A humble man. 335-15 in the amateur, 2008 Gold medalist in Plovdiv, 2008 Gold medalist in Liverpool, 2011 Gold medalist in Baku, 2012 London Olympics gold medalist. 🥊🥊🥊 Undisputed Cruiserweight champion, and now the Undisputed Heavyweight champion 🥊🥊🥊 Oleksandr Usyk is a great ambassador to the sport of boxing. Usyk is 6" smaller, 7" shorter reach, 30 lbs lighter than Fury. 🥊🥊🥊 Usyk deserve to be the number 1 Pound-For-Pound best fighter together with Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford. All these THREE are two division Undisputed champions.🥊🥊🥊
He is not.Vlad wasn't lineal, Fury wasn't lineal. If anyone beats Usyk they'd become lineal..... But that takes nothing away from. Usyk. A great champion. Hopefully this will get the time wasters out of the HW division
Wanted Fury to win but I agree. Can't deny Usyk's greatness. Big up the man. I do think Tyson Fury is great too though... he just doesn't seem to have the discipline to stay in Fury/Wilder 2 shape.
@@princekaponde577 Also just because someone picked Fury to win doesn't mean they didn't give Usyk a chance. It's fighting. I don't care if it's boxing, mma or sumo wrestling anyone can win. Any fighter at that level can beat anyone else on any given day. Just look how many people "knew" Deontay Wilder would beat Tyson Fury. Didn't happen.
I agree. Usyk is not only technically brilliant, he's got huge spirit and a hell of a chin with a tolerance for pain. And he's a gentleman. I'm glad he won, he deserves it.
Rubbish, he just sits on the fence, he WONT pick a winner, you, me, or the average guy in the street could say what he has said, but he WONT pick 1 guy or the other, & that's y i DONT rate him as a pundit, he is just scared, afraid, |& frightened, to pick the wrong guy, & get it wrong, his opinion means NOTHING.
Usyk is so fun to watch because he reminds me of the heavyweights from the 70s. He is on his way to become the goat of this era. Interesting that he has the same 6.3 height and 78 reach as Ali along with both having birthdays on 17 January and both being Olympic gold medalists.
Read Mike Silver’s “The Art of Boxing.” He argues that the heavyweights of yesteryear are better than the fighters today. You only need 200 pounds and the rest is reaction time and physics.
@@deadarmd Doesn't Usyk remind you of Gene Tunney, Ali at times and Joe Louis as well? He has some qualities like all of them but moves a lot like Tunney.
My thoughts exactly. Usyk is in my opinion one of the most well rounded fighters I've seen, but what makes him unbeatable it's his core strength. You can tell this man cut no corners, he's just solid in every single area. And just the way he carries himself, he's a great man. Reminds me of the old school greats. Well done Usyk! Definitely one of the GOATs of the sport.
As an old guy, let me say this: Hold on to this moment. It's one you'll trot out many times over your next fifty years. Frazier-Ali 1 was that way for me. Like the Ali-Frazier fight, this one is a small but spectacular moment in a world-wide turbulent setting, with multiple wars, economic hardship, passionate political and cultural division... And aside from the boxing ins-&-outs and nuts-&-bolts that we love as fans, it's a great, great story, with great characters, and that--hopefully--will reach a wider audience in time.
It was a great fight, but an even better lesson 👏 in life, as a huge Ali fan, seeing 👀 how he handled himself in defeat, taught me so much about what it is to be a great champion 🏆, but better yet, a great man!!!
One thing not mentioned enough is Usyk's chin. When he needed to change the fight, he did so knowing he could take a punch (albeit there is always some risk, obviously), whereas Fury got heavily lamped once and was all over the place.
Definitely. Usyk took a lot of punches that have stopped other fighters. He's a very hard man. Fury caught him very well to the head and the body, and you just couldn't stop Usyk. Very hard guy.
Jesus, son of Mary, is only a human being and a great prophet. He ate food and drank water. Worship One God who has created everything and has power over all things.
