By: Sean Crose
I’ll be frank – this is among the hardest calls I’ve needed to make in my ten plus years of writing about boxing. The reality is that the primary Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk battle was so shut – so fully again and fourth – that it’s arduous to resolve which man is extra prone to win tomorrow’s rematch in Saudi Arabia. Whereas it’s true Usyk gained the primary battle between these two future Corridor of Famers final Could, and gained it pretty in my view, there have been moments within the combat the place Fury was merely dominating his man. The identical, after all, will be mentioned of Usyk who walked out of the ring in Saudi Arabia that night the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
So, whose going to win on Saturday when the 2 males sq. off for the second time? Like the primary Usyk-Fury combat, the placement will as soon as once more be Saudi Arabia. In contrast to the primary battle, nonetheless, the undisputed championship of the world gained’t be at stake this time round, for the undefeated Usyk is now not the IBF champion. Nonetheless, he has the WBA, WBO, and WBC belts in his possession. Even with out the IBF belt being at stake, the victor of Usyk-Fury 2 will unquestionably be king of the heavyweight division.
Once more, although, whose going to win this weekend? My guess is Fury, just because that’s what my intestine is telling me. Fury was dropped within the first combat, and regardless that he beat the depend, he had come very, VERY near dropping the bout by way of stoppage. I don’t count on Fury to let himself get tagged that a lot once more this time round. What I count on is for the towering Englishman to be extra aggressive early on this time. Fury did very effectively the primary a part of his preliminary battle with Usyk. This time he’ll attempt to do even higher. The extra he is ready to work on Usyk early, the more durable will probably be for Usyk to return round late, as he did within the first combat.
Not that I count on Usyk to be some type of pushover. Together with Deontay Wilder, Usyk is certainly Fury’s greatest opponent. And I count on him to land on Fury, as effectively – powerfully and often. As long as Fury is ready to decrease the person’s output, nonetheless, it might flip into an extended evening for the defending multi-belt champion. Let’s not neglect that Fury appeared to have rattled Usyk a few times within the first combat. If Fury maintains his power, it might be Usyk who goes down of their second battle.
My official prediction: Tyson Fury by TKO within the eleventh.
