Oleksandr Usyk is aware of he can harm the goliath Tyson Fury, and that’s going to make it subsequent inconceivable for the previous WBC heavyweight champion to struggle the way in which he must for him to be victorious of their rematch on December twenty first on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh.
The Hitman’s Intent
Usyk received their earlier struggle by a 12-round break up determination on Might 18th, however this time, he desires to knock him out, and his entire ‘Hitman’ persona is a message of intent.
Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) has stated in interviews that he’s not pleased with the way in which he fought in his loss to unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), combating passively along with his again towards the ropes, showboating, and making a gift of spherical.
Within the rematch, Fury desires to return ahead and assault Usyk with energy photographs like he did within the early rounds of their first struggle. ‘The Gypsy King’ stated he desires to return out “Sizzling” from spherical one, backing up the smaller man and utilizing his dimension to attain a knockout.
“I’m coming in scorching. I can’t wait. Twenty-first of December, the belts are going to be mine once more,” stated Fury on social media. “I’m going to knock him out.”
Fury’s determination to return in heavier for the rematch will make it troublesome for him to struggle laborious with out gassing after 4 or 5 rounds, as within the first struggle with Usyk. Carrying round 270+ lbs might be troublesome for Fury, and Usyk will make issues more durable for him with the quick tempo he units.
“Usyk is combating on the entrance foot on a regular basis, and that’s slowing Fury down. Fury will not be in management. He’s usually in charge of fights the place he units the tempo,” stated Ade Oladipo on his YouTube channel, speaking in regards to the rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first.
“It isn’t simply the tempo that induced Tyson Fury so many issues [against Usyk]. It was, ‘This man is setting a tempo, and it’s troublesome to maintain up with the tempo.’ That’s what Usyk did. He set a tempo, and ultimately, Fury acquired drained a bit of bit, palms down, and that was that. Usyk goes to take confidence from the final 5 – 6 rounds.”
The best way their earlier struggle ended final time, Fury seemed ruined, and he was lucky to not have been stopped. Usyk had figured him out by the eighth spherical and battered him within the final quarter of the struggle to win a 12-round break up determination.
The Gypsy King’s followers level out that he at all times wins his rematches, however the fighters he’s crushed had been three non-world-level guys:
– John McDermott
– Derek Chisora
– Deontay Wilder
The Gypsy King’s Decline
Fury’s loss wounded his self-pride, making him appear to be an growing old, foolish, overrated, and pampered fighter who was by no means nearly as good as his naive followers had thought. Whether or not you need to agree that Fury is an overrated and pampered fighter or not, there’s no mistaking the truth that he’s growing old.
Bodily, the 36-year-old appears to be like virtually as outdated as 58-year-old Mike Tyson, and he didn’t carry out a lot better than him. This simply exhibits that chronological age means nothing to folks. When an individual is letting themselves achieve weight in between fights, as Fury has carried out, it ages them once they’ve acquired to weight-reduction plan to lose the kilos quickly.
“Usyk goes to get in there, pondering he can harm Fury as a result of he does harm fighters he will get within the ring with, however now we all know 100% that he can harm Fury,” stated Ade. “That adjustments quite a bit. You may’t march ahead together with your palms down, realizing this man can knock you out.”
The truth that Usyk can harm Fury limits a lot of what Tyson can do to show issues round within the rematch, as a result of he can’t rely on utilizing strain to win.
If Fury tries to stroll Usyk down, he’s going to run into a number of photographs. Within the first struggle, Fury was deterred from coming ahead by the physique punches that Usyk was hitting him with, and that’s why he retreated to the ropes to guard this sizeable goal. With Fury’s midsection even chunkier, it’s going to be an inviting goal as soon as once more, and that’s going to drive him to struggle off the ropes like final time.
“Usyk now is aware of he can knock Fury out, and Fury is aware of that as effectively. Tyson Fury does do higher in rematches. Wilder within the second struggle, who would have predicted that? Chisora will not be a world-level fighter, however the occasions he fought Chisora in a rematch, he utterly outclassed him. So, he does get higher,” stated Ade.
Fury-Usyk scores
– Usyk: 114-113
– Fury: 114-113
– Usyk: 115-112
