“Before I sparred Usyk, I knew he’s good. But when you step in the ring and see him fighting with you, you understand how good he is,” Jurk said. “He’s not about hitting hard or, when you think about Joshua, you say, or he’s a big puncher with the right hand. You wouldn’t say that about Usyk. But Usyk is very technical and tactical. He’s like a cowboy, he’s looking at you, see the targets and it just goes with six-, seven-punch combinations, and they’re very precise. He’s very accurate. I’ll say his experience is quite big, like he has a big amateur background. He has like nearly 400 amateur fights. Then he fought in the pros, almost all the best guys of the world in every weight class [cruiserweight and heavyweight]. When you spar Usyk, I would say he’s like a master. You are a student, and he is a master. Sometimes you’re good, but he’s better. You have a good idea how to go the rounds with him, but he’s better the next day or he analyzes you and says, ‘OK, next day I’ll give you this work.’ You give him good work, he gives you better work. This is Usyk.”
