Does Ustinov Have Enough Pop to Shatter Fury's Suspect Mandible?

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  1. YearZero

    YearZero Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The thing about fury facing a fighter like ustinov isn't just that he's big and he can hold his own in the clinch, to me the real problem for fury is that this will be the first time he will fight someone that tall. Punches will be coming to his face with a MUCH flatter trajectory than before where all his opponents have had to punch up at his canister.

    Now anyone who's boxed will tell u that a tall fighter vs a far shorter fighter can get away with bad defense, not holding his hands high because a slight instinctive backwards lean with the head will make most punches miss or it will catch a glove as the punch is traveling up. Fight like that against a tall fighter and u will get fked up.

    So IMHO if Fury keeps his hands far below his jaw - as he usually does - he will get absolutely smoked.
    Ustinov will land punches all day over his gloves if he has anything left in the tank, we'll just have to see if he does.