Fury's current weight: 258 lbs

I cannot wait to see this fight. I think we may see a lot of rounds that are very hard to score. I hope it is a good one, and worth the wait!

 

So Fury (Wlad fight).

 

Tyson Fury is so nervous he forgot to eat

 

He has to try it - you can't bulldoze Usyk, he'll need to get his weight down to avoid a clowning.

He needs the engine to use his jab a lot more than recent fights, too.

 

Catch 22... Come in heavy he won't be able to land much, and he lacks KO power so that's no good.

He needs to be lighter and fight perfectly, even if it brings different risks.

I still don't think he wins, TBH.

 

All those things may well be true, but there is also how Fury responds to what Usyk brings to the table in terms of tempo, ring generalship, footwork and workrate. IF Usyk establishes his rythym early, can Fury keep with the pace, and what happens in the championship rounds where Usyk excels?

Fury has only recently fought slow orthodox plodders with little to no movement or ring IQ. And we saw how much he struggled with the last southpaw he faced in Wallin, who is levels below even a 37 year old Usyk.

Both fighters bring some things to the table, but I believe that Usyk has seen and dealt with what Fury brings to the table a LOT more than vice versa, and that will be key to the whole fight.

I will be very impressed with Tyson if he can impose his gameplan on Usyk and nullify his offense, especially in the championship rounds.

I have always seen this getting to a point where Usyk has Fury gassed, and bamboozled - not unlike Joshua in round 12 of the first fight - and he drowns him in deep waters. So not a KO but a TKO based on accumulation and Fury just being spent - with all the yoyoing in weight and lack of discipline over the years being his undoing.

 

258 is still very big. Wlad used to jab and grab fighters the size of Usyk all the time and he was only 245lbs.

 

Yes, some here act like a Fury in the low 250's won't have a huge size advantage on Usyk. Its's basically what Wlad had on Haye in terms of weight and of course even more in height and reach.

 

Fury UD.

 

If Fury comes in light he needs to have the lightness of feet to make that worthwhile. Not sure he's still got that, and knee joints are often prone to injury after a big weight drop. Look at Solis. He looks fairly muscular though, I'll give him that. If he can come in a low 250 something or even in the 240s I'd actually be really impressed. I don't think it'll be enough to counteract Usyk's movement, but it'll show that at least he's trying. Seeing a Fury with even a modicum of his old movement and handspeed would be cool to see.

 

Should have been around that for years and probably would have been punched in the face less by Wilder and the MMA fighter.
The 260/70 thing was just laziness and people telling him nonsense.
The reason he felt 'weak' at 250 or so was because he kept crash-dieting.
There's never been a reason for him to be much heavier than a Klitschko, since he's only an inch or so taller and not a bodybuilder.

 

The fact that people are taking a claim as truth where the only person presenting the data is Tyson himself, while also not being shown on said video is hard to believe. How can you guys still believe the words that come out of this man's mouth after the past several years??

 

I don't trust the filtered instagram photos myself. I'm sure he's lost weight but won't look so cut when we actually see him at weigh-ins.

 

Yup it will be close and messy. Lots of falling in. Both getting tired. Both trying to attain a workrate they no longer can hit. Both ailing bodies. It's two warriors not battling each other but father time.

 

That's nice but "Fury fat piece of crap" is a headline comparable to "water wet".