Who Was Winning Bellew vs Usyk Before the KO?

[j.razor]

LOL at easy win. It wasn't easy for him to win the rounds he did win. He was courting danger the whole way as Usyk was timing him & adapting before he turned it on.

And he was on the ropes cuz he gassed out doing what he did to keep a 1st gear Usyk at bay for 3 rounds.

LMFAO easy win. You gotta be a UK guy. Some of you UK guys need to get used to having so many world class fighters these days so you aren't so committed to the guys who are outclassed in fights. If Bellew was some random guy from some random non-UK country most of you guys saying Bellew was so good in this fight woulda just been like "eh he gave Usyk a lil trouble early, but couldn't hang/wasn't THAT good" or similar type thoughts.

He didn't go cuz he was gassing out, he did it early in the fight & thought he was T.B.E. countering off the ropes. I had Bellew up by 1 round before the K.O. Bellew could of made it easy. usyk was getting hit pretty easy with the jab, right hand, right to the body, left hook & he is flat-footed. usyk is nothing special.

[Eff Pandas]

He didn't go cuz he was gassing out, he did it early in the fight & thought he was T.B.E. countering off the ropes.

I thought he was moving sh^tter & sh^tter as the fight was going on. Dude was slowing down after those first 3 rounds when he put everything into avoiding Usyk & trying to land a bomb.

The dude was f#cking tired & not moving as well as he was hence the ropes. If not for the ropes he'd probably have ran into something sooner being more aggressive with Usyk.

Bellew could of made it easy. usyk was getting hit pretty easy with the jab, right hand, right to the body, left hook & he is flat-footed. usyk is nothing special.

Usyk was in 1st gear for half the fight doe. I don't think you are appreciating that reality. And then when Bellew was gassing out & tired he turned it on & didn't lose a round on my card from then on & then he KTFO of Bellew.

And if Usyk is "nothing special" that must mean you think Bellew is a f#cking piece of sh^t bum.

[j.razor]

coulda, woulda, shoulda....didn't.

wasn't good enough, he's not on that level. i like Tony but it was evident he was out of his depth after a few rounds.

Maybe

[Diego Rodriguez]

I had Usyk up by one. It was close early. Usyk literally gave the first two rounds to Bellew but not doing anything of note. I believe his plan was to figure him out. From round three on the fight became increasingly Usyk's.

In the end it was a one sided fight. Usyk took a few rounds to figure out Bellew. Round 3 and 5 I believe were close. By 7 I believe it was all Usyk and then the KO in 8. It would have been a real bad beating for Bellew had it gone on from there.

Good win for Usyk. Next challenge is HW division. Why anyone wouldn't want to see him fight those guys is beyond me. I don't know how he will fair but I will not discount his chances.

[j.razor]

Weird how you highlighted part of what I said and missed the whole point. Smh, dummy. You should read the whole thing

Originally Posted by Rip Chudd 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

So what your telling me is that your one of those dumb asses that never boxed cuz Bellew was the one who was landing more punches throughout the fight not just movement. Got it.

[j.razor]

There's no such thing as "winning" until the fight is over. Usyk got the KO, so all that is moot.

No matter how the fight turned out you can't ignore the fact that Bellew was winning which answers the question to this thread

[evets]

As good as Bellew performed I don't think gassing caused the downfall, Usyk was slowly figuring him out and by the round of the stoppage he was unloading angles Bellew couldn't keep up with at all.

[Real King Kong]

i thought about 4-3 either way going into the 8th. Hardly matters though, Bellew was never going to win another second of the fight by that point.

He used everything he had just to match Usyk's first gear.

This is a fair assessment. Bellew had some success, but I didn't get the feel that he was actually gonna win the fight...usyk started slow.

[j.razor]

I thought he was moving sh^tter & sh^tter as the fight was going on. Dude was slowing down after those first 3 rounds when he put everything into avoiding Usyk & trying to land a bomb.

The dude was f#cking tired & not moving as well as he was hence the ropes. If not for the ropes he'd probably have ran into something sooner being more aggressive with Usyk.


Usyk was in 1st gear for half the fight doe. I don't think you are appreciating that reality. And then when Bellew was gassing out & tired he turned it on & didn't lose a round on my card from then on & then he KTFO of Bellew.

And if Usyk is "nothing special" that must mean you think Bellew is a f#cking piece of sh^t bum.

The dude got tired cuz whenever he stayed on the ropes usyk hit him once or twice. usyk hits hard & Bellew took at least one or 2 on the ropes everytime which he could of avoided.

usyk has only one gear....LOL

What I saw is that Bellew is a better boxer than usyk & usyk hits harder than Bellew & the puncher won. They did not impress me, that is all.

[evets]

Originally Posted by Rip Chudd 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

So what your telling me is that your one of those dumb asses that never boxed cuz Bellew was the one who was landing more punches throughout the fight not just movement. Got it.

I thought Usyk also did it very well with Gassiev, who has a great tank/big bear tank and still Usyk forced him to his fight and gassed him.