Promoter Eddie Hearn has named Oleksandr Usyk to defeat Tyson Fury in the undisputed heavyweight championship bout in Riyadh on May 18th.
Hearn has said he wants Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) to win, but feels IBF/WBA/WBO champion Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) will win because he This is because he is in “perfect condition” for this tournament. Fight.
Fury needs to win. That's because it keeps hopes alive for a fight between Fury and Hearn fighter Anthony Joshua. Fury-Usyk's contract has a rematch clause, meaning the two will fight again before Joshua gets a chance to face the winner.
Fury, the WBC champion, is also in good condition and appears to be much lighter than his career-high 277 1/2 pounds, which he weighed in against Francis Ngannou last October. However, Fury doesn't look like he's getting any younger, and that could be the biggest problem against Usyk. He needs more youth.
Fury has good size, but he lacks hand and foot speed at this stage of his career. He now wins matches with a combination of club shots and slants that exhaust opponents.
He hasn't faced a faster fighter since a 2013 bout with former cruiserweight Steve Cunningham, in which he struggled and was dropped.
In the seventh, Fury grabbed Cunningham with one arm and used his free hand to land a shot that knocked him out. Fury may use the same tactic against Usyk to keep him stationary and allow him to land. It's a foul, but it doesn't matter if the referee doesn't pay attention.
Fury is too slow to box Usyk down and his hand speed isn't good enough to fight on the outside like taller fighters usually do.
“Back and forth. It's a 50-50 fight, you know?” promoter Eddie Hearn said on the iFL TV YouTube channel about the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury fight, which took place on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He said this.
“I hope Tyson Fury does well. At the moment it's Oleksandr Usyk on points. Last week I thought Tyson Fury was on points,” Hearn said of who is in this fight. He answered a question about whether he thought he would win. “I just saw a photo of him.
“he [Usyk] She had her hair cut short and I thought she looked a little crazy. So that was the scientific reason behind this choice. I thought he looked very well. I think he's ready, I think Fury will be ready too,” Hearn said.
