Gareth A. Davies says Tyson Fury’s nutritionist said he was in “excellent condition” for a rematch against unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21 in Riyadh. Davies claims Fury’s preparation was “brilliant”.
Wasted Camp
The 281-lb Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) didn’t look “great,” and he certainly didn’t look “brilliant” unless we dramatically lowered the bar for a fighter to meet that criteria. He looked like a deformed, retired ex-athlete who took it easy.
Tyson looked like someone who had been sitting on the couch eating cookies and pies for the last three months. She appeared to be carrying about 30 pounds of extra fat that shouldn’t have been there around her waist. It’s a discipline problem.
In order for the ‘Gypsy King’ to get through the three-month training camp and look like this, he suggests the following things:
- I didn’t work hard
- Cut corners
- Eating too much
- Not enough cardio
For this important fight, Fury should not have weighed more than 247 lbsthe weight he reached because of his historic victory Wladimir Klitschko On November 28, 2015, Fury has never gone 240 since that bout, and he hasn’t done that well in any of his fights in the last nine years.
Lack of discipline
That tells you that Fury lacks discipline because he should have been able to get down to the mid 240s if he worked hard and controlled his diet. Call it laziness, but he didn’t force himself to lose weight. That’s why Usyk has beaten him twice and will likely lose to Anthony Joshua if that fight happens next.
“Fury has improved, but so has Usyk.” His fitness for a 20 stone man was superb,” said Gareth A. Davies for Boxing King Media on Tyson Fury’s physical condition for the rematch with Alexander Usyk on December 21.
“I spoke to his (Fury’s) nutritionist and they said he’s in great shape and having a great camp. He showed that in the fight. Usik was a little smarter. There were times when Fury, the giant, was trying to hit this smaller guy and he was in and out and landed right before he came out in those clinches in the last third of the fight.
“It was a close fight, it was definitely a close fight. It was a very physical, intriguing contest. It wasn’t a thrill-a-minute fight, but it was so intriguing. It was a tough fight for both men. Together they went through 24 grueling rounds,” Garrett said of Fury and Usyk.
The last two fights between Fury and Usyk have not been tough. Usyk worked over Tyson in the ninth round of their first contest on May 18, but that was the only action-packed round of the 24 fights in which many punches landed. Their two fights were chess, not grueling fights.
Fourie has NOT improved. I don’t know what Gareth is talking about. He’s gotten worse and worse and seems incapable of beating any of the top heavyweights. Usyk is a good fighter, but some guys in the top 15 would beat him in his last two fights. He beat Fury and Anthony Joshua because neither is elite or A-level. They were overrated in their prime, but now they’re even worse.
“The next fight is obvious for Fury (Anthony Joshua), but not for Usyk. The obvious fight for Fury is Joshua, but for Usyk, does he fight Daniel Dubois again if he beats Parker? Does he fight Parker if he beats Dubois on February 22nd to regain the undisputed title? It seems like the obvious route, but other than that, what else is there for him (Usika)?” Gareth said.
Usyk will likely fight the winner of the Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker fight next. Eddie Hearn is pushing for Usyk to fight Jai Opetaia, but that probably won’t happen. Opetaia is not a name for the casual boxing fan, and it’s not a fight that will go down well. If Turki Al-Shiyeh wants to fund a fight between the two, that would be great, but other than that, Usuki is better off fighting the winner of Dubois-Parker to regain his undisputed championship.