IMO Fury was at his absolute best vs Wilder in the 2nd fight. He was aggressive, came straight at wilder but I thought he was insane for doing so. He had insane reactions, just dodging huge right hands, and landing some beast combinations. His body movement was insane. If we want to know what Fury is like 100% fully focused, fit and ready, look at Fury vs Wilder 2. I personally think this Fury would have too much for Usyk physically. The speed and long range jab would be too much and I don't see Uysk being able to neutralize it over a 12 round fight. Fury is a freak and can go at 100% for 12 rounds, Usyk cannot, or at least i haven't seen a fighter that has brung that out in him yet. He often takes 4-5 rounds at a slower pace, in which Fury would jab jab jab, and I don't see Usyk doing much unless he's at 4th gear. I think 2021 Fury would lose to Usyk, but 2020 Fury would win.
Prime Usyk was a cruiser. He was past prime before he moved up to heavyweight. The Fury of Wilder 2 was no doubt, great. But Usyk would be a very different proposition than Wilder. I still believe that the best HW fight to be made, assuming it can be done before year's end, is Fury v Usyk. The winner would be the absolutely beyond question, best HW on the planet.
Prime Usyk is a cruiser & loses to a prime heavyweight of Fury's calibre. Usyk uses mental & physical pressure by sitting right on the edge of his opponents range, drawing shots then countering. Usyk likes to always maintain an offensive distance to his opponent, just out of range. Things change at heavyweight when you're having to work extra hard to close the distance. AJ is a bodybuilder with slow feet. Chisora is a brawler with a poor jab and no straight right. Stamina doesn't last 12 rounds. AJ is chinny. Fury has stamina, heart, balls, footwork, speed, skills, size EVERYTHING. These men Usyk has beaten are not Tyson Fury. Usyk is a very good man and would have his moments against Fury but he does not survive the 270 pound yeti. Fury on his worst night would just bulldoze Usyk. Hard to throw punches when you're having to run away. Fury can keep coming all night long. I'm sure Usyk is impossibly hard to pin down but the size advantage is still just too much. Most heavyweights fade which would be a saving grace Fury doesn't. The only way Fury loses this bout is if he try's to box Usyk for a full 12 rounds when he is not boxing at his best and lets Usyk take a decision...but Fury would adjust to find a way to win he isn't going to pull an AJ to try and survive the 12. This content is protected
Usyk that beats Joshua beats any version of Fury. Fury is only fast and technical in comparison to all these big stiff idiots at HW. The small, technical speedy guys have given him trouble and Usyk would be no exception.
That version of Fury is a problem for any heavyweight (and that's what cruisers are, since cruiser is a nonsense division that shouldn't exist) in history. And my back catalogue on here should indicate that I'm far from a feverish modernista.
Fury at his absolute best vs Wilder in the 2nd fight would cause great problems to every boxing champion in history. If viewed from an H2H perspective; then what I have written has an even stronger argument. And now Usyk. Prime Usyk is cruiserweight. It's like comparing two different categories. If Usyk beat that, or any other version of Tyson Fury, we would get a new superstar, and Usyk would go to immortality. 50/50
It's the size and reach and physicality that makes me wonder about this one. Usyk is so much faster but Fury has better more fluid movement than AJ and huge advantage in reach. I can't call it but lean towards Fury turning into a brawl and landing more than Usyk
