bellew vs Usyk Before the KO?

[Chrismart]

I had Bellew 1 up going into the 8th. I could easily see the same card for Usyk.
However I thought the script was already wrote a few rounds before, Usyk had worked Bellew out and Bellew himself was tiring.

[VatoMulatto]

Usyk was down by 1 going into the 8th round but the momentum of the fight, it was clear that the fight was going Usyk's way. Bellew was exhausted while Usyk was relaxed and in control, taking over more and more.

[j.razor]

I had Bellew up by one round & he could of made that an easy win. Usyk gets hit with jabs, right hands, right to the body & left hooks. Bellew made the mistake of thinking he can stay on the ropes.

[j.razor]

Bellew won the first 3 rounds despite getting his legs stiffened briefly in the 3rd.

From that point on usyk started nicking rounds more convincingly then swept the 7th and dominted the 8th before the stoppage.

Bellew had about as much success as mchunu did early, despite what narrative the sky sports cheerleading team might try and spin

They also wouldn't shut up about l0m0....talk about promotion...….

[j.razor]

... of course... just because people only use to count FMJr's jabs...

Not true. T.B.E. hardly threw jabs in his last 10 fights.

[Earl-Hickey]

Bellew was up by a round, but by the 7th it was obvious what was coming.

[Sparked_26]

I had Bellew 1 up going into the 8th. I could easily see the same card for Usyk.
However I thought the script was already wrote a few rounds before, Usyk had worked Bellew out and Bellew himself was tiring.

Yeah agreed.

Pointless talking about scores when there has been a huge shift in the fight.

A bit like when some yanks in particular went mad that Povetkin wasn’t 4-2 on AJ or whatever.

Didn’t matter because Povetkin was entering the threshing machine and there was nothing he could do about it.

Same with Tony

[oscar9992]

They were going to rob Usyk! Shame on them.

[Rip Chudd]

I don’t agree with any of that. Bellew never looked dangerous. Never gave Usyk a hard time.

and he was hitting his hooks more in the later rounds because he adjusted and started throwing them from an awkward angle that Tony didn’t even see them coming from. That’s why the KO shots were so devestating.

That and the dact I see nobody giving Usyk credit for the constant pressure which contributed to Bellew tiring earlier than he wanted. Do dudes here box at all? They act as if movement and trying to keep someone off of you will do nothing at all to stamina

[mlac]

i think i gave bellew 2 maybe 3 rounds