Shakur Stevenson is giving Tyson Fury the sting to defeat unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night time of their rematch in Saudi Arabia.
Shakur’s Prediction
The WBC light-weight champion Stevenson says Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) will win if he’s in “form” and stays “targeted. ” Shakur offers Fury a 55-45 likelihood of defeating WBA, WBC, and WBO champion Usyk.
The bearded Fury seems in form for him, however that will not make a distinction. He was in form final time he fought Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) on Might 18th, and nonetheless misplaced the battle by a 12-round break up resolution.
Fury’s drawback isn’t his conditioning. It’s his glass jaw from his three fights with Deontay Wilder. He can’t take a punch anymore, and Usyk will expose that weak spot on Saturday, similar to he did of their earlier battle when he had him out on his toes within the ninth spherical in Riyadh.
Usyk so nice tho bro it’s so arduous going in opposition to him over the course of a 12 spherical battle.. I’m like 55-45 Fury on this one.. All Fury gotta do is are available in form and keep targeted for your entire battle!!
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) December 16, 2024
Damaging Drive?
“I’m trying ahead to a battle that I’m going to win and be damaging and spiteful in,” mentioned Tyson Fury to Queensberry Promotions, predicting a win in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk. “I used to be touchdown at will mainly. They mentioned I couldn’t come ahead, after which me and SugarHill [Steward] come collectively, and I grew to become a damaging puncher and commenced knocking everybody out.”
The opponents Fury has knocked out since teaming up with SugarHill Steward in December 2019 had been nothing particular. Since then, Fury has knocked out two British-level heavyweights, and Deontay Wilder, a non-world-class fighter, maneuvered into successful his WBC world title by intelligent matchmaking.
Fury’s Knockouts Underneath SugarHill’s Watch
– Dereck Chisora: *Journeyman
– Dillian Whyte: Ditto
– Deontay Wilder x 2
If Fury had knocked out among the good heavyweights, like Martin Bakole or Daniel Dubois, then you may say SugarHill remodeled him right into a “damaging puncher,” however he’s overwhelmed three scrubs.
Rationalizing Defeat
“He gained this battle by one level final time, by a spherical,” mentioned Fury about Usyk. “If a type of different rounds, I’d have gotten it from a type of rounds from one to 12. If the rounds had been equivalent within the rounds that I’d gained and misplaced, then it will have been a draw,” mentioned Fury, attempting to rationalize.
“If I had gotten any of the opposite rounds and I didn’t get a 10-8, I might have gained it.”
