Jai Opetaia says he would have favored to have seen Tyson Fury do extra in his loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first in Riyadh. He’d hoped that the previous WBC champion Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) would have proven a “totally different model” of himself within the second battle with Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs), however he couldn’t do it.
Fury, 36, was totally different than the primary battle. He was far, far worse and seemed like he didn’t even attempt laborious to win the battle. It could possibly be that Fury, together with his adopted Fagin look from the Oliver Twist film, was afraid to get knocked out. So, he performed it secure and didn’t present Fagin’s ruthless and crafty traits to control his technique to victory.
The scores have been 116-112 x 3 for Usyk. Like within the first battle, Fury refuses to simply accept his defeat and complains that he deserves the win. He made a large number of himself on the post-fight press convention, saying, “I imagine till the day I die that he had gained the battle.” It’s too unhealthy his promoters didn’t muzzle him to shut his yap. He seemed like a basic instance of a poor sport in utter denial. I had it scored 118-110 for Usyk. It wasn’t even shut.
Opetaia’s Evaluation
“I needed a distinct model of Fury. I needed him to do extra, however I suppose it was the identical kind of stuff. Usyk is simply an animal. He’s a beast,” mentioned Jai Opetaia to The Stomping Floor, reacting to Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over Tyson Fury of their rematch on December twenty first.
“He’s a f**** little rabbit. He simply doesn’t cease. It’s laborious to beat an amazing fighter like that. You’ve acquired to take your hat off to Usyk as a result of you may’t faux that stuff. That’s laborious work to have the ability to field like that for 12 rounds. That’s laborious work. So, you’ve acquired to have the ability to respect that.
“If it occurs, it occurs. I’m at all times open for it,” mentioned Opetaia when requested if he’d be interested by preventing Usyk if he returns to the cruiserweight division. I might by no means knock down a battle like that. It’s a battle that I might take with each fingers 100%.
There wasn’t something Fury might do win the rematch. What he wanted a working time machine to carry again the younger 2015 model of himself for the Usyk battle. This previous model couldn’t do it.
“Proper now, I’m centered on the eighth. I’ve acquired a job to do. Let’s get it finished,” mentioned Opetaia about his title protection towards #10 IBF-ranked contender David Nyika.
