Comments Thread For: Usyk Embraces His Transition To The Heavyweight Ranks

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Oleksandr Usyk is closing in on a Heavyweight debut that he's been preparing for since his amateur days as he faces Tyrone Spong at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Saturday October 12, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
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[Tony Trick-Pony]

I'm glad to hear things are going well in the training camp. Can't wait to see what this dude will do at heavyweight.

WAR USYK!!!!!

[mabulkhair]

I hope he has as much success as Holyfield when he transitioned to the HW div. No question that Evander is the greatest cruiserweight followed by Usyk but will Usyk be remembered as great heavyweight as well, only time will tell.

[Straightener]

Usky is a class fighter no doubt

My only worry is he doesn’t seem to hold the extra weight to clever . Looks soft as hell compared to his cruiser shape

[mawoodhouse]

I'm glad to hear things are going well in the training camp. Can't wait to see what this dude will do at heavyweight.

WAR USYK!!!!!

We wont know until he fights someone decent, this first fight will not tell us much at all.

[Tecnoworld]

I hope he does well at hw, he's a great, talented boxer.

[Straightener]

I hope he has as much success as Holyfield when he transitioned to the HW div. No question that Evander is the greatest cruiserweight followed by Usyk but will Usyk be remembered as great heavyweight as well, only time will tell.

Love Holyfield but he was clearly juiced to **** when he stepped up in weight

Looking back at his heavy weight fights he was busting !! (Not hating love the guy)

[Timur78]

Usyk transistion to heavyweight

Can't wait to see how well Usyk transitions to heavyweight. Although it will take more than one fight and more than Tyrone Spong to show that he belongs in the weight class.

But his team seem to be doing it in a smart way.
Initially there was talk to fight winner of Joshua/Ruiz and a fight with Takam was almost made.

But beating the contenders first before facing champions seems to be a much smarter way of going forward.

[SN!PER]

Supposedly he had 350 amateur fights and only lost 15 of those.

[Timur78]

I never knew, and always respected Holyfield.
But after running checks and reading some commentary there is too much information to ignore.
My entire opinion of Holyfield, just changed as I read it.
I remember seeing most incredible punch resistance when watching Holyfield in big fights with Tyson, Bowie, etc.