Joshua Usyk

[HiredGun123]

Just one more thing to note. Chisora is said to be very durable and he fought 23 rounds with Dillian Whyte. Usyk had him in serious trouble off a single shot in round 7 in their bout, but Usyk seemed to step off the gas and let him recover. It is now been said that Usyk didn't want to reveal what he had because it would scare opponents off. This makes total sense. Matchroom were never that keen on the fight and if Usyk had stopped Chisora, there must be a good chance that he wouldn't have got the Joshua fight.

I don’t believe Usyk eased up. He’s a guy with nearly 400 amateur fights all over the world

There’s no way on earth he or his team would purposely let a fight run close on an away show against a home fighter and trust the judges.

He just had a tough physical fight with Chisora, that’s the top and bottom of it. Styles make fights.

Usyk could arguably have a loss on his record to Briedis, that really could’ve gone either way with no complaints, most had it a draw. So it’s not like he’s some unbeatable fighter that can play games in world level fights incase they give too much away. He’s far too clever to take that risk.

If he did ease up on Chisora, it’s likely because his team are very strict about getting reckless and losing shape chasing the knockout, that’s how you make mistakes. The Ukrainian style of teaching of often about no mistakes, keeping your shape.

If you think of Ukrainian fighters over the years, Usyk, Lomachenko, Klitschko’s, Postol etc. You never see them swinging chasing the knockout. They only take it when it truly presents itself. It’s how they’re taught.

 

[JustTheGent]

I don’t believe Usyk eased up. He’s a guy with nearly 400 amateur fights all over the world

There’s no way on earth he or his team would purposely let a fight run close on an away show against a home fighter and trust the judges.

He just had a tough physical fight with Chisora, that’s the top and bottom of it. Styles make fights.

Usyk could arguably have a loss on his record to Briedis, that really could’ve gone either way with no complaints, most had it a draw. So it’s not like he’s some unbeatable fighter that can play games in world level fights incase they give too much away. He’s far too clever to take that risk.

If he did ease up on Chisora, it’s likely because his team are very strict about getting reckless and losing shape chasing the knockout, that’s how you make mistakes. The Ukrainian style of teaching of often about no mistakes, keeping your shape.

If you think of Ukrainian fighters over the years, Usyk, Lomachenko, Klitschko’s, Postol etc. You never see them swinging chasing the knockout. They only take it when it truly presents itself. It’s how they’re taught.

Got to disagree once again. There's no way of certain knowing if Usyk was easing off against Chisora, but he definitely didn't apply the pressure he could have done. Chisora was out on his feet at the end of the 7th and Usyk had plenty of gears to go through, but for some reason he didn't. Look at Usyk in the 12th round, he can hit Chisora as he likes but just decides to toy with him. Usyk actually says in a Ukrainian interview that he didn't get out of 2nd gear against Chisora. He said there was a specific reason for this but wouldn't reveal why. Some were saying he had a shoulder problem and now people like Peter Fury are saying he took it easy on purpose. Either way, the visual evidence supports the fact that he didn't go fully through the gears. Especially now that we've seen what he did to Joshua.

To say Usyk could have a loss on his record doesn't make sense. When he beat Bredis as the away fighter, none of the judges had Bredis winning. That says it all and no credence should be given to the belief that he could have a loss on his record because some random people thought it was a draw.

 

[FatCat]

What do you reckon - will it be this week taht wilder gets covid? I just saw an interview with Bob arum saying it’s not a sell out due to lack of Brits due to travel restrictions ?
Until the first bell goes I can’t see it happening.