Tyson Fury was dominating Usyk for large parts of the fight. He just needs to make a few adjustments and he will cruise to victory in the rematch. Also in the first fight judge Mike Fitzgerald messed up in round 2, he was the only judge that scored this round in favour for Usyk. Had he scored it like the two other judges, Fury would have won.
I have suspected for a while that Fury will win clearly this time. As always, I could be wrong...I thought he'd win first time and didn't think Usyk could hurt him....
They are both at the highest level. If Fury makes changes, Usyk will adapt and vice versa. To me, this fight is a 50/50.
Very much looking forward to this re-match scrap. First off, I think it's gonna outshine the first fight, and, I'll bet a pound to a penny we aren't going to need the judges scorecards.
Usyk needs to be 100% conditioned and 100% of himself from last time out to win clearly. Anything less than 100% would manifest itself more markedly in terms of the reduction in Usyk’s overall effectiveness. Due to the size difference, Usyk has to always do a lot more work - he can’t afford to relax or take any time off during rounds. I anticipate that Fury will try to ramp up the illegal tactics that he tried on in the first fight - will the ref for this fight be as, if not even more, accomodating (to Tyson) as the last ref? We will see.
Fury is at 273 pounds he's going to try the Wilder 2 approach be very aggressive and try and take Usyk out early within the first 6 rounds. It's a bold move because Fury will have even less stamina if the fight goes deep and he will be even more vulnerable to getting stopped I think. But I do think Fury has to assert his size and physical strength I don't think it's a bad gameplan from Fury. The problem is Usyk can fight on the backfoot unlike Wilder and Fury can be hurt from counter shots from Usyk as we see in the 1st fight. I make Usyk the favourite of course but I don't underestimate anyone Fury is the much bigger man so its always going to be a tough task for Usyk.
It's possible. Fury did much better than people pretended afterwards. And Fury is right that if he does as well but doesn't get knocked down he can win with that style in a close fight. If he somehow got a KD himself, pressure is suddenly on Usyk. Question is can he avoid getting hurt by Usyk. Maybe. It was really only one punch that did it and that punch was pretty perfect and might not happen again. Fury likely can't take the same damage as years ago but it isn't like he couldn't take Usyk's shots typically speaking. Other factors are that Fury has decided he's a slick counterpuncher again after being led astray so that's to his advantage and will help him stay at a better weight, because he'll need to move. And Usyk could be overconfident now, there are a few signs of that perhaps. Even if he slightly underestimates Fury he could get nailed in there and the fight could turn. Fury better come in decent shape though.