@alcottdevalte7440 nope... God the son, God the father and God the holy spirit is one God. There are 3 in heaven these 3 are 1.... God manifested in flesh justified in spirit
@@Boulder-t7p god doesn't exist, there is zero historical evidence for jesus, so he is fictional also, as for the holy ghost , zero evidence. So stop pretending
Thank you brother. I am compelled to write this to you. I love Mr. Atlas, as a lifelong boxing fan, when he speaks I listen. Bravo to you mate. Even though I don't know you personally I must congratulate you on how well you performed that interview!!!!!! Of course the main point of the interview is with the interviewee but you handled that and did that impeccably. Not always the case with all the various, numerous certain peeps! You let the man speak which is wjat we want. Congrats. Also thanks for educating me after the last time I left a comment after one of the interviews you did with Mr. Ingle. Love bro. Keep going!!!!!
What Usyk has done is truly remarkable. In an era when the HW division is short of high level elite boxers, Usyk comes along and takes out two of arguably the biggest names in the HW division and unify the division. He will go down as one of if not the best cruiserweight and HW.
Fair comments by Atlas, and much better than all the uneducated and emotional vitriol that appears in all these comment sections. Great seesaw fight by two great boxers.
Jeez, Before the fight Atlas talked about the qualities of both fighters, but he would NOT pick a winner, because he is scared to get it wrong, & that means that his opinion is no better than the averge joe in the street, just pick 1?, it does,nt matter if you get it wrong just pick a winner, STOP sitting on the fence, & for that reason i DONT rate him as a pundit.
Olympic Gold medalist and undisputed/undefeated world champion in 2 separate weight classes whose last six opponents outweighed him by an average of 28 pounds each. Not too many fighters past and present with these sort of credentials. We are witnessing greatness people.
@CidersAndReligiousCrusades The WBC ring side judge scored the fight for the WBC belt holder Tyson Fury. The ref did not warn Fury for his constant dirty fighting lol. It was close because the entire system was against Usyk - AND HE STILL WON!
I know Ali was a legend...i was a teenager in the later half of his career and would watch every one of his fights...but Usyk is far superior technically especially defence, inside fighting and punch technique. Also Usyk use of angles, his timing and his counter punching while coming forward would be a massive problem for Ali. I don't care if it hurts someones feelings, it is only my opinion but Ali could never beat Usyk
This is always a debate. We will never know who could beat whom in their prime. Ali beat many greats, with their varied skill sets, in their primes. That's a fact. As Teddy says, one needs to know how to figure out to win, beyond strengths and weaknesses. Ali has been the best in this regard. Fury did well but Olek was better.
@@stevenskliros9608never is a strong word. If you are talking Cassius Clay which is when Ali was in his prime not sure you can really say that. Much faster hand speed. Longer reach and lightning fast jab. Stamina forever. Unbelievable chin. Great footwork. Who really can say until they fight? It can’t happen. I am going with Clay. The gap in physical talent is huge. They both have huge character and toughness.
@@gordonschiff3621 Terrible defence, terrible punch technique...lots of his punches were slaps, hands down, neck in the air, can't fight on the inside...holds, boxes off the back foot exclusively. Usyk is many many levels above. Come forward pressure boxer/fighter...both lead and counter puncher. Clinching won't work as he showed against Fury, Usyk is an exponent of Judo and Greko Roman wrestling. Reach is a non issue as his fights against these giant heavyweights prove, even someone as mobile and agile as Fury. Not ever beating a fighter like Usyk
Fun litle detail. After round 2 Usyks corner told him to move less to bate Fury into overcommiting to heavy punches and drain him of his stamina early. What happened in round 5-6 was by planned and it worked as Fury did not recover. 😎
"That doesn't make me Notre Damus..." lol, I love it! I know he meant Nostradamus, but as a fan of puns and a wordsmithing in general, calling it 'Notre Damus' is amazing, I love it.....
Usyk won because he's the definition of tenacious and has an iron jaw, but he was helped by Fury not protecting the right side of his head. I think Fury of 5 or 6 years ago may have moved fast enough to slip those punches and keep his hands low to work the body and set up the uppercut. That said, mid-thirties Fury got rocked first by an Ngannou left to the head and now by a monster left headshot by Usyk in the 9th. If Fury wants to blame someone, rather than Putin he should blame his coaches for not correcting that before he entered the ring with Usyk.
