Tyson Fury says he will likely be extra targeted and received’t “Clown” in his rematch with unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in 22 days on December twenty first in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He seems like he’s in full denial about how overmatched he was by Usyk, and it’s going to be worse for him of their rematch.
The ‘Gypsy King’ (34-1-1, 24 KOs) and his followers imagine the explanation for his earlier 12-round cut up determination loss to Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) of their first struggle on Might 18th was resulting from a lack of focus and a little bit of clowning.
Like many getting older fighters unwilling to confront the reality about their failures, Fury, 36, misplaced as a result of he was by no means that good. Usyk uncovered how restricted Fury was by attacking him to the physique, backing him up towards the ropes, and beautiful him with an enormous left hand within the ninth. That ought to have been the tip.
Was Usyk Harm?
“I’ve a sense Fury goes to do it within the second struggle. I actually do assume Fury isn’t messing round this time, and he’s obtained the bit between his tooth,” stated Gareth A. Davies to talkSport Boxing, predicting a win for Tyson Fury over Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first.
“I feel it’s going to be mighty shut once more, and he [Fury] could be clinging on once more to win on factors. I simply assume he’s going to depart all of it in there. He’s a particular man. He’s a really, very particular man, and it was a really shut, brutal struggle the primary time round.
“The takeaway within the sit down the opposite day was Usyk admitting that he wasn’t damage in that struggle, and he was damage in that struggle. He was so stoic. He provides you nothing. He [Fury] was beating him up,” stated Gareth about his perception that Fury was beating up Usyk within the first six rounds.
Gareth is an ideal instance of a typical Fury fan who feels his earlier loss was only a case of him not coming ahead to stress Usyk. Wanting intently on the first struggle with each eyes open, you possibly can see that Usyk was touchdown onerous pictures at Fury’s breadbasket within the first two rounds.
He didn’t like these pictures and retreated to the ropes to keep away from getting hit with these pictures. That was the place the struggle was misplaced for Fury. He couldn’t deal with the physique pictures from Usysk, so he beat a hasty retreat to the ropes to make use of them to assist his wounded midsection.
The primary half of the Fury-Usyk struggle was NOT shut, and Usyk wasn’t damage. He dominated 5 of the primary six rounds and had Fury out on his toes in spherical 9.
“Plenty of the doubters and journalists have been saying that Usyk was up there with the legends of the game. The Muhammad Alis, the Fraziers, the Foremans, the Joe Louis, and positively the best of his technology,” stated promoter Frank Warren to Sky Sports activities Boxing.
“I’m happy they’ve stated that as a result of when Tyson beats him, nobody can debate the truth that he’s beat the perfect of his technology, which is able to make him the perfect of his technology,” stated Warren about Fury.
Doubters Demand Retirement
If Fury loses the rematch with Usyk on December twenty first, there are going to be many boxing followers who’re going to name for him to retire. That may mainly be the 36-year-old Gypsy King’s third consecutive in the event you depend his controversial 10-round cut up determination win towards Francis Ngannou final yr on October 28, 2023, as a loss.
Fury regarded just like the loser in that struggle however was gifted a choice. The entire bag of methods that Tyson had used to defeat Deontay Wilder twice, the leaning, wrestling, and roughhouse ways, failed him towards Ngannou. They didn’t work on Usyk both.
