Tyson Fury’s large 281 lbs, which he weighed in at on Friday, means that he’ll attempt to use his dimension to bully Oleksandr Usyk of their DAZN PPV rematch on Saturday on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh. Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) will attempt to put on Usyk down within the clinch by leaning his weight on him and roughing him up.
Fury’s 281 lbs Body
The added 21 lbs that Fury has placed on from the trim 262 lbs that he weighed for his earlier struggle towards unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) might trigger him to fade within the later rounds if he can’t rating a knockout of the Ukrainian expertise. Carrying that additional weight round is probably going going to trigger Fury to fade.
“He at all times appears to make the rematch simpler within the first struggle,” stated DAZN commentator Ade Aladipo about Tyson Fury preventing higher in his rematches than within the first struggle towards the likes of Deontay Wilder, John McDermott, and Dereck Chisora.
Ade mentions three heavyweights who usually are not on the identical stage as Usyk. So, mentioning them as examples of how Fury improved in his rematches is irrelevant and unworthy. Usyk is world-class. There’s a large distinction between Fury’s wins in rematches towards the subpar fighters he fought and what he’s going to be coping with towards Usyk.
“That’s as a result of he’s been in with them within the first place. He’s labored them out, and he’s an ideal boxing scholar, and he is aware of their strengths and weaknesses,” stated promoter FrankW Warren about Fury.
“Having stated that, Usyk feels he is aware of Tyson’s strengths and weaknesses. Look, it was a break up choice within the first struggle. Tyson has acquired to make a couple of changes, however so has Usyk. There have been a few moments in that struggle the place Usyk was in hassle when he acquired caught with some massive pictures, and his legs went somewhat bit.”