The only people that deny Usyk's greatness are new, Jake Paul fans, Tyson fans(both Mike and Fury), old gatekeeper fans or fans of other p4p fighters who's feelings are hurt because their guy isn't in the spotlight for the moment.
He's spot on with the one voice. I don't know how SugarHill put up with John Fury. He was hardly able to say what he wanted at the times he wanted to due to JF constantly sounding off. I'm not saying the outcome would have been different. But I don't think it helped Tyson's situation
Amen on that 🙏🏼 ANY Heavy weight in history struggles in a fight with him, and I got him beating nearly all of them. Never mind what he did at Cruiser, and as an amateur 👑 🥇 Pure Class, love this guy
Yes he is one of the greatest .in a day of gigantic boxers he's beat them .usyk is the best pound for pound .greatest athlete for kid's to look up to.realest man .usyk is so much a good man proud man .I haven't been into a boxer since lennox.god bless usyk
5:25 I think that’s a bs excuse from Fury. He said before the fight he was going for the knock out. Now all of a sudden he’s saying his corner should have told him he needed the knock out? He even said afterwards he himself thought the fight was close. So now he’s the one blaming his corner?
The humble, the clean-living, the hard-grafting, the deeply committed to his relgious values, hero. That, is what Olyksandr Usyk represents, not that "other". Bravo, True Champ😊👍
Olexander Usyk is the Greatest Heavy Weight of our time in this Era after Lenox Lewis.All other heavy weights have done their best won each beltd and unified belts but none have conquered 2 division and then made it UNDISPUTED in 2 division like Usyk. He is the Greatest of our time the modern era👏👏👏
Great interview ! Ask Teddy one question and he comes up with a very good and long answer. He has so much knowledge. What he said about Usyk is exactly how I feel about him. Greetings from the Netherlands and "Happy New Year" lol
This is the first time I've disagreed with Teddy's analysis of a fight! Usyk is in another League when it comes to boxing, it's always said but there are levels & Fury had his cnut punched in last night, I watched it bk again & still I'm struggling to give Fury more than 3, maybe 4 at a push! Ref done Fury a huge favour & I just don't see the point in a rematch, I think barring a lucky punch that Usyk would finish Fury especially now that he knows he can take Fury's best & last night is as good as Fury can be physically which still isn't easy on the eye, bean pole legs & a spare tyre round his waist! 😂 Saw him walking away from the ring & noticed that he's still got the handles lol.
Teddy Atlas is becoming a believer without realizing it, trying to define something that is God made. Usyk has that character in Christ. God bless you Teddy, you will come to know that Lord.
Usyk once commented after his victory against Polish world champion Krzysztof Glowacki, saying that "Glowacki, for all the boxing skills available to him, used them to the fullest" Today, Teddy Atlas said the same thing about Usyk when commenting on his historic victory against Tyson Fury, a victory that actually cemented his legacy as a fighting man in boxing.
Teddy knows his boxing. There were some great insights from him in this interview. I do wonder if the result will be the same if the rematch happens. The mountain is now for Fury to climb.
Usyk has got the background, the character, the skill, the resume, to lay claim to be one of the best boxers of all time.
Usyk kissing his cross at the end of the eighth round brought tears to mh eyes
@@garyfletcher1910Mike Tyson beat no one. Name his 3 best wins. Yes, Usyk is one of the greatest of all time. It's not even a debate.
@@garyfletcher1910he didn’t say better. One of the greatest. Olympic gold. Undisputed cruiserweight. Undisputed heavyweight who else has done that
@@garyfletcher1910from this list tyson would be biggest problem for usyk. All other guys too static
Shavers...who never was champion and lost to journeymen. Sure, buddy. Not biased, huh?
A humble man. 335-15 in the amateur, 2008 Gold medalist in Plovdiv, 2008 Gold medalist in Liverpool, 2011 Gold medalist in Baku, 2012 London Olympics gold medalist. 🥊🥊🥊
Undisputed Cruiserweight champion, and now the Undisputed Heavyweight champion 🥊🥊🥊
Oleksandr Usyk is a great ambassador to the sport of boxing. Usyk is 6" smaller, 7" shorter reach, 30 lbs lighter than Fury. 🥊🥊🥊
Usyk deserve to be the number 1 Pound-For-Pound best fighter together with Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford. All these THREE are two division Undisputed champions.🥊🥊🥊
40lbs lighter even, remarkable!
