awesome Fury stat

There isn't a version of Fury that beats Usyk. The more aggressive version is probably the more likely to get a win.

 

Usyk was past it himself. Hes older and had declined from even the point of the first Joshua fight. Fury wasn't prime but he wasn't so past it as to where had he been a few years younger he would've done significantly better. A Klitschko fight Fury wouldn't have the power to move Usyk and Fury from the second Wilder fight would be significantly more hittable than he was.

 

It was a good performance don't get me wrong, but the Fury of that fight was really a pure outboxer, and I don't ever see him being able to outbox Usyk to a victory, Usyk is just too fast, coordinated and his output is too high. After the Wallin fight he became more of a boxer puncher, but his punching technique before that was still very sloppy and slappy, he wouldn't be able to move Usyk with big counters in the way that he did in their actual fights.

 

Still had better legs than anybody of his size, and most of the division. And although he began losing speed in his legs, his punch technique under Sugar Hill Steward became significantly better than it ever had been. He was slower but now punched significantly harder and was just overall better on the offensive end.

 

How do people even know when Fury’s prime was? His form has been patchy throughout his career, pick any time period and you’ll see a mediocre opponent that he struggled badly with.

 

Last time Usyk was down was I think 2011-2012 against Beterbiev.

 

because so is he, 3rd rate, 2cd at best!

 

Did it though? The Wilder wins haven’t exactly aged well and we saw an unfit ancient Zhang pummel Wilder.

 

No version of Fury ever beats Usyk for me.

2015, slip and slide version: still would have been outboxed by Usyk

2020, aggressive puncher version: Usyk wouldn’t have been a sitting duck like Wilder. He wouldn’t have landed clean.

 

2015 Fury would outbox Usyk, it's the pace that I'm not sure if he could keep up with, Usyk's too good at handling the clinch and circling away from in-fighting to give Fury his breathers.

 

Even if Fury won 1 or 2 more rounds he still would’ve lost IMO, given that he was knocked down and pretty much out. Unless we’re assuming the mythical prime Fury wouldn’t get hurt like that (he’s been down and hurt regularly throughout his career).

We don’t jump through hypothetical hoops like this for any other fighter. 2013 Fury went life or death with Steve Cunningham, but 2015 Fury is an ATG based on a dance off with an old Wlad?