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

[SteveM]

He is slow but you haven't checked his record if you think he's really going as slow as you say. He stopped Stiverne already and it took Wilder until his 40'th fight to go the distance with him.

apples and oranges - the Stiverne that fought Wilder 1st time round was still competitive but that fight ****** the fight out of Stiverne and aged him overnight. You conveniently forgetting their 2nd fight. Stiverne that fought Joyce was a different fighter and just turning up for payday and to pad Joyce's resume.

[SteveM]

Nonsense. There's a reason that Takam didn't come back for the fight when Usyk had recovered.

Takam changed manager promoter

[Laligalaliga]

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

Of course we all know. even the haters too know.

[thack]

He did what he did against a poor opponent who's only weapons were a weak jab and a poor slow right hand. Usyk's movement looked good and his punch variety is there but will present enough problems up there with the real guy's in the division ? only time will tell. My only concern for Usyk's success is being with The Hearns only means that once he's manoeuvred in to a title shot it's then going to be a string of in house 'mega' fights and weak defences thereafter! Having said that good luck to him he's certainly and talent and a character that will hopefully bring a excitement that has been limping along ever since Joshua and The Hearns bottled a fight with Wilder.

[rckdees]

Another clown who’s going to try and back door his way to a title

[QueensburyRules]

... do you realize that he lost vs fucking Shawn Porter?...

- -U Popsicles already in meltdown over Usyk.

[Roberto Vasquez]

Haye did well at Heavyweight because he could move and had a big punch.

Mike Tyson too, didn't weigh that much but he was fast and hit hard.

I think if you are a smaller guy moving up you need to be fast and have a big punch.

Uysk will struggle when he gets up against the better guys who really can punch.

[Roberto Vasquez]

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.

I love Joyce because he makes me laugh and I like his crazy slow style. But he is limited. He'll get knocked out against a big puncher. Pretty sure he got knocked out a few times in the amateurs.

Having said that if you watch the Joyce Vs Uysk fight. Then you'll see Joyce really hit him a lot considering how good Uysk is meant to be. So not sure that fight proves much either way.

[skinnystev]

with his light punching slapping style usyk is going nowhere as a heavyweight

[Someone88]

Yes! Good win for Usyk!