Don't forget...undisputed LINEAL heavyweight champion.
He is not.Vlad wasn't lineal, Fury wasn't lineal.
If anyone beats Usyk they'd become lineal.....
But that takes nothing away from. Usyk. A great champion.
Hopefully this will get the time wasters out of the HW division
Undisputed should start a new lineage@@shaunvdukeif the predecessor has retired for good
Wanted Fury to win but I agree. Can't deny Usyk's greatness. Big up the man. I do think Tyson Fury is great too though... he just doesn't seem to have the discipline to stay in Fury/Wilder 2 shape.
The ability to find a way to win……. The words of a veteran 🇮🇪
Same “veteran” said Usyk will lose to Fury lol. Man I’ll listen more to those who actually gave Usyk a chance
I don't think he's Irish
@@princekaponde577 He called Usyk to win lol watch his latest video
@@princekaponde577 Also just because someone picked Fury to win doesn't mean they didn't give Usyk a chance. It's fighting. I don't care if it's boxing, mma or sumo wrestling anyone can win. Any fighter at that level can beat anyone else on any given day. Just look how many people "knew" Deontay Wilder would beat Tyson Fury. Didn't happen.
Ukraine war politics on your side helps.
Teddy gives you not only a lesson about boxing, but a lesson about life (and it's hugely appreciated!).
Shame he missed out Usyck not even beating Chisora then forgets about Usyck the most honourable cheating against Dubois great my arse
@@glenleon323You sound salty. Fury got beaten fair & Square. Don't take it personally
@@glenleon323 guess your a bitter Fury fan no need to cheat when you you have your opponents card marked from the off.
@@user-Red5hield-exp0ser Ukrain war politics came into it, though, didn't it. People who no boxing had Fury ahead.
I appreciate Teddy's giving attention to the psychological aspect of the game, but I think he doesn't spend enough time on the technical aspect.
I agree. Usyk is not only technically brilliant, he's got huge spirit and a hell of a chin with a tolerance for pain. And he's a gentleman. I'm glad he won, he deserves it.
The way Usyk angles his arm instinctively to prevent Fury from grabbing him in the clinch, is why Usyk is elite
Crazy right? He refused to be bullied, and even when Tyson would get ahold of him, he'd shuck him off
@@sirbaconbutties7071Usyk still would have beat Fury if he didn't have those fights with Wilder
@@sirbaconbutties7071no one was saying that after he smoked whyte. Usyk is nearly 38, the damaged good excuse doesn’t work here.
@@boricua9071 who's biologically older ,I can play that game as well.
@@Giggedy. Fury ,was treating Usyk like he was Tom Swartz in there ,absolutely zero respect for Usks power. He actually had more respect for Ungannou.
I like Teddy Atlas analysis. You ask him one question and he gives you the full breakdown of everything. 👏
He’s a bit of a windbag and wrong just as much as he’s right. He’s right here imo, Usyk is the man.
@@Uppercut443and here you are.
I appreciate Atlas explaining the psychological aspect, but I don't think he spends enough time on the technical aspect.
Rubbish, he just sits on the fence, he WONT pick a winner, you, me, or the average guy in the street could say what he has said, but he WONT pick 1 guy or the other, & that's y i DONT rate him as a pundit, he is just scared, afraid, |& frightened, to pick the wrong guy, & get it wrong, his opinion means NOTHING.
@@mandarkastronomonov2962 Yep, after picking Usyk, correctly
Usyk is so fun to watch because he reminds me of the heavyweights from the 70s. He is on his way to become the goat of this era. Interesting that he has the same 6.3 height and 78 reach as Ali along with both having birthdays on 17 January and both being Olympic gold medalists.
He fights nothing like them, but he has the gas tank and is hard like the old fighters
good observation!
Read Mike Silver’s “The Art of Boxing.” He argues that the heavyweights of yesteryear are better than the fighters today. You only need 200 pounds and the rest is reaction time and physics.
