Tyson Fury has decided to take the immediate rematch with undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in October, showing that he’s a glutton for punishment. It’s a baffling move by Fury because he doesn’t have to do this.
Today, the former WBC heavyweight champion Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) reportedly confirmed that he’ll use his rematch clause to face Usyk again and risk everything in doing so.
A Thousand Fights, A Thousand Humiliations
I think it’s pretty obvious that Fury has zero chance of beating Usyk in the rematch. Even if they fought a thousand times, Fury ain’t a got a chance. Usyk showed that he’s on another level as Fury last Saturday night, and it figures to get worse for the Gyspy King in the rematch.
Fury looked like a slow dinosaur, plodding around the ring against Usyk, and was done for the night after the sixth round. Even with two training camps under his belt, Fury still looked fat, slow, and far older than his chronological age of 35.
The rematch will be more one-sided in Usyk’s favor, and he’ll uncountably make sure he takes the referee out of the equation by unloading on Fury with sustained combinations. Even if the referee gives Fury nonstop standing eight counts, I don’t think it’s going to prevent the inevitable.
This move by the 35-year-old Fury shows that he’s willing to subject himself to another schooling by Usyk and take another beating against the more talented and better-conditioned athlete.
That ain’t happening. So if Fury gets hurt again, he’s not going to be able to bank on the referee swooping in the pull Usyk off of him to give him a standing eight count the way they do in the amateurs.
The Robbery We Hope to Avoid
With so much money at stake for the rematch, hopefully, we don’t see a robbery with Usyk on the receiving end. Fury = money, and it’s in his best interest that he wins the rematch with Usyk, which is why it’s going to be interesting to see if the judges and the referee don’t do something strange in the Fury-Usyk rematch that taints the outcome.
The Gypsy King has chosen to reject the lifeline thrown to him by promoter Eddie Hearn to fatten his bank account with Anthony Joshua in favor of a second fight against the unbeaten Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs).
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