Oleksandr Usyk can be a better activity in a naked knuckle boxing bout than Tyson Fury in response to one of many high pound for pound fighters in gloveless fight at the moment. Marko Martinjak is helming the Bridgerweight division in BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing and beforehand relinquished the BKB tremendous cruiserweight title to prioritize combating within the heavier weight class.
When expressing why he’s centered on bridgerweight and never as eager about a doable heavyweight transfer up, whereas mentioning the Ukrainian gloved boxing standout as a little bit of an anomaly, Martinjak stated [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Hear, I’m a small heavyweight. Let’s be trustworthy. I’m like 220, 225 kilos. So why ought to I am going to struggle with the blokes who’re like 6, 6’5, 6’6 toes they usually have 250 lbs, 260 lbs. So that’s; okay, we’ve [Oleksandr] Usyk who did that in skilled boxing. However proper now, I don’t see myself as a heavyweight. I need to conquer bridgerweight and we are going to see what future carry us.”
Oleksandr Usyk not as fearsome in a naked knuckle context as tyson fury, per martinjak
There was a latest interview clip going round the place Martinjak was saying that he want to struggle Oleksandr Usyk in naked knuckle and touted the truth that he would get the victory over the Ukranian legend. But additionally curiously sufficient, in one other clip, the Croatian BKB champ didn’t appear so eager on combating Tyson Fury within the BKB Mighty Trigon and didn’t appear as assured beating ‘The Gypsy King’ in naked knuckle boxing.
When requested if that evaluation was rooted within the dimension discrepancy piece between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, regardless of the latter besting the previous twice underneath Queensberry Guidelines, Martinjak acknowledged [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Sure, [Oleksandr] Usyk is possibly couple of centimeters taller than me however he’s on the identical weight like me. [Tyson] Fury is 6’9 and 270, 280 kilos. So if I need to hit him within the face, I would love have to leap, so. However you possibly can’t soar in naked knuckle, not MMA, or for boxing. So positively Tyson Fury would beat me due to that dimension. But when we’re the identical dimension, I might beat him within the naked knuckle. That is my sport. I let you know earlier than, I used to be born to to do that. As a result of each fight sport I did previously, lead me to be the naked knuckle fighter that I’m at the moment.”