@@deadarmd Doesn't Usyk remind you of Gene Tunney, Ali at times and Joe Louis as well? He has some qualities like all of them but moves a lot like Tunney.
Sorry he is a goat already!!!
I love Teddy Atlas and the great champion Usyk.
My thoughts exactly. Usyk is in my opinion one of the most well rounded fighters I've seen, but what makes him unbeatable it's his core strength. You can tell this man cut no corners, he's just solid in every single area. And just the way he carries himself, he's a great man. Reminds me of the old school greats. Well done Usyk! Definitely one of the GOATs of the sport.
Props to the interviewer here. Asked the question & gave the great man time to give us amazing in depth analysis. Top job 👏
As an old guy, let me say this: Hold on to this moment. It's one you'll trot out many times over your next fifty years. Frazier-Ali 1 was that way for me. Like the Ali-Frazier fight, this one is a small but spectacular moment in a world-wide turbulent setting, with multiple wars, economic hardship, passionate political and cultural division... And aside from the boxing ins-&-outs and nuts-&-bolts that we love as fans, it's a great, great story, with great characters, and that--hopefully--will reach a wider audience in time.
Well said 👏 👌 👍🏾
1971 Ali vs Frazier made a 11 year old me a boxing fan.
It was a great fight, but an even better lesson 👏 in life, as a huge Ali fan, seeing 👀 how he handled himself in defeat, taught me so much about what it is to be a great champion 🏆, but better yet, a great man!!!
Very insightful and well said
That was deep 👏🏾👍🏾
One thing not mentioned enough is Usyk's chin. When he needed to change the fight, he did so knowing he could take a punch (albeit there is always some risk, obviously), whereas Fury got heavily lamped once and was all over the place.
Agree with this. He took a few of those uppercuts, one of which ended Whyte.
He has a great chin for a small man, seen it with Gassiev, Briedis, Joshua and now Fury.
Definitely. Usyk took a lot of punches that have stopped other fighters. He's a very hard man. Fury caught him very well to the head and the body, and you just couldn't stop Usyk.
Very hard guy.
Fury took a hard punch ill admit though. Overhand left haymaker right on his chin that he didn't see.
Can we please stop with this usyk is a small man he 6’2 230 that is not small!!!!
How the hell he turn it around after R6... absolute Great
a modern rope a dope
A humble guy, I like Teddy Atlas.
I wish him well and all the best in life.
Hats 🎩 off Sir.
Usyk kissing the cross on the beginning of the ninth roung. God is good
If only there were more Christians worthy of respect than just Usyk. Unfortunately he's the only one. The rest are lying hypocritts
Jesus, son of Mary, is only a human being and a great prophet. He ate food and drank water. Worship One God who has created everything and has power over all things.
@alcottdevalte7440 nope... God the son, God the father and God the holy spirit is one God. There are 3 in heaven these 3 are 1.... God manifested in flesh justified in spirit
God is good 👍...uysk is king...God bless uysk...
@@Boulder-t7p god doesn't exist, there is zero historical evidence for jesus, so he is fictional also, as for the holy ghost , zero evidence. So stop pretending
If Teddy Atlas says you're one of the greatest of all time, you can't get a better compliment.
Usyk had surprising power when needed.
I like listening to Teddy. He's like that witty gritty Granpa I've always wanted
Teddy the Undisputed and greatest knowledge of boxing of all time. Respect Sir💪
Absolutely. Love listening to Teddy talk about boxing...and life in general.
What a men, and what a great translation from boxing to real life,
Teddy the fence sitter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teddy is always so insightful and sincere. Reminds me of my late father in many ways.
Jeez, Atlas is a fence sitter, wont pick a winner b 4 the fight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you brother. I am compelled to write this to you. I love Mr. Atlas, as a lifelong boxing fan, when he speaks I listen. Bravo to you mate. Even though I don't know you personally I must congratulate you on how well you performed that interview!!!!!! Of course the main point of the interview is with the interviewee but you handled that and did that impeccably. Not always the case with all the various, numerous certain peeps! You let the man speak which is wjat we want. Congrats. Also thanks for educating me after the last time I left a comment after one of the interviews you did with Mr. Ingle. Love bro. Keep going!!!!!
