9/25 DAZN: Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk (WBA/WBO/IBF Heavyweight Titles)

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chunky_mcdaniels said:
That's a great summation.

The off balance, unusual angle punch, punch off the hop (usually a lighter weight attribute) seems not to have translated as comfortably to heavyweight. This is concerning for Usyk as it's one of his better attributes (unusual movement and angles for a larger fighter.)

His other strength, to me, is his punch volume capacity at the back end of the fight aka vo2 max/volume in relation to boxing 12 rounds. He throws a tremendous amount for someone his size.

If he can weather the first 5 rounds comfortably then he can finish extremely strongly, but once again, this attribute hasn't been as noticeable at the heavyweights.
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Yeah he has to pick up the pace and maintain that pace. The huge irony is that if Usyk was bigger natural heavyweight with more punching power, he would be an easy favorite against Joshua... Joshua has problems with fighters that are light on their feet, move, and can punch. Joshua has a tendency to be robotic, predictable, and has slow reflexes. We seen how he was against Ruiz who had all those attributes

We will see if Usyk can take Joshua's punching power, as well as effecting Joshua at all because he's smaller. Cause that is the key to the fight
 
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