He has himself admitted that Cunningham was his most difficult opponent due to his speed and slickness, so he is aware that that is a stylistic issue for him. Usyk is speed and slickness personified plus an elite boxing iq and champion's mindset. Fury knows that this an extremely dangerous match-up for him and I don't think his ego can take a loss to someone he has publicly dismissed as a MW. His ego shouldn't like going down in boxing history as a ducking coward either, though, so I think he might come around. Maybe he can tell himself that he can land the kind of body shot Dubois did, however unlikely it is against someone six inches shorter when you're not even much of a body puncher.
Ffs, is anyone really deluded enough to believe that Fury thinks this would be an easy night? Those who say that must be trolling. Because if he did, he would have bitten Usyk's hand off when he accepted 70-30.
He shouldn't be seeing as he has advantages in height,weight & reach but he doesn't seem to fancy fighting the "middleweight" for some reason or another
Did you know that the weakest and poorest people in this forum are the ones who desperately try and fail personal insults instead of staying on the subject ?
No I didn't know that but thanks for the heads up Pro tip Next time if you want a polite response try not coming at someone with a snarky reply intended to antagonize, especially when they've never been rude to you before, OK champ?
Hopefully. The mountains of fangirls making out he's a dead cert as if the fight is a foregone conclusion ( ) are definitely not helping to make the fight, though - they're helping him perpetuate the idea that he's already a great, despite having done very little to warrant such a reputation. Let's not forget that his best win was hugging a man who looked like he wasn't interested in throwing punches, his second best win is an abject coward who ran a mile from the man whose zombie became his third best win not exactly the stuff of ATG-ness, is it?
In the psst he was motivated for big challenges but couldnt be arsed to train for the so called easier fights where he was favoured. Thats why he always fought to the level of his opponent. Him being scared to lose is the only logical conclusion.
No problem when you didn,t know but please remember in future. We can disagree on the subject and discuss snarky but personal insults on a forum are just very weak tries from tiny poor men . Nevermind , lets return to the subject !
As boxing fans we don’t want to see this crossover match,but just watch how much money it generates,he’s not the first boxer to do this type of thing and he won’t be the last . The Saudis decide when Usyk v Fury happens .
I guess this little snippet from around the turn of this year, did not age all that well... This content is protected
Fury is bricking it. He knows that when Usyk beats him that his entire legacy comes crashing down. At best Fury is a good/average heavyweight champion. Deep down he knows it too. He’s trying to preserve his undefeated record in order to make his career look better than it really is. Fury is a fraud.
I see Fury having two possible agendas 1) To wait until he sees sufficient decline in Usyk’s game before he finally takes up the challenge. 2) Wait until someone else emphatically removes Usyk from the picture, thereby removing or reducing any pressure on Fury to fight Usyk at all. Despite his skills, as the smaller man, Usyk has to work harder so the effects of any degrees of deterioration are going to be more apparent and negatively impacting on Olek. Imo, Fury would NOT have been heartened by the Dubois performance - Oleksandr, though perhaps a touch slower and less energised. still looks very much viable - still a big problem for Fury. Inactivity has to be factored also - some ring rust doesn’t constitute substantive deterioration and is certainly rectifiable. Fury would’ve preferred that Usyk, as a long standing, screamingly eligible opponent, was eliminated altogether. In some ways, the Dubois fight was a good stoush for Usyk return on and to lead into a fight with Fury. Olek hit a snag but overcame it and got a decent number of rounds in - that’s a big deal. Whether due to a slowing in his footwork and/or by way of voluntary election, Oleksandr sat down on his punches more - I think that’s an additional component he might require vs Fury. Certainly Olek should remain focused on mobility but he should also look to periodically weigh anchor to land hard shots to keep Fury honest. If it’s actually possible, if Fury doesn’t make this match now, he could look like even more of a goose than he has already come across as in his obvious and steadfast avoidance of Usyk to date.
I think he's attracted to Usyk, sexually. And he knows that in any fight, especially if there's some clinching, he's likely to have a strong but unwanted 'physiological reaction' that he won't be able to suppress. While he might enjoy the moment personally, he will be so distracted by it, he will lose the fight. Not to mention, it will arouse questions within the boxing community about his 'self-discipline'. Can't think of any other valid reason really.