: 2018-11-10, good performance by both boxers with an exciting finish: Oleksandr Usyk vs Tony Bellew is close to get four stars!The undefeated 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist, current Wbo, Wbc, Wba and Ibf champion Oleksandr Usyk entered this fight with a perfect record of 15-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Marco Huck (Usyk vs Huck), Mairis Briedis (Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis) and Murat Gassiev (Oleksandr Usyk vs Murat Gassiev).
His opponent, the former Wbc Cw champ Tony Bellew, has a boxing record of 30-2-1 (20 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Adonis Stevenson in 2013 (Stevenson vs Bellew), since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating David Haye twice in his last two (David Haye vs Tony Bellew I and Tony Bellew vs David Haye II). Usyk vs Bellew is valid for the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO World cruiserweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-11-10
Where: Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO World cruiserweight titles
Usyk’s previous fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs Murat Gassiev
Bellew’s previous fight: Tony Bellew vs David Haye 2
Usyk’s next fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs Chazz Witherspoon
Usyk vs Bellew full fight video:
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https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6x01ra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48bwNEDuCNA
Official video
Hopefully Usyk KOs Chisora & Whyte next. These guys predicted Bellew to KO Usyk.
K.O. of the year.
That was an excellent fight…Bellew made it very interesting and made Usyk have to change his approach and tatics. Oleksandr went on to show his ability to adjust to adjust to an opponent with some proper ringcraft and also his punch power. Huge respect to both combatants.
C’mon Bellew was NEVER in this fight so I don’t know what the British announcers were even talking about. Usyk is no Haye and I’m glad to see that a pro like Usyk went into England and humbled him easily. Usyk may struggle w some heavyweights when he moves up but he owns cruisers.
You must be biased. Bellew was well in the fight for first 6 rounds.
Usyk showed his power finally, tired of morons saying he cant punch when his first 10 or so fights were all vicious kos. And he also showed his composure when under pressurr and the ability to plan for a long fight from the first round
Nice close fight but as usual a cat and mouse game but with a mouse good too. The first two rounds were in favor of Tony but those are the evaluation rounds that Usyk needs to have a clear picture of his adversaries capabilities. From there on a relentless offensive combined with a very good jab work lead to the excellent knock out that was already expected. No matter what, Usyk always find his way to victory.
Tony was well in this fight for 6 rounds.
Usyk, showed not only great skill but also ( as the announcer stated) how to solve the puzzle. He was constrained and patient, he took all of the oppositions factors into account, weight, fitness and more importantly he waited until Bellow dropped his right hand. Usyk has shown that he is an intellegent, adaptable fighter and definitely owns the crusierweight class. If he moves up to heavy weight then his lack of body weight could become an issue, ( unless he has been holding his weight down over his entire career) Bellow went out on a very sportsman note. Congratulations to both men, this is what boxing is meant to be about.
Usyk walks at 225 so he probably weigh 220 on fight night at Heavyweight.