Josh Kelly: “Oleksandr Usyk is no match for unified heavyweight champion”

Oleksandr Usyk is not ready to step up and challenge Anthony Joshua at heavyweight, according to the British welterweight starlet Josh Kelly. When asked on the Ringside Toe 2 Toe podcast if Usyk is ready for Joshua, he replied: “I don’t think so at the moment. “Bellew hit him with a few shots and sort of hurt him and wobbled him a little bit and tested his chin. But I feel as though if that was the likes of Anthony Joshua hitting him on the bell I think he would have gone clean out. That’s just my opinion. “I think skill-wise he’s got it in abundance to move up to heavyweight, but I’m not sure with the size. Outside of the main world champions, I feel like he deals with a lot of the heavyweights. But when he gets to the likes of Anthony Joshua and [Deontay] Wilder, then it becomes: can he withstand the power of the sort of guys? We’ll learn and see. He’s got the skills to do it though.” After stopping Tony Bellew in the eighth round on Saturday, undisputed cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KO) is now looking to the heavyweight division and relying on Anthony Joshua (22-22, 21 by KO) to help achieve this.

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