Listened on radio 5, sounded like DDD was winning... Clearly wasn't
He didn't win a round
He may have shared/shaded one round but that was all.
Watched it back this morning, even in that round usyk was landing the far cleaner punches.
They won't make it, as it's not a money fight, but I'd love to see Usyk Kabayal. Stylistically would be a great fight, usyk doesn't like it to the body, and he bangs.
Dubois got it all wrong last night, tried to blast him out of there and doesn't have the boxing ability to do that. Del boy showed the blue print of what you need to do with usyk... throw your weight around and turn it into a brawl. If you let him box, there isn't a person in the world who beats him
I expected Fury to use his height/weight advantage but he never really did. If you try to box Usyk, you lose. Fury and Joshua both showed Usyk too much respect and looked more worried about getting hit than risk taking one or two to land one.
There isn't anyone on the planet at his level at the moment. Maybe a couple will come through in the next few years, but why should he stick around and wait for them. Nobody wants to see a third Fury fight, Parker would test him for a few rounds until Usyk works him out. Call it a day and go and enjoy the next chapter in your life Oleksandr, there is nothing left to prove.
Usyk has nothing to prove but he does see himself passionately as fighting for Ukraine too. He had war veterans at last night's fight and we wants a fight in his home country, whether that is feasible is debatable, but would he see his retirement as something detrimentally symbolic? I suspect that, as the warrior flag bearer, he might not want to hang his gloves up quite yet.
Just on another level. No one beats him. He is a genius and will go down as an all time great.
I would like to see him retire. He has nothing else to prove. Retire, the belts get scattered and we get a load of British heavyweights fighting each other for them belts.
This is true but if he can make more money from a rumoured fight v Parker that he should win easily then why not carry on? I can see him having a couple more fights.
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Call it a day and go and enjoy the next chapter in your life Oleksandr, there is nothing left to prove.
Completed it mate.
Time to hang up those gloves safe in the knowledge you were the best on the planet for a considerable amount of time.