Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven

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  1. BOSS

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    Usyk sure got hit a lot for such a good draft dodger
     
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    this is just like ngannou fury. great showing by rico but usyk almost stopped him in 4th and for whatever reason backed off. bs stoppage and rico was probanly winning but if he fights a dubois or wardley or joshua dont be surprised if he gets knocked out early.
     
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    Hw is such a shit division
     
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    Haha, so much for all the clowns claiming Usyk was some kind of all time great hw. He's a gatekeeper at best in a good era. Verhoeven is awful, even in kickboxing (yeah I know he's dominant but just as boxing,.it's because the talent pool is beyond shit) and the whole thing is just sad
     
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    Tye Fields is at worst 50/50 vs Verhoeven and I'm not even joking
     
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    I think it’s clear as day that Inoue is P4P#1 right now.
     
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    Usyk's heavyweight resume

    Ultra competitive points win against Chisora
    2 decision wins over Fury. One of them a SD
    2 decision wins over AJ. One of them a SD
    1-1 against Dubois
    Outboxed by and should have lost against 1-0 kickboxer

    Oh ya and stopped Chazz Witherspoon

    All time great heavyweights no?
     
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    Terrible terrible stoppage. But it's a bit of karmic justice after Rico used the old lame tactic of spitting out his mouthpiece to gains some time. The rules really needs to change,cause this bullshit can really change the outcome of a fight (rico gained at least 15 extra seconds to recover, and wasnt even penalised). They should let the fighter who spit it out continue without it, and only allow him to put it back between rounds
     
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    I tought he lost pretty clearly the first Fury fight, though I can see an argument for him. And lets not forget that it was an old coked up Fury that barely beat a MMA fighter in his fight before....

    Fuck the HW division is so pathetic
     
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    Richard Ron Jeremy Torrez career is in tatters that is the story of tonight card....
     
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    Damn, that stoppage was terrible. Rico couldn't miss with his right hand.

    Don't think Usyk-Itauma will happen now.
     
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    Usyk could not see Rico's right hand all night. He really did a good job of not telegraphing it. Not surprised the ref bailed Usyk out.
     
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    Usyk slowing down but he’s been getting overrated in recent years. He was fortunate the ref stopped it.
     
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    Cards at the time of the stoppage were 96-94, 95-95 and 95-95 in Verhoeven favour.

    That's after 10 completed rounds.

    If you complete the 11th, it's 10-8.... Usyk

    That leaves it at 104-104, 105-103,105-103 going into the 12th.

    So, Verhoeven was probably not getting the decision anyways.
     
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    Oh ok. Then corrupt stoppages are fine.
     
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    No I'm just saying that Verhoeven was getting fucked anyways.
     
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