Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder: Usyk is Not a Threat To Me, He's Too Small!

[BangEM]

LMAO. This guy just has slightly over 2inches taller than Usyk and they’re the same weight. So how’s he too small for you?

I’m not even a fan of Usyk and I do think he’s a tad overrated. People claim Usyk is the best thing since slice because he won a tourney that Callum Smith also won for his weight class. And Callum Smith did it more comfortably. So why isn’t Callum Smith getting the same praise? It just shows that we’re in the bandwagon era where everyone follows a trend and not what they see.

Anyway, Usyk beats Wilder comfortably and even easier than he beat Glassiev. Wilder is predictable and he telegraphs his punches. So that would be the first time he’s facing a good Olympian who knows what he’s doing. I don’t see Wilder landing anything clean against Usyk and if he manages to do - Usyk will eat it and spit it out. Only AJ and maybe Fury can beat Usyk.

[Boxing Goat]

Ruiz is heavier than Joshua

It's also quite a known thing that he's very out of shape for his frame. At one point he was even almost morbidly obese as a pro

[4truth]

He may do well against the smaller and less skilled heavies, but the big hw's that are used to taking big punches from big guys will have no respect for Usyk's power, will walk right thru them and likely knock him out.

Most know this and with unbiasedness would say it but.....

How did that work out when he fought featherfisted Fury? Not everyone has to hit a ton to be effective in this division.

Wilder likes to load up and throw with every fiber of his being. Hit Wilder with short sharp punches and it disrupts him badly.

[Boxing Goat]

Height does not equal size.

Ruiz was shorter, but bigger in weight. So in boxing terms, Ruiz was bigger than AJ.

There’s no such thing as height class in boxing. Or else Tyson, Roy, Golovkin, Margarito and Diego Corrales would have all had to fight eachother, because they’re all 5’10”-5’11”.

No, he was just fatter than AJ but nowhere near his actual size. If a random middleweight gained 60 lbs of fat he wouldn't be bigger than Usyk. This isn't rocket science.

[SUBZER0ED]

Oleksandr Usyk is shorter than Wilder, but I don't think he's smaller.

[Boxing Goat]

He is too injury prone at Heavyweight, needs to be at Cruiserweight or light heavyweight... He will lose to almost all the top 5 HWs and Derick Chiorsa would of beat Usky I bet. Usky injury prone my opinion.

lol He's been injured once in 6 years as a pro and he's injury prone. Come up with another knock on him and it will be believable

[YoungManRumble]

Someone else has a fight coming up before mine, I'd better criticize them publicly to get attention for my upcoming rematch with the original King Kong from the black and white 1930s film.

[MaksBox]

I am not a fan of Wilder Windmill Chickenlegs BUT I agree with him 100%.

Usyk would surely outbox him for 12 rounds and it would look like the Fury fight... BUT Usyk would not be getting up once he gets hit, and Usyk has a tendency to get hit.

I am looking to see how Usyk will do but I am sure while he will be able to outbox people, he will not be KO'ing the bigger, more natural heavyweights, or at the very least, not walking through them.

This is why I really liked the Usyk vs Takam fight... but I am not sure he was ready for that level of challenge yet.

Really good test to see if he can handle getting hit would be Usyk vs Price. Price does have a pretty damn heavy punch, but at the same time, Usky should be able to easily outbox him and get a stoppage.

[etech1]

It has to be Oliver McCall...has he ever been even knocked down.....

Good point. McCall was a monster in his prime. I hope he's doing well in his retirement.

[MDPopescu]

He looked pretty good against Joyce. Granted that was a few years back but he definitely was giving up size in that tournament.

that was a three rounder fight and Usyk was quite exhausted at the end...