Comments Thread For: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew: Afterthoughts

[Noelanthony]

My general point is: Usyk was supposed to be the round gatherer with his superior boxing skills and Tony's best chance would be to land big with his counter right. What I saw was Tony outsmarting Usyk with the cat and mouse game and Usyk was very unsure as to how to approach Tony until he visibly started gassing in round 6 or whatever it was. Two judges as well as most onlookers had Bellew ahead by 2 or 3 rounds. That means by definition, Usyk was struggling to win enough rounds. I sense Golovkin/Kovalev fever with Usyk. Any critique results in outrage. These men are flawless gods of the ring.

I don’t question anything of what you are saying. I thought Bellew fought the best fight he could muster it was just not good enough.

For me fighters that have unbelievable stamina and shot variation always impress me because my Stamina was always s#hit. Usyk was definitely hit more than I expected but I will put that down to Tony ,rather than he isn’t that good to begin with. Tougher tests wait for him. Let’s see how he handles them

[Gurgutt]

So why was Bellew up by 3 rounds and by 1 on another card if Usyk wasn't struggling to win rounds? Was he just giving rounds away for free? Was he deliberately walking into Bellews counter right hand? Compubox says Usyk was only landing 1 in 4 and you can take that figure down a bit knowing that they often count misses or skiffs.
So tell me, who was ahead on the cards by 3, 1 and one card even? And how did he manage to win rounds? Obviously not by outboxing Usyk. So how?

Sorry, mate, I can't dig why Bellew was up by 3 rounds.
Maybe, same reason as with Loma against Salido.
Anyway, I'm talking about the fight, not the fight cards.
Compubox stats have it 7-1 in landed punches for Usyk.
After watching the fight 3 times, I give Bellew 1 round.
And I have a vague idea what the rest of your message is about.