Oleksandr Usyk Stops Chazz Witherspoon In Heavyweight Debut
Oleksandr Usyk Stops Chazz Witherspoon In Heavyweight Debut
“Yes, there is a little bit of difference,” confessed Usyk afterward though with a disclaimer. “But I used to fight as a heavyweight (in the amateurs).
“But yes, it was different.”
Usyk who was initially scheduled to fight Carlos Takam was forced to wait eleven months due to a torn bicep witnessed a slow start to the fight but action picked up in Round Three when Usyk while working behind the jab threw straight hands with regularly and up-ed his game in the next round forcing the crowd into a frenzy, while he pounded away at the veteran.
Witherspoon got Stunned in the sixth round of the fight, coupled by straight hands from Usyk and sent hanging in the ropes. Witherspoon had no choice but to keep his hands up on his face in a bid to deflect the in coming punches from Usyk.
“I did what my trainer told me to do,” insisted Usyk, an interesting comment as he’s been all but self-trained his past few fights, with renowned cutman Russ Anbar once again taking the lead on Saturday. “I just follow their orders and that was to box.
The fight ended before the start of the eight round when Tommy Brooms I. Formed the referee that their fighter couldnt continue the fight.
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