Fury fought the wrong fight.

Usyk took his jab away. He made the adjustment after the 6th round. And Fury didn´t let him get inside, Usyk worked his way inside.

Easier said than done. Usyk is a pressure fighter and a damn active one, especially with the feints and general footwork. This forces his opponents to think a lot, which is tiring.

 

Sorry?

Why are you talking about Joshua and what he does to Fury?

 

I think one thing Fury has to do in order to prep for a rematch is to get his head straight. Even Frank Warren (who you think by now would be more seasoned, more calming and more adept at handling Fury's mood swings) is behaving petulantly in post-fight interviews.

IMHO, Team Fury needs to take a big long breath and take a healthy stock of things... and that includes Daddy and Frank....

 

You agree, that Fury fought well and wasn't a bum against Usyk?

He looked like an excellent/great heavy getting beat by an atg heavy

 

Usyk just has his number. If tried your tactics all it would do is make it easier for Usyk to get to him. Usyk is not Deontay Wilder.

 

Usyks pressure is what wore Fury out. He was constantly in striking range which made Fury stay switched on and thinking at all times. That will drain any fighters gas tank quickly. It also does not help having an idiot in your corner telling you that you already won the fight.

 

Good post. Usyk is often characterized as light hitting, but no one has been able to simply walk him down.

Obviously, footwork plays a role, but his punches, particularly when he's able to really commit to his shots, have more than enough snap to prevent even bigger men from simply pinning their ears back and abandoning any pretense of defensive boxing.

Now that's he's fully acclimated to HW, I suspect he could stop a lot of these second tier types.

 

my mistake, i misread your post. dont know why i thought you were asking if only a copy of usyk could beat fury. hence, my response.

 

Very much agreed; Usyk is no Wilder.

But the big question is... how can Fury even try to beat Usyk?

A lot of folks here are arguing that Fury's fight plan was working, it's just that he got caught in the 9th. Well, if there's one thing we've learned about Usyk... he will catch you, at least by the later rounds -- regardless of your fight plan and style.

So is it smarter for Fury to throw caution to the winds and work to catch Usyk first...?

 

Definitely - he fought well, definitely no bum - he just didn't have enough tools to beat an ATG ring IQ and first rate boxing technician...

Usyk as an ATG heavy? Possible, but I'm not sure it's a strong enough era or that he's had enough fights at the weight - he's beaten the two best by far in record time, but is it enough??

He looked like a very good heavy with very good skills - but to be an "excellent/great" heavy, that size advantage has to count for more...
Usyk is special, but that size advantage was huge - you could (I would) say exactly the same for Joshua, both were forced to fight Usyk on his terms and got drowned, but both being so much bigger definitely counts against their greatness outside of this era, IMHO.

 

No problem, I thought maybe you had misread.

 

He and his team had a near perfect game plan, which worked perfectly: Until he got punched in the (nose) face.

 

He was sucking air from the 5th round onwards. Usyk's pressure gassed Fury out.
Then his nose was crushed and he HAD to suck air.

Unless we want to use the excuses I stated a couple weeks ago:

"Fury overtrained".
"Fury was drained due to losing weight".
"Paris drained his legs".

 

See my post #84 above.

 

It was definitely competitive enough for a rematch, though I don't see the result being any different in favour of Fury.

I admit I underestimated Fury, or rather I didn't think he'd be able to reclaim some of his old form after fighting in so lacklustre a manner in his past few fights. I was glad I was wrong as it made the fight a lot more interesting and edge of your seat. Usyk nearly KOed him, but in turn he hurt Usyk worse than I've ever seen him hurt. Some of those uppercuts were rocking him to his boots, and a lesser fighter might have done down.