Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, good pace and some nice exchanges: Oleksandr Usyk vs Andrey Knyazev gets three stars.The 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Oleksandr Usyk entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 6-0-0 (6 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.11 cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, Andrey Knyazev, has an official record of 11-1-0 (6 knockouts). Usyk fought four times last year beating Danie Venter in his last bout (=Usyk vs Venter) while Knyazev won two fights in 2014. Usyk vs Knyazev is valid for the WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-04-18
Where: Sport Palace, Kiev, Ukraine
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
Usyk’s previous fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs Danie Venter
Usyk’s next fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs Johnny Muller
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Didnt see any good exchanges.
Very 1 sided. Dozed off.
I agree. Don’t know how it received three stars when only one bloke was landing meaningful punches.
I received a big surprised watching this fight. I was expecting to watch a “puncher beast” destroying the opponent (he did anyway) but found a very complete and excellent boxer in Usyk. I realized with this fight that he isn’t a big puncher but most likely won all his previous fights by knock out because the big accumulation of punches he is able to connect. He moves as a master in the ring and his jabs and punch combinations are beautiful. He was able in this fight to keep the perfect distance and move in a way that was extremely difficult for the Russian to follow. Usyk’s physical conditions are also excellent and he finished the match like he was fighting in the first round.
Usyk is a guy with a bright future and really to be watched with pleasure.