Oleksandr Usyk vs. Mairis Briedis - 27 January 2018

[Wales]

Fight being shown free on itv box office

[handsofstone]

Think this might be a bit of a chessmatch and a bit boring but its still an intriguing fight, both guys undefeated champs and its the 1st step to unifying the division

I fancy Usyk to come out winner on points, he as a bit more in his arsenal than Briedis who although himself is a pretty well rounded fighter has looked a bit one dimensional in his last couple of fights against Huck and Perez, the Perez fight especially was dire and I only had Briedis just nicking that one

Usyk himself can have flat spells but he usually steps it up down the stretch and always finishes well like he done against Hunter and Huck

Could be nip and tuck and i'll be happy if one guy can hurt the other at any stage but I'm expecting a tactical snoozer with Usyk pulling away on points

[Evander]

Usyk uses too much energy on things .... he has a low reward high risk mentality.