Spencer Oliver believes Tyson Fury wants to make use of the motion that he had when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 when he faces Oleksandr Usyk of their rematch on December 21.
Poor Mobility
Fury weighed a slender 247 lbs for his battle with Wladimir on November 28, 2015. He was 27 on the time, nonetheless younger, and it was earlier than he began having weight issues. After the Gyspy King defeated Klitschko by a 12-round unanimous choice in that battle in Duesseldorf, Germany, his weight ballooned to round 400 lbs.
Since then, Fury has by no means gotten down wherever near the 247-lb weight he got here in at for his battle with Klitschko. It’s secure to say that Fury will NEVER return to that weight with out it placing him within the hospital. As soon as an individual will get as heavy as Fury was throughout his 2 1/2 12 months victory lap after the Wladimir battle, you by no means return to what you had been with out trying sickly.
One insurmountable impediment stopping that technique from working for the previous WBC heavyweight champion Fury is his weight. It’s been reported that Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) is bulking as much as the 270s to try to make the most of his dimension to bully Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), as he had efficiently completed in his rematch with Deontay Wilder on February 22, 2020.
Fury bulked as much as 273 lbs for that battle, utilizing grappling and roughhouse ways to subdue the lighter 231-lb Wilder. Tyson loved a 42-lb weight benefit in that battle. That isn’t the rationale he gained, although. Deontay seemed confused and couldn’t adapt to Fury lunging often to seize him in his bear-like maintain to engulf him.
Ring IQ Deficit
Being heavier in opposition to Usyk gained’t work practically as effectively as a result of he gained’t enable Fury to seize him as Deontay and Wladimir did. Each fighters lacked the ring IQ that Usyk possesses to outsmart Fury, who repeatedly did the identical factor in these fights.
Usyk isn’t silly. He gained’t enable Fury to lunge in after throwing a punch, however he gained’t transfer away or catch him with a shot whereas he’s coming ahead.
“If Tyson Fury can rediscover the motion he had through the 2015 time in opposition to Wladimir Klitschko, rumors are circulating he may are available lots heavier for this one,” stated Spencer Oliver to talkSport Boxing about Fury coming in heavier for the rematch with Usyk on December twenty first.
“Will that be his undoing doing that? As a result of if he’s seeking to bully him, I feel you might be taking part in into Usyk’s fingers.”
Fury’s Obstacles to Victory In opposition to Usyk
– Weight
– Lack of Ring IQ
– One-dimensional sport plan: Mauling
– Poor mobility
– Age
– Fragile mandible: Punch resistance gone
– Stamina points
– No energy
“Use that uppercut he did within the sixth spherical and draw Usyk in,” stated Oliver about what Fury ought to do in opposition to Usyk.
