Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post Reply
EdwardRevolver1993
Welterweight
Posts: 782
Joined: 11 Apr 2016, 08:09

Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post by EdwardRevolver1993 »

Oleksandr Usyk (Gassiev fight) vs. James Toney (Jirov fight) at CW. Who wins?
margaret thatcher
Featherweight
Posts: 39230
Joined: 22 Jul 2019, 15:43

Re: Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post by margaret thatcher »

like alp says, toney accomplished more at cruiser and has a higher ranking cruiser career than usyk. and being proven is what it's all about in these bouts

toney's bouts against excellent '10 round fighters' like wes martin and saul montana separate him from usyk and gave him the type of development and cruiser legacy usyk never had.

title defenses: 0
top 10 fighters beat: 1
unifications: 0
wes martin, saul montana, mike rush, sione 'son of james fryerson' asipeli: priceless
scorpio83
Middleweight
Posts: 4593
Joined: 18 Aug 2013, 06:01

Re: Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post by scorpio83 »

Realistically, Usyk's southpaw stance would give Toney more problems than Nunn at middleweight as Usyk would outbox Toney behind his southpaw jabs and combinations to take a decision or Toney would outjab the southpaw Usyk and countering him with good combinations to take a decision as it would be a great fight.
margaret thatcher
Featherweight
Posts: 39230
Joined: 22 Jul 2019, 15:43

Re: Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post by margaret thatcher »

usyk wins a decision, james a bit too stationary
gilgamesh
Cruiserweight
Posts: 46300
Joined: 02 Sep 2010, 16:21

Re: Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post by gilgamesh »

Since Usyk's Cruiserweight career is surely over, I will go ahead and give my 2 cents on this one.

Usyk wins a UD. Comfortably.
goose 5
Super Featherweight
Posts: 6068
Joined: 12 Sep 2018, 20:20

Re: Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post by goose 5 »

X2
Seamus
Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Posts: 16997
Joined: 31 Jul 2005, 23:38

Re: Oleksandr Usyk vs. James Toney at CW

Post by Seamus »

Toney could win this if Usyk stood in front of him and traded in too many rounds. He wouldn't do that though. Instead he'd use his jab and lateral movement consistently hitting Toney with crisp 1-2's. At the bell I'd envision something like 117-113 Usyk.
Post Reply