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

[cutsman]

Radio 5 coverage embarrassing

Why?

So up Bellews a$$.

Comment after the fight not about Usyk, but along the lines of ‘ Bellew would have beaten any other cruiser weight on the planet with that display’

[Ruthless-RKO]

Who’s Usyks promoter? Will Hearn have a slice now?

He’s co promoted now by K2 and Matchroom

[skanksta]

Someone start an "AJ vs Usyk" poll.

Usyk needs to bulk up a little, have a 'test the waters' fight and then why not ?

He won't be favourite, but AJ is wooden and might struggle with the sheer skills of Usyk.
The SIZE is the issue, but what price would Usyk be at the bookies ? AJ 1/9 5/1 OU 85/15 fight for me.

[jamamb]

he wont be an elite hw but he can do well

hws are more likely to come forward at him and at a slow pace.... and that suits him more then havng to press as he did tonght. but the best guys too big and strong

[Fearful_Freddie]

Sounds like Bellew is in love.

[DrDuke]

Who’s Usyks promoter? Will Hearn have a slice now?

Alexander Krasyuk. Eddie is a co-promoter now or something like that.

[Neil Gee]

Well done TB, anyway. He gave everything and went out on his shield.

[leejonesjnr]

Who’s Usyks promoter? Will Hearn have a slice now?

Hearn is

[Stuffs]

Just come out the arena. Surprised reading this. I gave Belles two rounds. Usyk seemed to be in complete control, and the ending inevitable.

[Ricky]

LOL AT SKY PUNDITS

Delusional, bias fools.


Didnt give usyk a round through 6!?

Usyk controlled every round. Absolute masterclass.

Every round?

Bellew won 2 and 3.

[skanksta]

Bellew was ahead by 1, 3 and tied after 6.

Sounds about right to me ?

Usyk took control after round 4.. 2 rounds were probably even.

Don't you normally send us a shot of the cards about now ?
Pretty please ?

[sparrow_1]

Think Bellow went into his shell after he relized the POWEEER was missing , reasonable performance against a good boxer like Usyk ,, but ducking the top cruisers , fighting a Flores and a way past it crippled Haye , just does'nt cut it in prep for a guy like Usyk , still he went out on his shield now i hope he just retires , enjoys life , spends his money and becomes King of Liverpool

Tony's been caught up in a boxing sideshow for a couple of years, but it paid well...

Not really had a career that's interested me - not that fighting injured versions of David Haye helps. I don't much care for fighters who are more damaging with their tongues than they are with their fists and there always seemed to me a lot of 'personal' with Tony B.
Ironically, away from a fight, when interviewed in less heated environment, he came across as a pleasant bloke, which I don't doubt that he is.
I think he did remarkably well, in a tough game, and to get that Creed work as well...that's no mean achievement, imho.

[Covfefe]

LOL AT SKY PUNDITS

Delusional, bias fools.


Didnt give usyk a round through 6!?

Usyk controlled every round. Absolute masterclass.

Every round?

Bellew won 2 and 3.

So he didn’t win 2 & 3?

[leejonesjnr]

Usyk only made a start in R7 and took him out in R8 with plenty of levels left to move through if required.
I think like anyone else, Matchroom will want Usyk to box Dillian Whyte before Joshua.

[Ricky]

Every round?

Bellew won 2 and 3.

So he didn’t win 2 & 3?

No. Usyk held the centre, pumped tge jab and bellew landed nothing clean.

Doing better than expected does not = winning the round.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Bellew was ahead by 1, 3 and tied after 6.

Sounds about right to me ?

Usyk took control after round 4.. 2 rounds were probably even.

Don't you normally send us a shot of the cards about now ?
Pretty please ?

When I can mate.

[Covfefe]

So he didn’t win 2 & 3?

No. Usyk held the centre, pumped tge jab and bellew landed nothing clean.

Doing better than expected does not = winning the round.

Wow.

[Nondescript]

Great finish by Usyk in the end. I wasn't that impressed with his overall boxing performance though. It seemed like his superior gas tank as much as anything saw him through to the end, as much as anything.

I struggle to see Usyk causing Joshua much problems on the back of that performance.

thats a big part of usys game though and a very important one. always fnshes wth much more energy then the opponent. just the same as froch

True. Valid point.

[sparrow_1]

Radio 5 coverage embarrassing

Why?

So up Bellews a$$.

Comment after the fight not about Usyk, but along the lines of ‘ Bellew would have beaten any other cruiser weight on the planet with that display’

I thought it sounded fair reportage me mate. I thought they gave Bellew his due respect, but they by no means failed to highlight what a class fighter and tough assignment Usyk is.
I maybe switched off before the line you quote, but it was well covered imo.

[Ruthless-RKO]

So he didn’t win 2 & 3?

No. Usyk held the centre, pumped tge jab and bellew landed nothing clean.

Doing better than expected does not = winning the round.

Yeh. Watch it again in mute. Sky was trash!

[Loynesy]

I just got 23% margin on Usyk on Bet 365. Went pretty large on (low 4 figures). Perhaps I’m missing something as he should be far tighter.

Well that’s paid for my hotel in NYC for the Loma fight

[jamamb]

Just come out the arena. Surprised reading this. I gave Belles two rounds. Usyk seemed to be in complete control, and the ending inevitable.

it seems like most people had usyk coming into control and winning the last 3 or so rounds at least before the stoppage. but the commentary i watched was just so awful, i get some bias, but froch crossed the line into being totally unprofessional, not giving usyk a round till the 7th

this wasnt too different from usyk vs briedis and hunter. he starts slow but then inevtiably takes over. fair play to bellew though, he boxed well but the class told in the end

[Covfefe]

So he didn’t win 2 & 3?

No. Usyk held the centre, pumped tge jab and bellew landed nothing clean.

Doing better than expected does not = winning the round.

Yeh. Watch it again in mute. Sky was trash!

So you didnt give Bellew rounds 2 & 3 in that fight we all just watched?

[jamamb]

i think bellew did win 2 and 3

personally, i had the first even, 2 and 3 bellew, and then everything else usyk

68-66 usyk

[Ruthless-RKO]

Russian judge: 67-67
UK judge: 67-66 Bellew
Mexican judge: 68-65 Bellew