Tyson Fury v. Zhilei Zhang

I think Fury, assuming he uses a high guard, survives the first 6 rounds and wears Zhang down and wins a decision.

If Fury keeps his hands low like he did in Usyk 1, he gets stopped. But he made the adjustment. Zhang has a poor work rate and Fury should win a decision.

 

Fury on points. He's not likely to get caught by Zhang imo

 

Fury decision but I’m only 60-40 confident making that pick.

Fury does get hit and if he gets hit good, he goes down. Where he excels is his powers of recovery - I think Zhang could put him down once or twice but Fury would survive and win the second half of the fight to win a competitive decision, similar to how Parker eeked out a close decision against Zhang.

 

Fury by UD.

 

Zhang KO. There isn’t a 3” height gap like you say. Zhang would muller Fury

 

Depends entirely on which version of Fury we get.

Zhang is a good boxer in addition to having massive power. A good version of Fury would need to be sharp and on his toes for at least the first four rounds until Zhang's microscopic gas tank is empty. Fury could probably give the first four away and still sweep the rest of the fight.

On the other hand if Fury came in like he did against Ngannou, Zhang would have him chasing his own head back to the dressing room.

 

Zhang’s best window is about the first 5 rounds to lay Fury out - and he could do just that.

He has fast, accurate and extremely heavy hands and while his output is abysmal he can choose his shots very well.

If he initially nails Fury flush I don’t know that Fury can survive same - unless Tyson gets his usual assist from the ref.

Otherwise, Zhang’s chances diminish each round thereafter but he still remains somewhat of risk but the fight gradually tips in Fury’s favour.

 

Zhang is the most overrated heavyweight on the planet.

Fury boxes his ears off.

 

Zhang is a static pudding. No static puddings can beat Fury. They get eaten piece by piece by greedy belly.

 

I would argue it's still Wilder, even after dropping 2 in a row.

 

I don't have a lot of faith in Fury's punch resistance against huge punchers at this point of his career. And Zhang isn't just a huge puncher, he's skilled and sneaky.

Fury outboxes him for a couple rounds but gets clipped at some point with a big Zhang counter and gets finished shortly after.

 

Zhang isn't anywhere as mobile and relentless as Usyk. Fury can make it his fight, I could see Fury getting knocked down though, however his recovery skills are so good that I think he will ease to a decision victory.

Fury does struggle against southpaws so it could be interesting.