(01-12-2019, 10:40 AM)diehard Wrote: I don't know enough about Usyk to rate or not rate him. What does he have that's so special that he can beat Parker and compete against the likes of AJ and Wilder?
He reminds me of Tim Bradley in that he does everything well but nothing spectacularly.
People will scoff at that now but at one stage Bradley was extremely highly touted and some people said he had the beating of Mayweather.
Anyway i think like Bradley his lack of any spectacular assets will be his undoing.
He's the hipster pick right now but when i look at his style, he's a stalking counterpuncher who relies on accumilation. How in gods name that style is going to translate to guys who are way bigger than him who he probably won't be able to hurt and who hit a lot harder than him? I just don't see it. He did outbox a very crude Joe Joyce in the WSB a few years ago but joyce is possibly the slowest heavyweight out there and Usyk was getting tired from hitting him by the 5th round.