Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk vs. Tyson Luke Fury & Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis II - RBR.

By some margin, yeah.

 

(another 116 posts since then, now 4,739 putting it over half a thousand past AJ vs. Otto Wallin at #2)

 

Opetaia looked strangely lethargic although Breidis is a tough veteran. Ope looked very reluctant to exchange. We sat next to Ope's team including his father at the airport and they were all a bit depressed. His trainer was talking about needing to look for another job.

Good pick with Cacace...he destroyed Cordina. I could see most people picking Cordina pre fight.
Kovalev has been used goods for a long time. He can't beat anyone other than drunk Russians at this time in his career.

 

Guess you can't really slap the king of where the fight took place with a copyright strike, now can you?

 

im gonna rewatch for the first time. see if my initial impressions change any. i had it 7-5 usyk with one being the 10-8 rd. but i was purposely looking for rds to give fury so i could be sure of the usyk rds. except for a brief period midway, i felt usyk was in control of the fight. pressing or backing off in a calculated pattern.but he took ownership of the ring from the get go.

 

Listen, I'ma get some cheeks after this horsepower drink. I didn't know this was an Usyk joint out here.

 

It was a beat down.

Fury lost the first three , then came on strong and took the next four, taking the lead.

In round eight , Usyk won the most decisive round to that point, and put the fight level at 4 - 4.

Usyk won ALL of the remaining rounds.

In round 9, there was a good case for stopping the fight. A lot of refs would have ended matters there. Fury was gone.

116 - 111 for Usyk.

And lucky Fury he was saved from a KO.



Watch it again, Reppin

There no way you can conclude that Usyk didn't win the fight.



https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/usyk-fury-who-did-you-score-it-for.720982/

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/goat-usyk.720896/

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/how-did-you-score-fury-usyk-on-2nd-rewatch.721183/

 

Just rewatched it.. it's even better on second viewing.. that was just pure class.. had everything.. high level stuff all the way through.. like a HW Loma versus Linares.. & say what you want about Fury man but the guy can box.. they gave us summat special there.. modern classic.. im looking forward to seeing it again, respect

 

I watched round 12 again, and scored it 29 - 19 for Usyk.

 

Lame take from a scatterbrained sissy.

In his previous fight Fury made Ngannou look better than Wlad. No amount of Fury not training properly explained that.

His 3rd fight with Chisora was also far less impressive than his 2nd (much lower output, significantly less movement, no switch hitting, hit Chisora more than in fight 2 while doing less damage, absorbed a lot more punches, less conclusive stoppage) and Chisora 3 was a significantly diminished version of Chisora. That was also 18-odd months (which with Fury means a year and a half of alcohol, drugs, inconsistent training etc.) and two fights of wear prior to this.

Given that context I expected Usyk to win and was happy he got the decision.

 

Round 10 Fury? How???

 

Think Fury got so up for this fight that he over compensated and calmed his nerves too much with the early fight jitteryness and having fun. Meanwhile Usyk was focused fully on the task knew he had to reserve everything and give everything. Usyk could barely walk back to his changing rooms and was very calm pre fight. Fury was having a lot of fun and I think could have won early rounds without his playfulness. Sloppy late and almost got stopped but looked ok after the fight.

Just needs to stay fit and get focused properly for the rematch. He'll cringe watching himself throw that combo that got him caught in rnd 9.

Rematch Fury will be better with his energy conversation. It's no surprise he got caught out on it...he's been so out of shape for so long.