Think about the shape Fury was in 6 months prior to fighting Usyk. It's not really possible to truly get into top shape in that time, It was good but not good enough. Also his greatest struggle his entire career is really the M word, motivation. And now Usyk has beat him the fire burns brightly. He has something to fight for. Truly. Usyk knows. Both are incredible...Still a 50:50 fight in my books. Usyk's incredible round 8/9 cemented it for him. He has areas to improve in but Fury has more. I think it's possible that if Fury starts off strong enough he can secure the bout with rounds 1-6 with physical dominance. his rounds 1 & 2 were too much faffing around.
I do agree with this. Fury takes his training and mental focus much too lightly in general. If he manages to bring it together for the rematch Usyk will have all he can handle. However, the downside for Fury is that Usyk is a great gameplanner. AJ came in better than ever for the rematch but Usyk had prepared even more smartly using the data from the first fight to his advantage. Fury could certainly still win, but he's going to have to come in at 100%
It's hard to overlook Fury, regardless of what happened in the previous fight. I still think he will lose this time around, but he will make it miserable for Usyk.
I'm not sure Fury's Ricky Hatton approach to career longevity is going to pay dividends here. Plus, fight 1 got postponed so many times, surely Fury can't get in all that much better shape than he was. It would actually be good to see him upset the odds, though. Been a lot of threads recently where Usyk winning seems to be a formality.
Nobody is buying Fury’s false bravado. Fury was lucky to not be knocked spark out by Usyk. Only an incompetent/corrupt referee kept that from happening.
Agree with this Fury can definitely win the rematch keep the jab going look for the uppercut, tighten up the defense and no show boating. Usyk will be the rightful favorite but write Fury off at your own peril.
I had a gut feeling that Tyson Fury was going to brutally Knock Out Usyk in the first fight. I was wrong, although delighted to be, because I was rooting for Oleksandr. Even after the first fight, I still can't shake this feeling. So I'm going to go with my gut feeling again and predict Tyson Fury by knockout, although I want Usyk to win again.
Fury's got nothing more to lose and going in as the clear underdog. Glad to see he's taking it seriously and hope Usyk doesn't keep his eye off the ball.
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