Karl Froch believes Tyson Fury will run out of steam if he fails to score a knockout against Oleksandr Usyk by the fourth round on Saturday. live on DAZN. Froch believes Fury’s weight is too high at 281 lbs to prevent him from fading and losing to unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) in their rematch at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
If ‘Gispy King’ Fury goes down after three or four rounds, Usyk will likely knock him out. The referee who saved Fury last time with his timely count of eight in the ninth round will not be doing the rematch on Saturday. So Tyson will be on his own, he will have to get himself out of hot water without help.
Fury decided to bulk up with the desperate belief that he could use the weight to gain more strength and maybe rely on Usyk to wear him down. He used that tactic against Deontay Wilder, Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora.
That style was taught to Fury by his trainer SugarHill Steward, but it was only a game plan that worked against the limited three fighters above. He was ineffective against Fury’s last two opponents, Usyk and Francis Ngannou.
Endurance Doubts
“Just the confidence, smile and calmness of Usik.” He just oozes class today. “Since the first fight went the way it did in the ninth round, I made him the favorite all week and I’m even more confident,” said Carl Frock. Matchroom Bookingpicking Alexander Usyk to win Saturday night in his defense against Tyson Fury.
“You can’t write off Tyson. He’s a big guy; he is strong but i think he is too heavy (281 lbs). That’s 20 stone. If you don’t get him out of there in the first three or four rounds, he’ll blow the gas. He will fill that extra weight himself. I don’t think he did himself any extra favors.
“Maybe I’m wrong.” Maybe he’ll go in there and lean on Usik, grab him and try to get him out of there. “That must be his game plan,” Froch said.
Fury seems to lack confidence and his trainer Sugarhill has no ideas other than the game plan that worked for the Wilder fight. Fury piled on with one idea: to try to bully Usyk.
“Take off the leather clothes and let’s say he’s down to 277. He’s been there before.” I didn’t like him at that weight,” commentator Steve Bunce said of Fury. “Then it’s slow and bulky.” That’s obviously the plan. It’s a great plan, but what will happen in the sixth round if Usyk is out of danger. All that weight takes its toll.
“Usik, dressed, is probably exactly the same as he was in the last fight, because that’s who he is.” He is a scientist.”
