Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk weighed in at a trim 226 lbs, whereas former WBC champ Tyson Fury got here in at 281 lb at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her DAZN PPV rematch this Saturday, December twenty first, in Riyadh.
Within the co-feature, former WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk weighed 153.1 lbs, and his substitute opponent, Ishmael Davis, weighed 153.6 lbs.
Fury Bulks Up For Rematch
Fury’s 281 lbs wasn’t that a lot of a shock, on condition that he’d promised to return in heavier round that weight for the rematch with the three-belt champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs).
The Gypsy King desires to make use of his measurement to duplicate the success he had when he bulked up for his rematch with Deontay Wilder and overpower him with measurement and roughhouse ways together with his seventh discovered on February 22, 2020. Fury weighed 273 lbs for that battle.
Wilder made it straightforward for Fury to make use of his measurement by being a stationary goal, permitting him to seize & lean his weight on his pencil-thin pipestem legs. Usyk has the next ring IQ, and Fury received’t be capable to use the identical ways.
It’s questionable whether or not Fury can have the identical type of success being heavier for the rematch with Usyk, as a result of he’ll want velocity to of foot to catch as much as him. Of their earlier battle on Could 18th, Fury weighed 262 lbs, and appeared sluggish and gradual on his ft. Now, he’s heavier by 21 lbs, and that is perhaps a mistake on his half.
