{"id":85393,"date":"2025-08-22T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/85393\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:22:08","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-snubbed-as-iconic-white-rhino-sparring-partner-reveals-fighter-with-faster-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/85393\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk snubbed as iconic ‘White Rhino’ sparring partner reveals fighter with faster hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oleksandr Usyk remains at the top of the pound-for-pound list after his demolition of Daniel Dubois.<\/p>\n

Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> has done the double on three of Britain\u2019s top heavyweights in Anthony Joshua<\/a>, Tyson Fury<\/a>, and Daniel Dubois<\/a>, and is now a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

Though Usyk simply must be considered the greatest current heavyweight, there is one man, a former sparring partner of the Ukrainian\u2019s, who admits he has been one-upped in more than one area of his arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u2018The White Rhino\u2019 Dave Allen, who is preparing to face Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/a>, sat down to compare three heavyweights, with one coming out on top against Usyk in an interesting way.<\/p>\n

\"DavePhoto by Richard Pelham\/Getty ImagesDave Allen believes Anthony Joshua has quicker hands than Oleksandr Usyk<\/p>\n

Having sparred AJ, Fury, and Usyk, Allen<\/a> was asked to compare the three based on different characteristics.<\/p>\n

When asked who the hardest puncher was, most wouldn\u2019t expect Usyk to be the answer, even though he did knock out Allen in sparring, but Allen\u2019s answer of Fury seems unexpected as AJ is typically considered to be the bigger puncher.<\/p>\n

Allen\u2019s picks for best defensive and ring IQ were no shock, as Usyk picked up two points. <\/p>\n

When asked who had the best chin, Allen jokingly admitted, \u201cI never hit any of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

But when it came to fastest hands, \u2018The Doncaster De La Hoya\u2019 had no hesitation in stating AJ trumps Usyk in terms of hand speed.<\/p>\n

He went on to suggest AJ was the man he\u2019d rather face out of the three, a fight which could happen if Allen gets past Makhmudov, who wrestled a bear<\/a>, in his next fight.<\/p>\n

Oleksandr Usyk could be the key to Moses Itauma winning a world title<\/p>\n

Though Turki Alalshikh<\/a> thinks Moses Itauma<\/a> is ready for Usyk after his blitz of Dillian Whyte<\/a>, the majority of the boxing world does not.<\/p>\n

However, Usyk could still be the key to Itauma winning a title, as the Ukrainian has been ordered to face WBO interim champion Joseph Parker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"JosephPhoto by Richard Pelham\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Usyk recently asked for an extension on the time he is given to decide whether he will fight Parker or vacate, as he has an ongoing injury.<\/p>\n

If he does relinquish the WBO belt, opting not to face Parker, perhaps in favor of a more lucrative fight with Fury or AJ, then the WBO belt will be on the line for Parker and the number one ranked challenger \u2013 Itauma.<\/p>\n

Whilst Itauma likely cannot get past Usyk at this point in his career, he could perhaps get past Parker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk remains at the top of the pound-for-pound list after his demolition of Daniel Dubois. Oleksandr Usyk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,15919,4036,101,6901,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-85393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-dave-allen","11":"tag-oleksandr-usyk","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tyson-fury","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}