“Vladyslav Yelyseev shared his opinion about possible opponents of the Ukrainian champion”, — write: sport.ua
– You said that no one in the world can beat Usyk. But let’s still single out someone who has the best chance of doing it.
I will name two. There is a guy who is very poorly known in Ukraine, and for some reason he is in the shadows all the time. But he is very dangerous, just a beast – Martin Bakole. He is really dangerous and I like his very competent boxing. Not as literate as Oleksandr, but he is a very cool guy.
The second is Jay Opetaya. He is now the world champion in cruiserweight, and Eddie Hearn said that our goal now is to unify the belts in cruiserweight and then go after Usyk in heavyweight. I would love to watch this fight. For Oleksandr, there are risks with Opetaya, but they are not very big, in my opinion. I would still call Martin Bakole the most dangerous.
– Eddie Hearn said that the only one who can defeat Usyk is Opetaya. Is he really as scary as he is made out to be?
Yes, that’s true. He is very cool, very smart. He has all skills at the highest level, including psychology, which is also very important. He has a record of 27-0, so this is a very top fighter indeed. But I still don’t see that he can do anything with Oleksandr, – said Yelyseev.
