Heavyweight Jared Anderson says WBC champion Tyson Fury shouldn't put pressure on IBF/WBA/WBO champion Oleksandr Wisk to give him an advantage in their May 18 fight.
Usyk's experience with pressure fighters
Anderson feels Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) knows how to handle the pressure Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) puts on him. Usyk has faced many high-pressure fighters in his career, but the bigger, slower-aging Fury will have an easier style to adapt to.
This fight could hinge on Fury being able to grab Usyk often enough to lean on him and wear him down with the way he carries himself and his striking style. That seems to be Fury's way of winning fights at this stage of his career.
Fury's best approach
“My eyes are on bigger opponents, but if they're open to it, I'm all for it. I'm all for money fights,” Jared Anderson told FightHype. “I like Fury because he has a great IQ. They both have a great IQ,” Anderson said of the May 18th fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
“Size will be a big factor whether he moves forward or bides his time. Either way, he'll come out on top. Him moving forward will work out in Usyk's plans. So I think it could be a reverse psychological option that he shouldn’t have.”
This size may not work against Usyk as it does against other fighters like Wladimir Klitschko, Deontay Wilder, Dillian Whyte, and Derek Chisora. Usyk is better at adapting than those fighters.
“If he takes his time and wears Usyk down, I think he will have an easy fight.
“Personally, Anthony Joshua needs a fight after this, considering what he did after losing against Usyk. At least I can trust him to get a rematch with someone after what happened. I have to say, I think he looks a lot better.
“He showed he can make changes. I'm not saying they're winning changes, but at least he's shown that he can make changes that we haven't seen in other heavyweight fighters who have held the belt for a long time.” “We made a huge difference,” Anderson said.
