Former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says IBF/WBA/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk's technical ability is enough to overcome WBC champion Tyson Fury's size on Saturday night. I believe.
The 6-foot-9 Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) is six inches taller and has a 39-pound weight advantage than the 6-foot-3 Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs). Klitschko is confident Oleksandr's skills will carry him to victory in the undisputed championship fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury also has good technique, but he's not at Usyk's level. Gypsy King has aged more than Usyk due to years of eating and training habits.
Fury hasn't been able to cut weight like he did early in his career, as he has let himself go many times between fights over the past decade. He really had to torture himself, and it took two consecutive training camps just to get his weight down to 262 pounds for Friday's weigh-in, but he still looked fat.
Size doesn't matter, technique matters
“I think size is important in boxing and heavyweight. We know there is a big difference between the two opponents and we know Fury is taller and has a longer reach. But , there is no other way to fight a strong fighter like AJ and Usyk showed that twice, ”Wladimir Klitschko told DAZN Boxing.
To a certain extent at heavyweight, size matters. If you can box, have power, and have a strong jaw, that helps a fighter. Fury can only box, and he can't even do it like he used to anymore. There aren't that many strong big players in this division, suggesting that size is overrated.
“Now with this technology you can achieve anything you want. It's not about power or size,” Vladimir said. “It's a question of boxing technique. I believe Oleksandr Usyk is one of the best technicians in modern boxing and I'm sure he'll do his job tomorrow night.”
It all comes down to whether Usyk can fight enough to win the round decisively. Because you have to understand that if they were close, the judges would give it to Fury.
He is the more popular of the two fighters, and the fight between Fury and Anthony Joshua has a lot of money on the line. It's a business. Even if the rounds weren't close, Fury could still win the fight by decision, and that's the sad part.
We saw Fury lose his last fight in front of many people's eyes, and the judges awarded him the loss. It's the same venue. Why are the results different this time? In fact, Usyk may need a knockout or three-knockdown performance to win a decision against Fury on the A-side.
“The other day, for my birthday, Oleksandr Usyk called me and said, “I hope your dream comes true and you become the oldest heavyweight champion in the world.'' Wait a minute,” he said. Just don't let me get out of retirement. what are you doing? Thank you for the wishes, but we have to win the next fight,” Klitschko said.
Klitschko, 48, has no intention of coming out of retirement to fight Fury. Wladimir hasn't fought in seven years since losing to Anthony Joshua in 2017. If anyone had a chance to face Fury, it was Wladimir's younger brother, Vitali Klitschko, 52.
Even at his age, Vitali has a good chance of beating Fury, who is believed to have the body of a 50-year-old. Fury is aging horribly, looking more and more like his father, John Fury, and it's clear he won't be in the sport for long.
If Fury isn't forced into retirement by Usyk on Saturday, he'll do well when Anthony Joshua faces him. Because I think he only lasts two or three rounds against AJ.
Fury's unpredictable mental state
“Tyson Fury is unpredictable. We don't know what mental form he's in. “We understand the physical form, but we know what state he's in. It's tomorrow. We'll see on that night. There's always something different and we don't know how he's going to be in this fight,” Wladimir said of Fury.