Atlas the fence sitter, who WONT pick Usyk or Fury to win before the fight, just sits on the fence.
History was made. History was changed.
What Usyk has done is truly remarkable. In an era when the HW division is short of high level elite boxers, Usyk comes along and takes out two of arguably the biggest names in the HW division and unify the division. He will go down as one of if not the best cruiserweight and HW.
@@garyfletcher1910 A lot more hype grows up around those guys you mentioned even though they are greats.
@@garyfletcher1910Tyson 😂😂 he doesn’t even make the top ten HW. His legacy is just pure hype
@@garyfletcher1910So Usyk is no good then?
@@oldtimepowerliftingym Usyk is good but would have been destroyed by the heavyweights in the 90,s.
Fair comments by Atlas, and much better than all the uneducated and emotional vitriol that appears in all these comment sections. Great seesaw fight by two great boxers.
Jeez, Before the fight Atlas talked about the qualities of both fighters, but he would NOT pick a winner, because he is scared to get it wrong, & that means that his opinion is no better than the averge joe in the street, just pick 1?, it does,nt matter if you get it wrong just pick a winner, STOP sitting on the fence, & for that reason i DONT rate him as a pundit.
Usyk is a SUPER GREAT CHAMPION!
UNDEFEATED, UNCONQUERED, UNIFIED, UNDISPUTED, HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD! AND one of the greatest ever!
Great informed tribute. Usyk floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee like the greatest.
Teddy is soo awesome, always spot on,no hate towards any fighter,knowledge of a lifetime and when he is talking we just should listen.
Yes, he,s so spot on that he would,nt pick a winner before the fight, he just sat on the fence.
Best post fight interview. No bias like most other people have had.
Olympic Gold medalist and undisputed/undefeated world champion in 2 separate weight classes whose last six opponents outweighed him by an average of 28 pounds each. Not too many fighters past and present with these sort of credentials. We are witnessing greatness people.
This man, and Cus built the Tyson we all know from the 1980's top man, very knowledgeable
You're leaving out Kevin Rooney.
Fury's dirty tactics did not work on Usyk... The guy destroy the giant proper...
He didn't fight that dirty. At least Usyk didn't get an elbow in his face
He didn’t even lean on usky much.. fought too clean
@@hanoitripper1809 2-3 low blows, pushing his head down - it was hardly clean.
Not really! 🤷🏻♂️
@CidersAndReligiousCrusades The WBC ring side judge scored the fight for the WBC belt holder Tyson Fury. The ref did not warn Fury for his constant dirty fighting lol. It was close because the entire system was against Usyk - AND HE STILL WON!
Teddy, thanks a lot! Exactly my first thought after watching the fight is that Usyk won with his heart! 💪💪
Usky switched gears in the 9 th . New energy… he wanted it more and he got the verdict
I’d actually say he turned it up in the 8th
@@m.sb.1806this. Fury’s head went with the left to bloody the nose and then the right to really get it flowing in the previous round
Thanks for the video, PRO BOXING FANS
Love Teddy. Great trainer, great analyst, great human being
He;s a fence sitter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One voice!!!! To those of us invested ....... goosebumps of CLARITY!!!!! beautifully spoke Teddy
Teddy the fencesitter ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Usyk is on the list of the greatest of all time in all the ways that define greatness- Teddy Atlas
Usyk is being really under rated by a lot of people, tbh this dude is top 5 all time period.
Usyk, renowned for his technical prowess, stands alone among today's fighters as the most credible threat to a prime Muhammad Ali.
I know Ali was a legend...i was a teenager in the later half of his career and would watch every one of his fights...but Usyk is far superior technically especially defence, inside fighting and punch technique. Also Usyk use of angles, his timing and his counter punching while coming forward would be a massive problem for Ali. I don't care if it hurts someones feelings, it is only my opinion but Ali could never beat Usyk
@@stevenskliros9608Agreed.
This is always a debate. We will never know who could beat whom in their prime. Ali beat many greats, with their varied skill sets, in their primes. That's a fact.
As Teddy says, one needs to know how to figure out to win, beyond strengths and weaknesses. Ali has been the best in this regard.
