Fury v Usyk breakdown

I've been watching previous fights from these 2 in the past few days trying to work out how this fight will go and where it will be won and lost.

Usyk is an outstanding fighter, as well as the southpaw conundrum, his footwork, punch selection, stamina and ring IQ are outstanding.

What really impresses me as a heavyweight is that the tactics of Joshua and Dubois must have been to get in close and rough Usyk up with their physical advantages, the fact that they couldnt do that at all speaks volumes about Usyk.

Usyk is a master at making opponents fight his fight, he is brilliant fighting at mid range, he avoids clinches from bigger opponents and they also end up becoming exhausted during the fight because Usyk has enough sting in his punches to keep them off and then fighting at this mid range exhausts the heavier opponent because they dont get breathers in the clinch and cannot land big enough on Usyk to break the pattern / rhythm of the fight. I was hugely impressed against Dubois because I actually rated Dubois much higher than the vast majority and thought Usyk was majestic in breaking up his opponent.

I think what Usyk fans need to understand about Tyson Fury though, is that Furys boxing IQ, adaptability, and ability to fight in adversity is significantly higher than the likes of Joshua, Dubois, and Chisora.

Where Usyk is the master at fighting at mid-range, Fury is a master at fighting both at long range (Klitschko, wilder 1, Whyte) with excellent use of the jab and check left hook and is also now a master at fighting close range (Wilder 2 & 3) using his weight effectively, leaning on and then bringing up sneaky uppercuts inside.

I think the biggest factor in this fight, even more important than the southpaw factor, is what range the majority of the fight is fought at. If Usyk can again fight at mid-range then I dont think any fighter at heavyweight can beat him barring maybe a freak Wilder bomb.

The big difference in this fight for me is that Fury is vastly superior to Joshua and Dubois in so many important aspects - jab, adaptability, inside game, ring IQ, fighting in adversity, stamina, mental strength, belief. I think Fury will be the first heavyweight that manages to take Usyk away from fighting his fight, I think the vast majority of the fight will be at both long range and with Fury being the 1st fighter since Chisora to spend a large chunk of the fight up close as well at short range, using all his weight on Usyk and as a consequence I think we will see Usyk tire down the stretch leading to a 116-112 type of decision or late stoppage in Furys favour.

 

Excellent point about the footwork, it was very interesting to just watch the feet of Usyk and Joshua, and it was a huge factor is Usyks success in that fight. It's another area where I feel Fury will be superior to Joshua in ring smarts and ring IQ, even Furys adaptability to be able to fight southpaw at times too.

You have to remember that was Fury still adapting back to the weight in his 4th fight after ballooning to 28 stone v Wallin, and also fighting in desperation after picking up that horrific cut in the 3rd round. It was also Fury before Sugar Hill, and again it was an example ahain of how Fury fights in adversity to turn things round.

 

100 percent, there will no doubt be many different factors that will sway it on the night that people dont even mention, I just think the range the majority of the fight takes place in is gonna be a massive factor in who wins.

 

Sh1t, this is a Usyk nuthugger right here

 

I think you are mistaken if you think Usyk taking care of a few big opponents in the amateurs means Usyk will take care of Fury. The overall package of what Fury brings to the table means this is the hardest fight of Usyks career by far and if Usyk pulls it off he will deserve all the praise he can get, plus a huge jump in his ATG ranking.

Thinking that this version of Fury is the same one that Steve Cunningham was able to outbox is madness though, to think Fury will walk in v Usyk that crude, that unbalanced, that disrespectful and unpolished is nuts, usyk would beat that version of Fury 100 percent.

What Sugar Hill Steward has done for Fury is the same as what Manny Steward did for Lennox Lewis and Vladimir Klitchsko, he took an unbalanced fighter with high potential, sorted out his footwork and balance problems, taught him to sit down on his punches and produced a much more polished fighter.

 

Usyk will rightly be praised to the hilltops if he pulls this off. In terms of the heavyweight division, these 2 are absolutely streets ahead of the whole division in terms of adaptability, in fight adjustments, and boxing IQ.