Fury looks PEAK

Usyk has never started fast, and he won't start fast now. He'll take his time at first and ramp up the pressure later on.

 

I'm supporting Usyk but agree that Fury looks absolutely ready to rumble.

I'm still selecting Usyk for the win but this looks to be a cracking fight given that both guys are seemingly in prime shape. A month ago I had Usyk winning pretty easily. Now I am not so certain.

 

Since you have picked against Usyk Fury now has no chance whatsoever.

 

And a self admitted fat slob. He is also arguably coming off of his career worst performance.
So now he decides to trim off the excess flab?

 

Fury knows, that for all the big talk coming out of his mouth, Usyk is on a different level than anybody he has fought before. Fury knows that the only way he can give himself a chance against Usyk is to be in the best shape of his career. Fury is no idiot. He is well aware of the challenge that is across the ring from him.

 

Yes, and it´s a little bit too late.
He is 35 and finally deciding to get in "the best shape of his career". Like I said, too little too late. He should have done this over a decade ago. Or well, in his case, maybe after the first Wilder fight. Considering his "retirement" and all.

 

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Let's be real here. If we get a dodgy decision we all know who going to be the one gifted with that dodgy decision.
Usyk was never ever favored by the refs or the judges in any fight. Hell every time he fought UK fighter, they are taking away rounds he clearly won, and make the fights looks more competitive, than they are.

It's always for the UK and USA fighters that get the nodes in the cards. It's obviously why. And it's always them that gets away with dirty fighting, fouling and cheating for stuffs that they should have been DQ.

And it's not so long we see Garcia - Haney. Haney should have been DQ for family reunion hugging in the 7th. round alone. Yet the guy hugging for 5 more rounds like crazy, and wasn't even warned.
This speaks volume. Every show in UK there is at least 1 shocking scoring in that card. More often it's a lot more.

Boxing is corrupt, and always was.
We all know who the guys in charge of Boxing wants the winner to be, and they will do everything in their power to achieve this.

 

Maybe you are watching the wrong fighter than, if you think Usyk ain't starting fast. Both AJ fights are good example. And just because he ain't throwing 100 punches in the first rounds, doesn't mean he ain't starting fast. And he always throws his backhand in the early rounds to make his opponents think twice and to feel his power.
He is also very aggressive with his footwork very early on, and that is what's drain you, as you have to move as well, unless you wanna get hit. And this pressure is also mentally exhausting.

So he is 100% spot on. He will start fast, find the right distance to fight his fight, and will put Fury under pressure. It's up to Fury how he will react and do.

 

Even in the AJ fights he didn't start fast. He always upped the momentum later in the fight once he figures his opponent out. Chisora v Usyk is a prime example of how Usyk usually fights.

And to clarify, by starting fast he'd have to eventually slow down or maintain pace, not increase it. It's relative to the fighter.

 

I've heard from a good source that Fury did not use good a nutrition program to lose weight, he simply ate less food per portion. So, the possibility of getting tired, or drained, is real. Just saying.

 

You couldn't be more wrong.

 

So you think just not eating to lose weight makes you stronger as opposed to maintaining a healthy diet and gradually safely lose weight?

 

Yeah he's aggressive with his front foot but because of furys reach advantage I genuinely think that's negated. There's 7 inches reach he needs to find. That means he needs to move his foot 7 inches further forward to put that pressure on. Arguably you could say he needs to add another .5 to 1 inch to that because he's punching upwards.

If fury is switched on and fast enough he should be able to not worry about the foot pressure all night.

Personally I think uysks plan all night won't be his usual style and instead will be touching and moving off to the side trying to get Fury to be the aggressive fighter.

 

I disagree. He is starting fast, and just increase the pace mostly with volume shots since he start feel it's the same and figure out his opponent. But he still start fast, which is completely different to start slow, and the fight is at low tempo, which what most fighters do.

With Usyk you are in for high pace from the beginning. He may not throw 100 shots from Round 1, but his footwork is pressuring you, and if you make mistake he will punish you for.

He will start fast 100% against Fury.

Against Chisora that was Usyk second fight at HW, and he was coming after bad camp, after hand injury and surgery and had COVID 2 time during his camp, which he has to cancel and restart after. Also he was still not acclimatize to the weight and the division.
All of that is gone.

And both AJ fights, he start aggressively, move and throws quite a lot of shots from very early on.
In the AJ rematch specifically in the first 4 rounds Usyk throws 202 shots, this is 50 essentially 50 thrown punches per round, which is insane fast pace.