Tyson Fury says he will be “more focused” and serious for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21st, four weeks from now.
The way Fury talks, he plans to outbox Usyk in the rematch rather than imposing his size and taking the fight to him. That’s a foolish plan.
In their previous fight on May 18th, Fury successfully attacked Usyk with uppercuts and body shots in the first five rounds. Things deteriorated in the sixth round when Usyk took the fight to the inside, nailing Fury with hooks around his guard and not letting him hold. On the inside, the aging Fury was helpless and took a lot of punishment.
Tyson’s Path to Victory
– Attacking with nonstop pressure
– Fast pace
– Body punching
– Mauling when possible
– Stay off the ropes
Unfortunately, Fury’s conditioning may prevent him from fighting hard enough to win. He looks like he’s chosen to come into the rematch carrying more weight. That would be fine if the weight were in muscle, but in this case, it’s fat.
If this is Fury’s trainer, Sugarhill Steward’s simple-minded strategy to defeat Usyk, he should fire him ASAP and get a good trainer; with Fury’s massive $140 million fortune, he’s got enough money to hire the best coach in the sport, that has sound ideas.
Fury looks like he’s been power-feeding but failing to do enough resistance training to add muscle. Like a lot of simpletons, Fury thinks he can become more powerful by eating, but he’s forgetting the weight training that is required to gain strength.
Fury, 36, downplays his previous 12-round split decision defeat against Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), blaming it on him clowning around in the first half of their fight on May 18th.
“I’m a side-on boxer, slipping, sliding, uppercut, hooking. So, I’m going to do that, but more focused. Not so much [clowning with hands behind back like the first fight]. A little more focused on the job, and that’s my way to victory,” said Tyson Fury to TNT Sports Boxing about his game plan for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in four weeks on December 21st.
“I knew it was a close fight. I thought I’d done enough. I don’t complain. He got the victory, and I was happy for him,” said Fury about his loss to Usyk on May 18th.
Punch Stats for Fury-Usyk
– Oleksandr Usyk: 107 of 407 punches for 42%
– Tyson Fury: 157 of 496 for 32%
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