Fury did well but Olek was better.
@@stevenskliros9608never is a strong word. If you are talking Cassius Clay which is when Ali was in his prime not sure you can really say that. Much faster hand speed. Longer reach and lightning fast jab. Stamina forever. Unbelievable chin. Great footwork. Who really can say until they fight? It can’t happen. I am going with Clay. The gap in physical talent is huge. They both have huge character and toughness.
@@gordonschiff3621
Terrible defence, terrible punch technique...lots of his punches were slaps, hands down, neck in the air, can't fight on the inside...holds, boxes off the back foot exclusively. Usyk is many many levels above. Come forward pressure boxer/fighter...both lead and counter puncher. Clinching won't work as he showed against Fury, Usyk is an exponent of Judo and Greko Roman wrestling. Reach is a non issue as his fights against these giant heavyweights prove, even someone as mobile and agile as Fury. Not ever beating a fighter like Usyk
I said it all along, Usyk in a league of his own.
Fun litle detail. After round 2 Usyks corner told him to move less to bate Fury into overcommiting to heavy punches and drain him of his stamina early. What happened in round 5-6 was by planned and it worked as Fury did not recover. 😎
Staten Island's fighting favorite! Thanks Teddy.
"That doesn't make me Notre Damus..." lol, I love it! I know he meant Nostradamus, but as a fan of puns and a wordsmithing in general, calling it 'Notre Damus' is amazing, I love it.....
Well said Teddy. Couldn't agree more! 👏
Because he is a humble man!
The ability to find a way to win ... (in a lose lose situation) ... requires consistency of character
This is Teddies best interview. Electric and looks like Usyk touched him and extracted the human side of Teddy
fence sitter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A masterclass from Mr Atlas…..
Usyk showed such character in this fight a well deserved win very close fight but Tyson was definitely saved by the 🔔.
Usyk won because he's the definition of tenacious and has an iron jaw, but he was helped by Fury not protecting the right side of his head. I think Fury of 5 or 6 years ago may have moved fast enough to slip those punches and keep his hands low to work the body and set up the uppercut. That said, mid-thirties Fury got rocked first by an Ngannou left to the head and now by a monster left headshot by Usyk in the 9th. If Fury wants to blame someone, rather than Putin he should blame his coaches for not correcting that before he entered the ring with Usyk.
Great interview, Teddy always interesting to listen to
Teddy considers Usyk a good solid dude, together with a great boxer.
Where’s John Fury?
He won't be very feel today
The only people that deny Usyk's greatness are new, Jake Paul fans, Tyson fans(both Mike and Fury), old gatekeeper fans or fans of other p4p fighters who's feelings are hurt because their guy isn't in the spotlight for the moment.
'he had to go through a bad neighburhood but he's a guy that doesn't get mugged' 😂 love that
He's spot on with the one voice. I don't know how SugarHill put up with John Fury. He was hardly able to say what he wanted at the times he wanted to due to JF constantly sounding off. I'm not saying the outcome would have been different. But I don't think it helped Tyson's situation
I love Teddy Atlas 😂❤
Amen on that 🙏🏼 ANY Heavy weight in history struggles in a fight with him, and I got him beating nearly all of them. Never mind what he did at Cruiser, and as an amateur 👑 🥇 Pure Class, love this guy
That is a inner disposition , when you know who you are in God.
Usyk is a man of God . Truly
Nah, he didn't go after it. He hurt him but didn't press the issue or go for a KO. Great fight! Best Heavyweight fight in years!
Yes he is one of the greatest .in a day of gigantic boxers he's beat them .usyk is the best pound for pound .greatest athlete for kid's to look up to.realest man .usyk is so much a good man proud man .I haven't been into a boxer since lennox.god bless usyk
5:25 I think that’s a bs excuse from Fury. He said before the fight he was going for the knock out. Now all of a sudden he’s saying his corner should have told him he needed the knock out? He even said afterwards he himself thought the fight was close. So now he’s the one blaming his corner?
Let's be honest, Fury's corner was awful! 🤷🏻♂️
Ted Atlas at his best ....great insight and summed up very well what makes Usyk one of the greatest of all time
Atlas sat on the fence.
