Tyson Fury says he will probably be extra centered and received’t “Clown” in his rematch with unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in 22 days on December twenty first in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He feels like he’s in full denial about how overmatched he was by Usyk, and it’s going to be worse for him of their rematch.
The ‘Gypsy King’ (34-1-1, 24 KOs) and his followers consider the explanation for his earlier 12-round break up resolution loss to Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) of their first battle on Might 18th was as a result of a lack of focus and a little bit of clowning.
Like many getting older fighters unwilling to confront the reality about their failures, Fury, 36, misplaced as a result of he was by no means that good. Usyk uncovered how restricted Fury was by attacking him to the physique, backing him up in opposition to the ropes, and beautiful him with a giant left hand within the ninth. That ought to have been the tip.
Was Usyk Damage?
“I’ve a sense Fury goes to do it within the second battle. I actually do assume Fury isn’t messing round this time, and he’s bought the bit between his enamel,” stated Gareth A. Davies to talkSport Boxing, predicting a win for Tyson Fury over Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first.
“I believe it’s going to be mighty shut once more, and he [Fury] is perhaps clinging on once more to win on factors. I simply assume he’s going to go away all of it in there. He’s a particular man. He’s a really, very particular man, and it was a really shut, brutal battle the primary time round.
“The takeaway within the sit down the opposite day was Usyk admitting that he wasn’t damage in that battle, and he was damage in that battle. He was so stoic. He provides you nothing. He [Fury] was beating him up,” stated Gareth about his perception that Fury was beating up Usyk within the first six rounds.
Gareth is an ideal instance of a typical Fury fan who feels his earlier loss was only a case of him not coming ahead to strain Usyk. Trying intently on the first battle with each eyes open, you possibly can see that Usyk was touchdown laborious photographs at Fury’s breadbasket within the first two rounds.
He didn’t like these photographs and retreated to the ropes to keep away from getting hit with these photographs. That was the place the battle was misplaced for Fury. He couldn’t deal with the physique photographs from Usysk, so he beat a hasty retreat to the ropes to make use of them to assist his wounded midsection.
The primary half of the Fury-Usyk battle was NOT shut, and Usyk wasn’t damage. He dominated 5 of the primary six rounds and had Fury out on his ft in spherical 9.
“Plenty of the doubters and journalists had been saying that Usyk was up there with the legends of the game. The Muhammad Alis, the Fraziers, the Foremans, the Joe Louis, and positively the best of his technology,” stated promoter Frank Warren to Sky Sports activities Boxing.
“I’m happy they’ve stated that as a result of when Tyson beats him, nobody can debate the truth that he’s beat the very best of his technology, which is able to make him the very best of his technology,” stated Warren about Fury.
Doubters Demand Retirement
If Fury loses the rematch with Usyk on December twenty first, there are going to be many boxing followers who’re going to name for him to retire. That may principally be the 36-year-old Gypsy King’s third consecutive in case you depend his controversial 10-round break up resolution win in opposition to Francis Ngannou final yr on October 28, 2023, as a loss.
Fury regarded just like the loser in that battle however was gifted a choice. The entire bag of methods that Tyson had used to defeat Deontay Wilder twice, the leaning, wrestling, and roughhouse ways, failed him in opposition to Ngannou. They didn’t work on Usyk both.
