Comments Thread For: Promoter: Usyk Can Face Ortiz, Povetkin or Lebedev

[Nomar]

Povetkin and Ortiz would be great fights. But, I really think Usyk should be fighting taller guys. To get him prepared for the champs.

[Jblo]

Lebedev Yes! Povetkin Yes! Ortiz Hell No! That's too risky and dangerous of fight to make at this infantile stage of his development at heavyweight. Usyk can run but he cannot hide. Ortiz is such a patient fighter that he will stalk him like a tortoise until he finally catches him.

EXACTLY.... Usyk needs a tune up like povetkin, guys like brazeale an charles martin. He should be talking about those guys not Ortiz cause he hasn't felt that type of punching power yet.

[Citizen Koba]

Yeah ... you need a bicycle to get away from a tortoise.

It's game over if he catches you though!!.... or maybe not.

[kafkod]

Good answer Anthony! Now don't you think that Luis Ortiz can replicate those results and do it in a more impressive fashion than Oleksandr Usyk did against the quality of opposition who've just named?

Ortiz would knock everyone of those opponents Usyk challenged in the WBSS out.

It's game over if he catches you though!!.... or maybe not.

[kafkod]

Not necessarily. If they added weight on like Usyk will who knows. Let’s not forget Ortiz went 12 rounds with Kauffman, he won on points against Malik Scott beat Dave Allen in 7 rounds that honestly jokes aside I would fancy my chances against if it was a 3 round war.

Cruiserweights are seriously underestimated by most casual boxing fans. Two of Usyk's WBSS opponents, Huck and Breidis, have fought at HW.

Briedis knocked Manuel Char out cold:



Huck went toe to toe with a prime Povetkin for 12 rounds and gave him real problems:



Compare that to the way Usyk handled Huck:

[Noelanthony]

Cruiserweights are seriously underestimated by most casual boxing fans. Two of Usyk's WBSS opponents, Huck and Breidis, have fought at HW.

Briedis knocked Manuel Char out cold:



Huck went toe to toe with a prime Povetkin for 12 rounds and gave him real problems:



Compare that to the way Usyk handled Huck:

That knockout of Charr was hilarious

[champion4ever]

EXACTLY.... Usyk needs a tune up like povetkin, guys like brazeale an charles martin. He should be talking about those guys not Ortiz cause he hasn't felt that type of punching power yet.

No doubt about it; I agree. The irony in all of these British fans clamoring for a Usyk/Ortiz fight is that they piss their pants at the mere mentioning of Joshua challenging Ortiz for the title or Whyte challenging Ortiz for the WBC title eliminator. They come up with every excuse in the book. However, they are willing to sacrifice the career of a naturally smaller man moving up in weight to challenge the bogeyman of the division. In other words, they rate Usyk higher than both Joshua and Whyte combined and he is technically still a Cruiserweight.

[champion4ever]

He clipped him!

[kafkod]

That knockout of Charr was hilarious

It's always fun seeing an ego maniac like Char getting KTFO!

Briedis is no joke though. I would pick him to beat many of the top HWs, including old King Luis.

[kafkod]

No doubt about it; I agree. The irony in all of these British fans clamoring for a Usyk/Ortiz fight is that they piss their pants at the mere mentioning of Joshua challenging Ortiz for the title or Whyte challenging Ortiz for the WBC title eliminator. They come up with every excuse in the book. However, they are willing to sacrifice the career of a naturally smaller man moving up in weight to challenge the bogeyman of the division. In other words, they rate Usyk higher than both Joshua and Whyte combined and he is technically still a Cruiserweight.

Nobody is coming up with excuses for AJ and Whyte not fighting Ortiz because none are needed.

Ortiz would have had his mandatory shot at AJ by now if he hadn't decided to go after Wilder instead.

Whyte actually asked Hearn to match him with Ortiz when Luis was signed with Matchroom, but Hearn turned him down. And he was ready and willing to fight him in a real final eliminator, with the winner getting his shot at the title, but that wasn't what the WBC wanted.