Excellent interview with someone that "knows'!
Top 10 fighter of all time...period
The humble, the clean-living, the hard-grafting, the deeply committed to his relgious values, hero. That, is what Olyksandr Usyk represents, not that "other". Bravo, True Champ😊👍
Very true! Olexander Usyk is one of the greats of all time! IC XC NIKA
Alexander has a true relationship with God the Tyson fury is dreaming about. Glory to God.
great interview
You gotta love the boxing lingo!.....if you didn't know you'd think he's talking about that wild street fight at 2am!
Character is really the most important.
Olexander Usyk is the Greatest Heavy Weight of our time in this Era after Lenox Lewis.All other heavy weights have done their best won each beltd and unified belts but none have conquered 2 division and then made it UNDISPUTED in 2 division like Usyk.
He is the Greatest of our time the modern era👏👏👏
Great interview ! Ask Teddy one question and he comes up with a very good and long answer. He has so much knowledge. What he said about Usyk is exactly how I feel about him. Greetings from the Netherlands and "Happy New Year" lol
Best to ever do it.
We got a great game thank you his exelancey turkepay ala shiek
Spot on
Teddy the man.💯👍
Teddy the fence sitter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pure class, Mr Atlas. Brilliant insights, again.
Jeez, Insight, he would,nt pick a winner, he just sat on the fence.
Teddy Atlas is a living Legend in Boxing
No he's not ! ! !.
Great man Teddy Atlas. He cares about fighters. He knows the game and the pressures on coaches etc also. Great knowledge and wisdom.
Yes, that's y he sat on the fence when he was asked to pick a winner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teddy Atlas was training Mike Tyson as a youth, which he won the USA Junior Olympic Boxing Tournament twice.
Great interview with one of the most knowledgable and sincere men in boxing circles. He's got it exactly right!
WRONG, He's a fence sitter, & would,nt pick a winner before the fight.
Hes defo the best of our time.hes just so awkward and probs a nightmare for any boxer,moves like a lightweight power of a heavyweight
Happy new year!
Teddy atlas is a cool guy 🇬🇧
This is the first time I've disagreed with Teddy's analysis of a fight! Usyk is in another League when it comes to boxing, it's always said but there are levels & Fury had his cnut punched in last night, I watched it bk again & still I'm struggling to give Fury more than 3, maybe 4 at a push! Ref done Fury a huge favour & I just don't see the point in a rematch, I think barring a lucky punch that Usyk would finish Fury especially now that he knows he can take Fury's best & last night is as good as Fury can be physically which still isn't easy on the eye, bean pole legs & a spare tyre round his waist! 😂 Saw him walking away from the ring & noticed that he's still got the handles lol.
Your right music is thaks Ted
Great analysis.
for me he's in top ten greatest of all time
Teddy Atlas is becoming a believer without realizing it, trying to define something that is God made. Usyk has that character in Christ. God bless you Teddy, you will come to know that Lord.
Roll on the rematch FURY will eat him alive now he knows what hes dealing with .... 💯
Before the fight you likened it to Foreman-Ali, timing of the fight and big guy, puncher, against a boxer. You called it.
Undisputed in 6th heavyweight fight will never happen again usyk is winner legend
Usyk once commented after his victory against Polish world champion Krzysztof Glowacki, saying that "Glowacki, for all the boxing skills available to him, used them to the fullest" Today, Teddy Atlas said the same thing about Usyk when commenting on his historic victory against Tyson Fury, a victory that actually cemented his legacy as a fighting man in boxing.
"The Eye of the Tiger." "Refuse to Lose." I know as one year I was undefeated, national champion freestyle wrestler at 175 pounds.
'going through a bad neighbourhood'. love that analogy
It takes Teddy 20 minutes to say what should take 2 minutes. 😂😂❤
Teddy knows his boxing. There were some great insights from him in this interview. I do wonder if the result will be the same if the rematch happens. The mountain is now for Fury to climb.
He,s a fence sitter, that's y i no longer rate him as a pundit, just pick 1 ?.
Wow, it took me hours to get the adrenaline pumping to stop...It was FOR THE AGES!!
Usyk is that guy