Tyson Fury will enjoy a 55-pound, six-inch size advantage over Alexander Usyk in 12 rounds DAZN PPV second leg on Saturday night. At Friday’s weigh-in, Fury’s 281-pound weight on the scales made it clear that his second fight with unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) will be different than their last.
Fourie’s game plan: using size
The 6’9″, 281 lb. Fury looked gigantic when facing the 6’3″, 226 lb. Usik during their clash today. Unlike yesterday, Tyson quickly turned around after a few seconds and threw a few aerial punches at the crowd to let them know what he had in store for Alexander on Saturday night in their headliner, live on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Fury (36) is a year and a half younger than Usyk, who will turn 38 on January 17. Fury’s size and youth will make it difficult for Alexander unless he can stay out of range of his punches or his abilities. to grab him in his own giant vacuum maul.
Anger is like a human version of a sea lamprey, weakening its prey in a vampiric fashion once it gets its hands on them. Usyk will have to tell on the move to avoid being worn down by the massive Fury.
“They both know they can hurt each other.” Tyson has fantastic recovery powers, as you saw in the ninth round. In the tenth and eleventh rounds, Usyk could not capitalize on it, but in the 12th round, Tyson won it. “He ended up being the stronger of the two fighters,” said Frank Warren DAZN Boxingtalking about how Tyson Fury defeated Oleksandr Usyk in their previous fight on May 18th.
“For me the bell goes.” Whoever takes the center of the ring and pushes the other guy back is going to struggle. It’s a kind of struggle. Tyson can do something Usyk can’t, and Usyk is a great fighter. “Tyson can fight on the back foot,” Warren said.
“Can Usyk fight on the back foot, Alex?” commentator Ade Oladipo said to Usyk’s promoter Alex Krasjuk.
“Usyk can fight in any way he wants,” Krasjuk said. “Tyson has been saving his energy and it’s not clear if he’ll be able to do anything extraordinary.”