His Excellency Turki Alalshikh revealed that tickets are actually on sale for the December twenty first Rematch between WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury for his or her Rematch on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As Turki says, the Usyk-Fury 2 combat will “decide the title’s destiny.” Sadly, the rematch is not going to be for the undisputed championship this time as a result of Usyk not holds the IBF belt. So, it’ll be three belts as an alternative of 4, however the combat will nonetheless have lots on the road, particularly for Fury.
The 36-year-old Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) must avenge his 12-round cut up resolution defeat towards Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) earlier this yr on Could 18th in Riyadh. Fury has Anthony Joshua ready for a conflict towards him, and that combat might be tarnished if he’s overwhelmed once more by Usyk, particularly if he’s knocked out this time.
Many followers really feel that the referee saved Fury from a knockout in spherical 9 of his combat towards Usyk. The referee shoved Usyk out of the way in which, stopping him from ending off the badly damage Fury, who was helpless then.
In regular conditions, the referee would have stepped and waved it off. On this case, the referee stopped the motion and gave Fury a standing eight depend. The time it took saved Fury from being knocked out. That little episode introduced a black cloud over the combat, making some followers felt that Fury was given preferential remedy to maintain the favored British fighter from getting knocked out.
Hopefully, we don’t see the same fight-saving standing eight depend within the rematch as a result of it could be a nasty look.
Tickets have been launched for the extremely anticipated combat that may decide the title’s destiny between champions…🔥
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury in a brand new conflict for the #Usyk2Fury heavyweight world titles 😍🥊December, 21 🗓️
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— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) November 6, 2024
“Fury began actually good within the first combat, and gained the vast majority of the handful of the rounds. I feel he began to expire of steam,” mentioned Demsey McKean to Secondsout channel concerning the Fury vs. Usyk first contest earlier this yr on Could 18th.
“I did hear Andy Lee speak about he didn’t have a lot sparring for that. So, possibly his conditioning let him down. I’m going to see if he is available in much more match and much more conditioned on this combat.”
Coach Andy Lee’s feedback about Fury not having sparring for his combat towards Usyk final time sounds extra like a workforce member attempting to give you excuses to elucidate away his loss. The explanation Fury misplaced is as a result of he lacked the talents, punch resistance, and youth to take care of the expertise of the extra athletically gifted Usyk. Once more, Fury ought to have been knocked out in spherical 9.
“If he can type of preserve that tempo up with Usyk, I feel he ought to get the job accomplished,” mentioned McKean. “However I feel Usyk goes to have a bit extra expertise and confidence. It’s going to be fascinating to see how Fury bounces again after that loss. I’m edging towards Usyk.”
It could be worse for Fury within the rematch as a result of the referee seemingly gained’t step in to provide him a standing eight depend when he’s damage by Usyk as a result of they’re not going to wish to take care of the followers’ backlash afterward.
“I wasn’t anticipating Usyk to rock Fury as a result of Usyk isn’t an enormous puncher both, however look what occurred. He landed a pleasant left hook clear, and that was all she wrote. It regarded like for a second that he was fortunate to outlive that spherical. A knockout might be warranted on either side for positive,” mentioned McKean.
