There are query marks about whether or not Tyson Fury can bodily win the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first. Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) is getting a second likelihood after shedding to Usyk by a 12-round break up choice earlier this 12 months on Might 18th.
Fury was stuffed with excuses after that loss, and he clearly didn’t wish to take the excessive street by displaying class by praising Usyk.
Tyson’s Excuses:
– Lack of sparring
– Complacency
– Judges’ bias: Giving Usyk the victory due to the battle
Supposedly, Fury has fastened the errors he made within the first battle and can give you a greater recreation plan to knock out Usyk. Nevertheless, this doesn’t sound real looking as a result of he’s not younger sufficient or bodily geared up to do the job.
Is Fury Bodily Able to Successful?
He’s 36 years outdated, trying extra like somebody in his mid-50s, and his physique may not let him do the issues he must do to defeat WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) of their headliner on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh.
“My query is, bodily, is it there at this age? Generally, your thoughts desires to be there, however your physique may not be there,” mentioned Paulie Malignaggi to Probox TV about whether or not the 36-year-old Tyson Fury is bodily able to defeating Oleksandr Usyk at his age.
“He hasn’t at all times lived an incredible life in between fights. In order that form of ages you quicker. Let’s see if he can get his thoughts proper and if he can carry the bodily half into the ring at this age. Within the first a part of the battle, Fury was doing an incredible job.
“Usyk’s response was solely a matter of time as a result of he was constantly placing on that psychological stress, reducing off the ring. It was sure to pressure a mistake at a sure level. Fury by no means took benefit by backing up Usyk. He let Usyk frequently again him up, lower him off, and make him really feel that pressure and stress although Fury was boxing properly,” mentioned Malignaggi.
Fury routinely lets his weight get out of hand between fights after which has to trim off the kilos in camp. Nothing has modified in that respect. Fury gained a bunch of weight since his final battle in opposition to Usyk on Might 18th, and he STILL hasn’t taken the kilos off.
With just one month to go earlier than the rematch, Fury appears like he’s 25 kilos obese. That ain’t good, nevertheless it provides an excuse if he loses once more. He can idiot himself and the general public by blaming the loss on being obese. By Fury blaming his weight for his defeat, he can protect his ego. He can try to keep away from disgrace by creating an excuse that his followers would imagine.
Fury down[laid his loss last time by chalking it up to a brief lapse of concentration. His trainer, SugarHill Steward, used the same line, saying repeatedly that Fury just “got caught,” as if the loss was just from one punch instead of an entire fight. Fury should have dumped Sugarhill once he heard him talking like that, but he didn’t, and he may be keeping him around to put the blame on him if he loses the rematch.
Usyk was landing shots to the head and body of Fury in every round. All the rounds were closed until the ninth. That’s when Usyk loaded up on a left hand and hurt Fury with a headshot. He had Fury out on his feet, but the referee stopped him from knocking him out.
“He was constantly having to feel that pressure, that mental anguish. Eventually, it translated into an error, and Usyk turned things around. Maybe Fury will be a little bit more physical in this fight,” said Malignaggi.
Usyk stayed close to Fury, using feints and targeting his breadbasket. The punches to the body is what led to Fury retreating to the ropes in the first round after initially having success. Once Fury started taking punches to the midsection, he immediately retreated to the ropes, and started clowning around to hide that he’d been bothered by the shots.
Very few of Fury’s past opponents have attacked him to the body, and that’s allowed him to have more success than he otherwise would have. Wladimir Klitschko, Deontay Wilder, Dillian Whyte, and Derek Chisora didn’t throw at Fury’s body.
They were headhunting, and he was able to lean back to avoid getting hit. His body was right there, but those fighters have always been headheaters. So, they didn’t take advantage of his body being wide open the way Usyk did.
“I think Fury could make some adjustments like he did against Wilder where he went from the first to the second fight a boxer on the backfoot to a physical guy on the front foot because he was so much bigger. Usyk is not going to go as quietly as Wilder did,” said Malignaggi.
Wilder fought poorly all three times he faced Fury. He let Fury hold and lean on him without making him pay or shoving him away. Usyk, a much smaller and weaker fighter than Wilder, didn’t allow Fury to hold, and he shoved him away when he tried to grab.
