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Not so light Middleweight - although they could both weigh in at Middleweight the day before and be Super Middleweight in the ring.
 
FantasyIreland said:
Both looked well at the weigh in.

Usyk has been playing mind games brilliantly,he's a proper character and seems a great,if slighly mad,fella.

I hope he puts Joshua to bed.
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He should do quite easily tbh but as fury would say “it’s heavyweight boxing and one punch can change a fight “ usyk was born to be fighter and trained all his life whereas Joshua is a manufactured fighter who is backed by the Eddie Hearn hype train .
 
Corky said:
Not so light Middleweight - although they could both weigh in at Middleweight the day before and be Super Middleweight in the ring.
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I don't think Benn has any reason to try n pack on any extra cometh the final hour, if Eubank Jnr attempts packing on then its basically gonna be liquids i'd have thought, how well or not his metabolism would adjust in such a short time having trained n sparred at the set weight remains to be a ponder.

Guess work n speculation by me to a degree really as i don't fully know the intricacies surrounding the rehydration clause of this particular fight.
 
I really like both fighters, but Usyk performance last time was outstanding and something rarely seen in HW boxing.

AJ with Robert Garcia is going to be interesting, the fighters I always associate with him is Madiana/Rios two lads who could get stuck in and are willing to get hit doing it. The thing I would like to see AJ do is punch to the body in high volume. The big question I have over AJ is his punch resistance, he looked gun shy and nervous last fight. Not sure the confidence in his chin is there.

On another note, if Fury is retired this should be UD. I genuinely say Fury is praying AJ wins, he will start retired before fighting Usyk.
 
Was just looking at the undercard and the fight before the main event is a heavyweight title fight eliminator.
2 boxers I've never even heard of.

I'm very much a casual boxing fan but thought I'd have heard of someone who will be a mandatory heavyweight title challenger.
 
117 M34 said:
Was just looking at the undercard and the fight before the main event is a heavyweight title fight eliminator.
2 boxers I've never even heard of.

I'm very much a casual boxing fan but thought I'd have heard of someone who will be a mandatory heavyweight title challenger.
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Hrgovic wins that one. He’s not bad but not at the level of the top guys unless they take him lightly.
 
Deepest Blue said:
Hrgovic wins that one. He’s not bad but not at the level of the top guys unless they take him lightly.
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The chinese guy was on the under card when Bivol battered Alvarez a few months ago, good first round knockout. He is ranked 15 by the IBF, and if in the top 15 if he beats the number 3 contender Hrgovic then he replaces him - the IBF used to work like that anyway more of a league ladder then panel opinion.

Both are knock out specialist big bastards, and over in 4 to much younger guy.
 
Corky said:
The chinese guy was on the under card when Bivol battered Alvarez a few months ago, good first round knockout. He is ranked 15 by the IBF, and if in the top 15 if he beats the number 3 contender Hrgovic then he replaces him - the IBF used to work like that anyway more of a league ladder then panel opinion.

Both are knock out specialist big bastards, and over in 4 to much younger guy.
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The undercard for this event is shite.
Some decent fighters on the bill but their opponents are shocking.
A few of them will probably stay on in Saudi to drive an Uber after the fight.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Absolutely buzzing for this!! Looking forward to a Usyk masterclass tomorrow night.

Usyk KO rounds 10-12.

Easy night for the lad.
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I think he stops him earlier - I think once Joshua realises after hr first few that he isn't going to get him out of there he will offer very little resistance.

In going to price up for about round 6..........
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
I think he stops him earlier - I think once Joshua realises after hr first few that he isn't going to get him out of there he will offer very little resistance.

In going to price up for about round 6..........
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You could well be right, Joshua needs to stop Usyk early in the fight the first 6 rounds in particular especially in that heat in Saudi Arabia, Joshua gases bad as it is even in the UK.
It will only be a matter of time before Usyk stops him.
 
SWPISHOME said:
You could well be right, Joshua needs to stop Usyk early in the fight the first 6 rounds in particular especially in that heat in Saudi Arabia, Joshua gases bad as it is even in the UK.
It will only be a matter of time before Usyk stops him.
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Joshua had 3 rounds to get at him in opinion and the fight is as good as over for him.........
 
Marlo said:
I really like both fighters, but Usyk performance last time was outstanding and something rarely seen in HW boxing.

AJ with Robert Garcia is going to be interesting, the fighters I always associate with him is Madiana/Rios two lads who could get stuck in and are willing to get hit doing it. The thing I would like to see AJ do is punch to the body in high volume. The big question I have over AJ is his punch resistance, he looked gun shy and nervous last fight. Not sure the confidence in his chin is there.

On another note, if Fury is retired this should be UD. I genuinely say Fury is praying AJ wins, he will start retired before fighting Usyk.
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Joshua cannot go toe ti toe with usyk as there will only be one outcome tony bellew has got heavyweight power in his punches and usyk walked straight through and even smiled as he did . Can’t see how Joshua wins tbh .
 
Weight of both the same as last fight! The difference will be the way AJ goes about it! Be the same result if AJ doesn’t go about it a lot more differently! If he does he must have Boxingitess
 
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