A gum-chewing, jacket-wearing Tyson Fury weighed in at 281 lbs, and the unified heavyweight champion scaled in at 226 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her DAZN PPV rematch in the primary occasion tomorrow night time on Saturday, December twenty first, in Riyadh.
Fury’s weight is 21 lbs heavier than the 262 he got here in for his earlier bout in opposition to Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) seven months earlier on Might 18th. After weighing in at this time, Fury threw just a few air punches and seemed highly effective for him.
Weights
Tyson Fury: 281
Oleksandr Usyk: 226
Fury Bulks Up For Rematch
We don’t know if the added weight will assist Fury on Saturday night time or hinder him in opposition to the lighter, quicker, and extra athletic Usyk. We noticed how the Twenties heavyweight Primo Carnera failed to make use of his huge 280+ lb measurement when preventing smaller fighters.
May this be the identical scenario for Fury on Saturday night time? Larger isn’t higher when preventing skills like Usyk, and it might imply that Fury will make a louder noise when he hits the canvas.
“There’s going to be no surprises. Usyk goes to be good. He’s good each time,” stated Eddie Hearn to DAZN Boxing following Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk weighing in at this time for his or her rematch.
“I believe loads of this relies on what Tyson Fury brings to the struggle. Final time, it was an in depth struggle. Individuals are speaking prefer it was a whitewash final time. It was a really aggressive struggle. Tyson goes to should do one thing extraordinary tomorrow night time.
“He’s able to it. We’ve seen it up to now. Can he produce it tomorrow night time? We’ll see. I might like to see him do it. It’s good for boxing. The primary struggle was among the finest heavyweight fights I’ve ever seen. I’m so completely happy we get to see the rematch. Fury is properly in it, nevertheless it’s very troublesome to choose in opposition to the greatness of Oleksandr Usyk on the similar time,” stated Hearn.
