Will there be fair officiating for Fury-Usyk? Will Fury be allowed to foul?

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Will the officiating be fair?

Poll closed Mar 18, 2024.
  1. No, it will favor Tyson Fury

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  2. Yes, Queensbury and Top Rank are always fair

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    8.1%
  1. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    I've seen a lot of crooked officiating in fights promoted by Queensberry and Top Rank.

    - Referee letting Fury and others get away will illegal tactics (leaning, low blows etc.)
    - Rounds clearly won by the other boxer, but given to the Top Rank boxer on the cards
    - Knockdowns not counted favoring Top Rank or Queensbury boxer
    - Referee quick stoppages, Queensberry referees are notorious for these
    - Long counts (Fury-Wilder I) favoring the Top Rank or Queensbury boxer
    - Bell going off late, or going off too soon, to favor a Queensbury-promoted boxer

    I think Usyk will beat Fury in a fair fight. But what if the officiating isn't fair? What if Fury is allowed to lean on Usyk, and hold like a giant octopus? What if the judges give Fury rounds he does not deserve to win?
     
  2. Thunderstorm

    Thunderstorm Active Member Full Member

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    ironic coming from usyk fanboy

    didnt usyk get rescued by the referee in his last fight
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Obviously, there will be loads of fouls. Like every boxing match.

    Assuming it's not a quick KO...
     
  4. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Usyk is luckiest boxer of all time.

    Just watch how they gifted him the win against Beterbiev, when he was down with bodyshot
     
  5. mrbigshot

    mrbigshot Active Member Full Member

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    Yes , low blow usyk got a 5 minutes count for his fold up - cryout performance :campeon:

    And this against the weakest opponent available ...
     
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  6. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    The Queensbury boxer got away with a lot of low blows in that fight. Then he quit.
     
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  7. KINGWILDER

    KINGWILDER Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So little objectivity on here. Fury can be a dirty fighter (just look at the Cunningham fight), but he’s also mastered the art of draining his opponents. Leaning on them and clinching is part of boxing.

    Usyk did not get stopped by Dubois, some people haven’t got a clue about the rules of boxing. The initial contact of the shot was clearly below the belt line, making the shot illegal.

    Whoever wins will most likely win because they are the superior fighter. I don’t want to hear any excuses from either set of fans (unless something hugely controversial happens). I’m still picking Fury to get the job done despite his terrible performance against Ngannou.
     
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  8. gneall

    gneall Active Member Full Member

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    Pushed Whyte (he was out anyway and probably more merciful than another shot to the head but still illegal TECHNICALLY), lost to McDermott and got a gift from a ref with a literal bias, fully elbowed Ngannou unnoticed, wears trunks above ribs, down from a hard shot by Wilder in 12th round and allowed to even try and get up, i'm not talking about the ability it took to get up, because fair play, but 99% of fighters wouldn't even be allowed to try, instant wave.
     
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  9. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Shyte was totally out on his feet falling all over the place. Almost no ref today would have let that go on.
     
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  10. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    One of Usyk's biggest weaknesses is he doesn't engage in roughhousing he is a good boy, he goes by the rulebook and relies on the referee to deal with any fouls or issues but referees are pretty much useless. Usyk is going to rely on the referee to deal with Fury clinching him to death and the referee isn't going to help him. Even if Fury smacked Usyk in the balls Usyk would not respond kindly to let Fury know two can play at that game. In a way I respect Usyk for this but you have to deal with dirty fighters by being dirty back. It's the fight game.

    Fury is mauling him into oblivion.

    The red line is Fury trying to hit Usyk on the back of the head in clinches. Usyk's clinch defence is more susceptible to Fury's leaning though.
     
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  11. mrbigshot

    mrbigshot Active Member Full Member

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    Lets wait if our folding queen enters the ring in february with shorts up to his ears .

    It is imho needed to specify any shot above the navel is legal and it should be strictly mandated the beltline of the shorts is not allowed to cover the navel .

    Currently boxers like usyk ( and others ) go higher and higher with the beltline to cry 'lowblow' later.
     
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  12. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    By "the folding queen" you mean the gypsy queen, Belly Fury?

    He covers his huge belly with his oversized shorts, wears them nearly up to his big womanly breasts.
     
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  13. mrbigshot

    mrbigshot Active Member Full Member

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    Yes , this should also apply to fury !

    No ... it was not fury who folded like a pocket knife from a shot on the beltline sitting high enough to fully cover the navel ;-)
     
  14. gneall

    gneall Active Member Full Member

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    Seriously, since when have refs let fighters try to get up after a SECOND knockdown, in the FINAL round, against the hardest puncher of the era, who was also champion at the time? Regardless of how competitive the fight has been up until then. And it was a hard knockdown
     
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  15. lucky luke

    lucky luke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nono, he said "enters the ring". Fury won't come near the middle east on fight night.