I give Bellew some credit for his bravery, and definitely for being able to promote and build up very average matchups. The guy can talk, and he can annoy people ..... which sells tickets and PPV.

Definitely overachieved in his career.

However, in this fight, it went like this;

Bellew spends two rounds skirting the ropes, trying to draw the Southpaw Usyk onto a big straight right counter. Usyk has seen many fighters doing this standard tactic and just refuses to play ball.

Next two rounds are Usyk gets the jab going and starts to break Bellow down with hurtful right hooks.

Next two rounds, Usyk pressures Bellew constantly giving him no respite or time to take a sneaky break. He cuts off the ring, very smart footwork, and the sheer volume of accurate punches knocks the stuffing out of Bellew ..... who is only trying to survive at this point.

7 and 8 are as one sided as you are going to see at top level. Bellew just has the shit beaten out of him.