Why Fury will beat Usyk

Nah. It'll be at least two weeks, I'm betting!

No matter how the fight ends up, at least we can all band together in a shared hatred and befuddlement of boxing organizations and their downright moronic decisions. There truly is no more unifying force than boxing organization stupidity

 

Thanks for your reply Rum, much appreciated.

Yes, and RJJ vs Ruiz was a long time ago also - though, being the marquee name and underdog, there did seem to be a feel among the public of “Don’t you daresn’t rough Roy up!”-

Lol, what else did Ruiz have to offer besides his less than savoury tactics? - that was the specific challenge Roy was facing - and Nady pretty much removed all the bullets from Ruiz’s gun in those regards - so much so, Jay even twitched at any hint of clean infighting.

As the fight draws closer it will be interesting to see if Usyk and his team begin to make any noises about the dos and don’ts as they see it regarding refereeing - that’s usually the goto to have any hope of influence on refereeing conduct to publicly highlight and villainize certain tactics of your opponent you wish to be outlawed.

Though, as at his last outing, Fury still got away with a few nice elbows against the debutant NgAnnou - same in stall for Oleksandr? - lol.

I’m assuming the ref hasn’t been appointed yet. I’m curious as to how close to fight time before they announce that.

 

Just put bets on fury 4 to 6 and 7 to 9.

Come on.

 

You might as well just give your money away!

 

Well, if I had to rely on anything, to win a boxing match, superior boxing would probably be close to the top of my list.

 

Possibly. At this point though it's not just about absolute weight but weight composition and distribution. Fury looked at his best in the second Wilder fight where he was 273lbs but looked solid and muscular. Since then he's fluctuated in weight but generally looked a lot worse physique- and performance-wise, with visibly less muscle definition in the chest and arms and a lot more fat around the beltline. If he does come in lighter I hope it doesn't compromise his strength or physicality above any speed or stamina benefits it might give him, as despite my dislike of him in recent years I want to see the best version on fight night.

 

To me this is the most intriguing match up for HW division in some time.
Usyk is always in shape and is never slacking off between fights.

Fury is a big bully and will use his size on the smaller man all night long.

I can’t see Usyk stopping Fury but I can imagine either corner tossing in the towel late in the championship rounds to save one of these men.

I can’t pick and I also DKSAB

 

Just look at the small of his back these days—He has an extra arse on him

 

Absolutely, but not lugging around that spare tire around the waist that he's had for his last four fights will help with that.

 

Thats the problem with getting fat and cutting down, you lose muscle cutting and eventually you end up the same weight with less muscle than you had before compared to if you had built yourself up properly and then cut some trim.

Happened to Duran too.
Duran looked like he had less muscle in some of his fights at 168 than he had at 147.

 

We hear this all the time but I’ve watched bodybuilders cut prior to a show and they never lose muscle but then again they are not a fat slob like Fury…So who knows

 

Well I wanted to put money on usyk winging at least five times about low blows but it wasn't being offered hohoho.