Comments Thread For: Oleksandr Usyk Arrives at Heavyweight, Stops Witherspoon in Seven

[mawoodhouse]

What a mismatch. I am not sure Usyk is any better than Adamek.

Exactly...whys everyone so high on him? He didnt look anything special against a D level opponent.

[EnglishOxide]

A lot of you guys keep saying that Usyk will do this and that at heavyweight but WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE GETS HIT?

He's been in with big heavyweights before.

By all accounts he schooled Wlad in sparring a few years ago.

When he gets hit he could be KOd just like any other fighter at heavyweight.

[Southpawology]

People really dont want Usyk to succeed at HW

[JakeTheBoxer]

People really dont want Usyk to succeed at HW

Haters only.

I think only top 4 heavyweights are a big problem for Usyk.

[mawoodhouse]

That's 2 fights in a row where he has looked less than spectacular now, that doesnt fare well for going up against the big 4-5...they will eat him for dinner. Witherspoon cracked him with a few punches in those earlier rounds.

[Satir]

Hunter drops and stops bigger guys, you all know who he lost to

[SteveM]

He roughed up Joe Joyce pretty bad so I'm not so sure that's accurate.

I've seen a lot of poor HWs in my 45 odd years following this sport but of ALL the poor and HYPED HWs then Joe Joyce is amongst the worst I've seen.

Joe Joyce has just 2 things going for him - he has a motor and he has a chin. He is a boxer just waiting to be exposed and he is seemingly running scared of Dubois. Sooner rather than later he''ll lose when he steps up. After that he'll have a quick patsie fight to get the winning feeling again and then because he is a name and because time isn't on his side expect him to be in a crossroads fight with Gorman and I'd expect him to lose that as well.

[Tecnoworld]

Always nice to see Usyk's movements, but he was a bit dull here, considering the opponent's level.

Sometimes it looked like he wanted the match to last longer.

Oh and from time to time his arms looked a bit tired.

[Laligalaliga]

He's been in with big heavyweights before.

By all accounts he schooled Wlad in sparring a few years ago.

When he gets hit he could be KOd just like any other fighter at heavyweight.

Am wondering what this PBC boys agenda are.
Uysk is a good fighter with no one punch power. We will wait to see how he reacts when hit by these super HW's.
What if he has a chin like hollyfied?

[SteveM]

I’m just gonna say it: I think he can clear this division too.

Hopefully we’ll see, if bullšhįt promoters (namely all of them) actually allow unifications to take place.

Based on what exactly??? Nothing was proven with this fight.

He doesn't need the power to stop other HWs to win all his other fights but HE MUST HAVE enough power to make them respect him and stop marching him down. You can't win all your fights walking backwards and countering, some judges will look at that positively but many won't.

If he can stop a fighter like Takam or Chisora then your statement MAY carry more weight.