Live on ITV!!! World Super Series - Eubank Jr/Groves/C.Smith/Usyk/Briedis/Gassiev etc

[Master]

Usyk is taking the pissout of Huck in the 5th, he is a cocky sod.

[JohnnyKickAss]

Usyk is amazing ... Huck is getting a beating

[Master]

Usyk should really stop Huck who trying hard but will end up just surviving now as the fight goes on

[JohnnyKickAss]

Yeah Usyk is starting To play with Huck...

[Master]

Round 8 Huck get point deducted for hitting Usyk when he slipped. Just shows you how desperate Huck is now. He is getting battered.

[JohnnyKickAss]

Usyk is having fun and Huck lost every rnd ...

[Master]

Usyk winning and stops Huck in the 10th with a barrage of punches and the ref stops it.

Huck shows a lot of heart.

Usyk is very good.

[JohnnyKickAss]

This tournament is great...lets hope nobody gets injured and pulls out...

[Master]

World Boxing Super Series: Oleksandr Usyk stops Marco Huck to defend title

Oleksandr Usyk defended his WBO cruiserweight title with a stoppage win over Marco Huck in the opening World Boxing Super Series bout.

The Ukraine fighter looked stronger and better conditioned throughout and a relentless flurry of punches saw Huck stopped on his feet in the 10th round.

The win in Berlin takes undefeated Usyk through to the semi-finals of the first World Boxing Super Series tournament.

The event will conclude in May and features a $50m prize fund.

That pool will be split across two tournaments, one for super-middleweights and one for cruiserweights, with each featuring eight fighters competing from a quarter-final stage.

Usyk will now face a semi-final against either Latvia's WBC world champion Mairis Briedis or Cuba's Mike Perez. That bout will see the WBC and WBO titles unified as under tournament rules, fighters holding belts will put them on the line throughout the knockout competition.

Usyk, 30, extended his career record to 13 fights without defeat against Huck, who has now lost five of his 46 contests.

The power of Usyk's punches often forced his German opponent backwards and at times Huck looked fatigued as rounds wore on. His rival though remained solid, taking the centre of the ring and showing patience throughout as he dominated.

Huck survived punishment late in the seventh as Usyk landed a straight left and a hook in the corner, while in the eighth he landed two crisp left hands before going down under a low blow which saw Huck docked a point.

In the 10th Usyk worked his rival around the ring, exerting pressure with combinations as Huck opted to simply cover up. The 32-year-old had tried to throw counter-punches in reply when troubled in previous rounds but with little to offer, referee Robert Byrd ended the contest.

The super-middleweight competition begins next week when Liverpool's Callum Smith takes on Sweden's Erik Skoglund in his home city.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/41216423

[Fenster]

Not that anyone on here cares but Dorticos-Kurd is streamed free on the world boxing series site... except for Brits

[Memphis]

Look at the face on it. Night night

[Kirkland Laing]

That's proper Exorcist eyes rolling back in the head stuff there. Dorticos can definitely punch

[Fenster]

I'd say that is more Kud's dodgy whiskers/no defence than Dort's power. That was one of the safest predictions for this contest...

Anyone catch Duke McKenzie last week waffling about what a frightening killer Kud is? Carl Frampton showed him a highlight reel on his phone (he said it on air) and he waxed lyrical about Kud as though he was the greatest thing since sliced bread, totally oblivious to his glaring weaknesses. Hilarious.

[Alpha]

Kudryashov's chin isn't great but Dorticos can punch. Can't wait for him to face Gassiev.

[Alpha]

Perez looks in great shape, pity he's coming in against Briedis.