Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis - 27/1/18

**Freedom** · 01-28-2018 01:59 AM

**GAME** · 01-28-2018 06:09 AM

Usyk who is most peoples pick to win the tournament has a long hard fight infornt of him. The Latvian is awkward and dangerous at the same time so I don’t see Alexander taking too many chnaces to try and get him out of there. He will more likely display the boxing skills used to conquer Marco Huck last time when he broke the challenger down round by round & looking the best hes ever looked. Breidis is a different proposition. He isn’t on the slide, he hits with power and has a good boxing brain to go with it. Likewise Breidis destroyed current heavyweight world champ Manuel Charr and outboxed Mike Perez last time but this for him is another step up and the biggest challenge of his career. He will find it difficult to sit back and time Usyk & if he goes looking for a KO it plays into Usyks hands so it’s a very tall order and one I don’t think he will succeed in. Usyk has a tough opponent infornt of him but I think he will come through this test with flying colours controlling the majority of rounds, winning convincingly on the cards. 118-110.