Usyk - Fury I was so similar to Ali - Frazier I...

Unbeaten vs unbeaten
Quiet, hard working no-nonsense type of guy guy vs a bragging loudmouth.
Large size difference.
(With obvious differences but...) a never stopping pressure fighter vs a usually not-so-hard hitting counter puncher with good reflexes.
Clowning on the ropes vs a serious never say die attitude.
A close fight overall with a late knockdown sealing the deal.
Amazing recuperative powers of Ali and Fury.
Fury and Ali bragging about sending the opponent to the hospital and claiming they won
Both also saying they played too much and just need to get serious next time.

Do you think the second fight might play out similarly to Ali-Frazier 2? I do. I think people who write Fury off are largely prisoners of the moment.

It was close, and even directly before the knockdown in round 9 I think Fury was doing well and hurt Usyk to the body and head. If he just doesn't get caught like that again, it shall be very close.

 

Didn't Frazier beat Ali clearly in a competitive fight? I think that's one of the similarities.

As for discipline, we shall see. He's clearly capable of being disciplined for stretches of time when he's motivated, and it seems like now he has a good reason to be.

 

I think Fury will be very aware of the situation in the later rounds, and that itself diminishes the possibility of him getting caught with something that big by a lot. I also don't think he really believed Usyk could hurt him that bad and now he does.

In the later rounds he only got caught very badly when he did that silly combination of pitty pat straight left-rights, probably overconfident from the earlier success in the round.

As for his shape, I wonder why can't he go down in weight to the level he was in the Wlad fight... But overall you're probably right, there's no way he doesn't get outworked in the later rounds.

 

True, but he is capable of GETTING in shape.

Also, partly his body type makes him look worse than he really is I think.

Besides, from what I hear he trains a lot, eating is more of a problem. Notice that his stamina was never a problem, arguably it was pretty good even in the Usyk fight.

Has he worn his body out beyond being able to get in shape again, remains to be seen.

 

What makes you say that?

I thought it was clear with the KD and there's pretty much a consensus now, I didn't even hear John Fury denying that.

 

Why not? I'm not saying he will but why isn't it an option?

Also, I think Usyk, with his style, is at age when a bad night/performance is likely to happen finally. How many fighters pushing 40 did you see improving?

Usyk himself said it was his toughest fight and that was for a reason. He was getting tagged good and had to dig really deep, make no mistake about it.