Round-by-Round: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew - 10 November 2018

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The Usyk-Bellew bout will headline a Matchroom Boxing card Saturday on Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom (6 p.m. GST; £24.95 in HD) and a DAZN stream in the United States (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT).



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Running Order

Doors open 5.30pm, first fight 6.10pm

Vacant WBA Intercontinental Cruiserweight Championship
Sam Hyde vs. Richard Riakporhe

Followed by

10 Round Heavyweight Contest
Dave Allen vs. Ariel Esteban Bracamonte

Followed by

10 Round Welterweight Contest
Josh Kelly vs. Walter Fabian Castillo

Followed by

10 Round Lightweight Contest
Ricky Burns vs. Scotty Cardle

Followed by

Final Eliminator for WBA World Lightweight Title
Anthony Crolla vs. Daud Yordan

Followed by

Undisputed WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF & Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Titles
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tony Bellew

Float

6 Round Middleweight Contest
Dmytro Mytrofanov vs. Gino Kanters

Float

4 Round Heavyweight Contest
Alexandros Kartozia vs. Daniel Robles
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[Boxerbeetle]

Updates would be appreciated, I’m not bothering to buy this PPV. Sh!t card really.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Not the best PPV card.

Hearn’s spreading himself thin with all these US cards. Many of his Brit boxers are appearing on those cards. He usually has at least 2 world title fights on PPV cards.

[Gnome]

What time does the main event start?

[Ruthless-RKO]

What time does the main event start?

10pm ring walk. Fight should begin 10:20pm ish.

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Stats & Stakes

Oleksandr Usyk
Age: 31
Title: WBO cruiserweight (2016-present, 5 defenses); WBC cruiserweight (2017-present, 1 defense); IBF cruiserweight (2018-present, 1st attempted defense); WBA ‘super’ cruiserweight (2018-Present, 1stattempted defense); Lineal/TBRB/Ring cruiserweight (2018-present, 1stattempted defense)
Previous Titles: None
Height: 6’3
Weight: 198 ¼ lbs.
Stance: Southpaw
Hails from: Kiev, Ukraine
Record: 15-0, 11 KO
Record in Major Title Fights: 6-0, 2 KO
Last Five Opponents: 118-6-1 (.948)
Current/Former World Champions/Titlists Faced: Krzysztof Glowacki UD12; Marco Huck TKO10; Mairis Briedis MD12; Murat Gassiev UD12

vs.

Tony Bellew
Age: 35
Title: None
Previous Titles: WBC cruiserweight (2016-17, 1 defense)
Height: 6’3
Weight: 199 ¼ lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Record: 30-2-1, 20 KO, 1 KOBY
Press Rankings: #2 (Boxing Monthly), #3 (BoxRec)
Record in Major Title Fights: 2-2, 2 KO, 1 KOBY
Last Five Opponents: 143-11-1 (.929)
Current/Former World Champions/Titlists Faced: Nathan Cleverly L12, SD12; Adonis Stevenson TKO by 6; David Haye TKO11, TKO5

[Ruthless-RKO]

First hour is Live and Free

[Boxerbeetle]

5 Live are covering the Bellew fight btw, will definitely be tuning in.

[Gnome]

First hour is Live and Free

Cheers for the heads up, watching the cruisers, interesting enough fight so far.

[skanksta]

Hyde boxing comfortably, RR looks clumsy

[skanksta]

anyone scoring ?

I got 3 zip Hyde

[DrDuke]

The black guy doesn't use jab enough for his height and reach.

[IrishGuy]

2-2 for me

[Kilsby]

anyone scoring ?

I got 3 zip Hyde

Keep us updated skanksta.... Bought it but the kids are watching cbeebs while 7pm. I've got a ACCA which includes Hyde at 9/4

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[skanksta]

The black guy doesn't use jab enough for his height and reach.

Looks like an elite bodybuilder vs chubby boxer atm - no contest.

[Gnome]

Hyde's opponent threw a lot of leather in the fourth but was exhausted by halfway through. He can barely keep his arms up and breathing heavy. 3 rounds to Hyde, 1 even coming into the fifth.

Hyde can't miss with the jab, despite the reach difference.

[skanksta]

anyone scoring ?

I got 3 zip Hyde

Keep us updated skanksta.... Bought it but the kids are watching cbeebs while 7pm. I've got a ACCA which includes Hyde at 9/4

RR being outboxed, starting to swing for the fences - 1/3 9/4 the other way now.

[smiling assassin]

The black guy doesn't use jab enough for his height and reach.

Its criminal how bad his lead hand is. He makes Wilders jab look like Larry Holmes

[skanksta]

RR looks like he's got serious power, but Hyde can see it coming.

[skanksta]

RR looks like what he is - a powerful athlete that took up boxing recently.
He's loosened up and throwing now - defo got a puncher's chance.

[skanksta]

Dillian Whyte telling his man, "Ya gah knack 'im aht, mahn" and RR is going for it !

[skanksta]

Huge punch and Hyde's face is haemetoma mess

[skanksta]

The towel comes in !
RR wins !
RR is raw as hell, but has some serious potential..

[DrDuke]

The fight was pretty even. Probably the corner had the doc's advise on the swelling.