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[QUOTE="JAXCUSE, post: 3978509, member: 516"]
Was out of pocket on Saturday, so didn’t actually watch the fight until this AM.
Who says good things can’t happen in boxing - sensational performance (Usyk), clear UD by the better man over the “house fighter” on the defending champ’s turf, no corrupt promoter/network influenced scoring.  More of this please…
You guys hit on the major stuff I saw.  Bottom Line - Usyk is a complete, tough, smart, adaptive championship boxer.  Can beat you anyway you wanna fight.  Joshua ain’t….  He has strengths (size, length, punch) but also weaknesses (chinny, mechanical, slow recuperator, stamina and footwork not great, average infighter).  Usyk exploited every one of those deficiencies at various times during the bout.
Usyk “grew” into a full heavyweight for this fight.  He didn’t look great during his previous couple of scraps after jumping from cruiser.  Kinda like Evander Holyfield, took him a year or so to adapt and “settle in” at the weight.
I thought Usyk was controlling the fight (pocket and distance) from the opening bell.  Better head mvmt, hands and feet.  Found a home for the looping LH in the 1st and 3rd (thought he shook AJ with it), “rode“ with Joshua’s pressure in the 8th and “flipped the momentum” by pressuring Joshua the rest of the way (because he sensed AJ had shot his bolt).  Then closed the show to leave no doubt - Joshua was lucky to hear the final bell.  
On to Fury/Wilder III I guess.  Usyk gets the winner contractually (hope so at least - probably get Usyk/AJ rematch first).  I agree - other than the “Big 4,” Heavyweight Division is thin right now.  I like Yoka and Joe Joyce’s potential, but Usyk (and a motivated Fury) would play with them right now.
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