Oleksandr Usyk vs Grigory Drozd

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Inspired by Drozd' recent harsh comments regarding Usyk's performance against Verkhoven.

For those who might not know - Drozd stated, that Usyk should be ashamed of his performance and he should've handed his belts to Rico after the fight. He also added, that Kabayel will likely run over Usyk, if the latter shows up to fight his WBC mandatory in similar conditions.

Let's go 10 years back. It's 2016. Drozd retires same year that Usyk wins his first title. But let's imagine that Usyk's first title shot comes against Drozd in 2015 or 2016.

In other words, it's Usyk from Glowacki-Mchunu-Hunter period vs Drozd from Masternak-Wlodarczyk-Janik period.

Could Drozd have become a complicated style match-up for Usyk? Could he have done better than other Usyk's foes from his cruiserweight run?

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Drozd can complicate things because of his fighting style, but Usyk would handle it, something like 117-111 IMO