“It’s boxing snobbery, isn’t it?’ said Nelson. “I thought, ‘He doesn’t stand a chance, this guy.’ If he’s fit, I’d expect him to go the distance because from mixed martial arts, those guys are unbelievably fit and they’re used to getting kicked in the head. If he’s under some kind of delusion, he’ll absolutely get slaughtered. And I thought, from the second round onwards, Usyk’s back foot was flat. It wasn’t on the ball. And if you watch the fight again, you’ll see Rico’s big right hands were just whizzing past.
