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Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 20 May 2024, 05:30
by jamesmcdonnell
Syntax Error wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 05:06
This thread will age very well.
Usyk is a very special talent indeed.
I see him as a sort of pseudo saviour of the HW division.
In this era of Godzilla sized HWs, a more traditional sized HW has managed to emerge as arguably the premier HW of this era.
Let us hear no more talk about someone of 6' 3" and about 225lbs being 'too small'.
As Usyk has proved, skills pay the bills; couple that with will, heart and conditioning and you have the best fighter in the division, all this and he's 38 years old.
A shame he's so old, would have liked having him as champ for a while.
I've said for years that this talk about how nobody Usyks size can be heavyweight champ is rot, and I've been proven right.
It's plenty big enough, if you use it right.
Of the two, Usyk looked the bigger puncher in there, and Fury's size didn't really confer enough advantage.
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 20 May 2024, 06:27
by apollo creed
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 20 May 2024, 17:23
by ironbeard
I have had my suspicions over the years that Enlightened One was Mr. Ed’s alt personality
Probably not but . . .
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 20 May 2024, 17:39
by Jeff_lacy_ko
Hed argue usyk is huge, since he was 230 for the weigh in therefore bigger is still better
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 20 May 2024, 17:51
by ironbeard
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 17:39
Hed argue usyk is huge, since he was 230 for the weigh in therefore bigger is still better
Ok, let’s get this straight, what was Usyk’s weigh in weight?
When I watched I could have sworn it was 233.5. I even played it back and thought was what they announced. What was it officially?
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 20 May 2024, 21:14
by Jeff_lacy_ko
ironbeard wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 17:51
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 17:39
Hed argue usyk is huge, since he was 230 for the weigh in therefore bigger is still better
Ok, let’s get this straight, what was Usyk’s weigh in weight?
When I watched I could have sworn it was 233.5. I even played it back and thought was what they announced. What was it officially?
The announcer said 233.5 but i read thats wrong and he was 223.5
Only in boxing
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 20 May 2024, 22:48
by ironbeard
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 21:14
ironbeard wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 17:51
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 17:39
Hed argue usyk is huge, since he was 230 for the weigh in therefore bigger is still better
Ok, let’s get this straight, what was Usyk’s weigh in weight?
When I watched I could have sworn it was 233.5. I even played it back and thought was what they announced. What was it officially?
The announcer said 233.5 but i read thats wrong and he was 223.5
Only in boxing
Thank you for the clarification. Good to know I am not quite that deaf, yet.
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 21 May 2024, 07:27
by Syntax Error
jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 05:30
Syntax Error wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 05:06
This thread will age very well.
Usyk is a very special talent indeed.
I see him as a sort of pseudo saviour of the HW division.
In this era of Godzilla sized HWs, a more traditional sized HW has managed to emerge as arguably the premier HW of this era.
Let us hear no more talk about someone of 6' 3" and about 225lbs being 'too small'.
As Usyk has proved, skills pay the bills; couple that with will, heart and conditioning and you have the best fighter in the division, all this and he's 38 years old.
A shame he's so old, would have liked having him as champ for a while.
I've said for years that this talk about how nobody Usyks size can be heavyweight champ is rot, and I've been proven right.
It's plenty big enough, if you use it right.
Of the two, Usyk looked the bigger puncher in there, and Fury's size didn't really confer enough advantage.
Agreed, I wish he'd gone upto HW earlier than he did.
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 21 May 2024, 11:12
by apollo creed
ironbeard wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 17:23
I have had my suspicions over the years that Enlightened One was
Mr. Ed’s alt personality
Probably not but . . .
Horse?
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 21 May 2024, 12:01
by jvincent
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 05:15
terrible shame EO isn't here to remind us that boxing is own by size and that predicting the smaller heavyweight over a much bigger one is pure madness
What happened to him?
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 21 May 2024, 12:58
by ironbeard
apollo creed wrote: ↑21 May 2024, 11:12
ironbeard wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 17:23
I have had my suspicions over the years that Enlightened One was
Mr. Ed’s alt personality
Probably not but . . .
Horse?
. . . is a Horse, a Horse, of course, unless it’s Mister Ed.
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 22 May 2024, 17:15
by Syntax Error
jvincent wrote: ↑21 May 2024, 12:01
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 05:15
terrible shame EO isn't here to remind us that boxing is own by size and that predicting the smaller heavyweight over a much bigger one is pure madness
What happened to him?
He's vanished, just like the Wilt Chamberlain guy, whose name I cannot remember.
Ironically he vanished around about the time Ruiz Jr smoked Joshua, after declaring that Joshua was GOAT heavyweight because he's taller and bigger than most past champions.
I'd love to know EO's take on Fury's defeat to a man who is 'only' 6' 3" and about 220 - 230.
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 22 May 2024, 17:16
by margaret thatcher
indeed, fury defeated by a guy the same size as his wife paris
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 22 May 2024, 17:28
by Syntax Error
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 23 May 2024, 08:34
by The Gratest
This hasn't aged well.
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 23 May 2024, 08:44
by apollo creed
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 23 May 2024, 08:44
by apollo creed
The Gratest wrote: ↑23 May 2024, 08:34
This hasn't aged well.
Re: I think we gonna see a very special Usyk putting a masterclass performance
Posted: 23 May 2024, 17:37
by apollo creed
Syntax Error wrote: ↑22 May 2024, 17:15
jvincent wrote: ↑21 May 2024, 12:01
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 05:15
terrible shame EO isn't here to remind us that boxing is own by size and that predicting the smaller heavyweight over a much bigger one is pure madness
What happened to him?
He's vanished, just like the Wilt Chamberlain guy, whose name I cannot remember.
Ironically he vanished around about the time Ruiz Jr smoked Joshua, after declaring that Joshua was GOAT heavyweight because he's taller and bigger than most past champions.
I'd love to know EO's take on Fury's defeat to a man who is 'only' 6' 3" and about 220 - 230.
That would explain a lot. He knew that he'd get utterly mocked by all of us , so he quit posting. But still, AJ avenged his loss vs Andy. Maybe those two losses of AJ against Usyk, made EO rethink carefully his comeback on this forum?
