Who will you be rooting for: Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury?

Usyk. Better for the sport as Fury has gotten far too arrogant, despite my admiration for his ability in the ring pre-Wilder 3.

 

Usyk off course.
Oleksander is close to being "Perfect champion". Fury disaponted me many times as one.
It would be super story if Usyk win with him.

And to be honest I'm closer to Usyk as a person and I like him more.
Fury is liar with no respect to anyone. Big mouth always talking how great he is. Off course when its time to proof it he looking for easy way...

Rooting for Usyk. He deserved to win this and finish his carrer without loosing.

 

Usyk
Luke Fury has always been an embarrassment except during his comeback story against Wilder

 

I don't suffer clowns or fools easily so Fury burned his boats with me long ago.

 

Always root for Fury.

I don't dislike Usyk but I want to see the meltdown on here if he loses because the Usyk worshipping is getting insufferable.

 

I hope Usyk wins, Fury has made a mockery of the sport recently with the Chisora trilogy and the Ngannou fight. That being said I think people have seriously underestimated and I will not be surprised if Fury pulls it off again. If he does I’ll give him all the credit he deserves. I hope everyone else does too.

 

Rooting for fury but expect Usyk to win

 

Usyk for the win!

 

Well, one or two folks here say Fury's bad for the sport and Usyk would be good for it. There are merits to the argument but I'd argue it rests entirely on one's vantage point.

I should preface what I'm about to say by underscoring I'm not comparing Fury to Ali in any respect other than showmanship.

And as Bob Arum has noted, he likes Fury's showmanship. If you'll recall, in the '60s/'70s Ali was both beloved and widely reviled for his bombast. People either didn't appreciate or simply didn't get his showmanship. Ali used to joke that his sly response to people cussing him from the front row was "And you bought a ticket, though, didn't you..?" TV deals for fights soared. Was Ali bad for the sport...? Or good for it...?

By contrast look at the Klitschko Bros. Highly intelligent, highly respectful of opponents and critics, low-key, excellent boxing technicians, and (apart from the usual ring shenanigans engaged by virtually every pro boxer), gentlemen. Were they "good" for the sport? HBO abandoned boxing because of them.

Similarly, you will be hard-pressed to find a more decent and conscientious top-level sportsman today than Usyk. But if he wins, and holds (most of) the belts for a number of years, will he draw bigger audiences and ticket sales than Fury were he to win? What if an Usyk victory leads to a dwindling audience? Is that "good" for the sport?

I'd rather leave it to the refs to be arbiters of who's representing the sport properly.... and allow the fighters to sell tickets (or not) in whatever (hopefully reasonably tasteful) way they can.

 

Usyk: For the sake of HW boxing...............for the sake of boxing, Usyk needs to win.


And Joshua needs to stop Ngannou in like 4 rounds.............

 

Usyk. I think, despite having obvious talent, Fury has tried to con his way through the last few years. He enjoys the crown but doesn't want to act like a King and defend it properly.

 

Great post

 

Hoping for a good fight

 

Pretty much my thoughts exactly.