Usyk vs Fury II

[white is right]

I decided to make a thread on it's own as this fight deserves it's own thread. The rematch is in 3 days and in North America it's barely mentioned on mainstream sports sites and if it is it's an after thought.

Usyk rightfully is a slight betting favorite at about 7 to 6 odds so essentially it's a near pick'em. Fury looks like he will try and emulate his two wins over Wilder where he steam rolled Wilder with physical roughhouse tactics and power shots and will tip the scales at around 20 stones(280 pounds). I don't see Usyk changing anything in his strategy as he couldn't fight any better than the first fight less he ko's the big man(which is a distinct possibility in the middle to late rounds IMO).

Here is a preview from the British broadcaster and as Booth stated the card has a few prospect fights but isn't as loaded as the February card with the Betebiev vs Bivol rematch.

PS the broadcasters mentioned this is biggest rematch since Ali vs Frazier II but I would say Alvarez vs Golovkin II was worthy of being in this discussion and Ali vs Frazier II was "only an eliminator" to win the right to fight Foreman for the undisputed title.

 

[Bucky]

Usyk had Fury dead on his feet last fight. The ropes were the only thing keeping him up. I like Fury, but Usyk is the true professional here and is always in tip top conditioning. Either way it’s going to be another Brother War!

 

[The Hock]

Usyk had Fury dead on his feet last fight. The ropes were the only thing keeping him up. I like Fury, but Usyk is the true professional here and is always in tip top conditioning. Either way it’s going to be another Brother War!

I agree. Usyk is much more focused and disciplined. I get a kick of of Fury and he can ballyhoo with the best of them but he's met his match in Usyk.

 

[Truthman]

Usyk is one of the GOATs, he always finds that extra gear when he needs it, and finds a way to win. I just hope for fair judges.

 

[Laybrick]

Fury could and should have won the 1st fight, after 8 rnds he was in control, hurting Usyk a few times but would then dance and show boat rather than close the show. This silly behaviour let Usyk back into the fight. When an athlete in any sport show boats they lose mental discipline and give the opponent opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have.

Fury has to smother him like Jack Dempsey did with Carpentier, Rocky Marciano with Joe Louis or Joe Frazier in the 1st Ali fight.

 

[sprintstar]

If Fury fights to his own capabilities Usyk is in for a very rough night....if Fury showboats I hope Usyk KO's Fury....

 

[white is right]

At the weigh in Fury weighed 281 and Usyk was 226 but Fury wore a bomber style jacket, shoes and jogging pants and so that would make him as low as the mid to low 270's and Usyk had a heavy looking medal chain and didn't disrobe too so he would be sub 226. I don't see the point of the ceremonial weigh in if Fury is going to play the part of a Spaghetti Western villain similar to former NFL player Woody Strode.

Hyped Mulatto prospect Moses Itamau fights Demsey McKean in a true cross roads bout. The winner will fight a live body if it's the Australian but if as expected Itamau wins the brakes could be applied to a point as he is still just 19. McKean will have to take punishment to win this one and drown the prospect in the middle to late rounds or he will be another notch in the belt to the hard punching prospect.

Johnny Fisher should bowl over the portly Dave Allen who is sporting a 12 pack stuffed into his stomach and should lose spectacularly only Fisher gassing out looks like a path to victory for Allen who hasn't looked like even a tough out in his last few fights.

Serhii Bohachuk fights late replacement Ishmael Davis and needs a win to stay in the Saudi sweepstakes as Davis has never fought at the world level before and has a loss to Josh Kelly in his biggest bout of his career(so far). A loss for the Ukrainian would be a disaster and could be a long rebuild.https://fightnews.com/fury-outweighs-usyk-by-55-pounds/167851

 

[Arerequired]

Wow Fury is heavy, let's see how that bodes for his cardio, but I'm not gonna lie, hope Usyk can pull it off again.

I think Fury maybe attempting to bulldoze Usyk, if this is not just him letting go of his weight.

 

[Bucky]

If Fury was 250-260 range I’d be worried for Usyk but I’m not

 

[freedom1]

RHINO ROBBED IN RIYADH!!

 

[freedom1]

USYK!!!!!!!

 

[Arerequired]

Usyk is really an animal anyone else will have to work hard to get P4P no. 1 from him.

 

[Arerequired]

Surprised nothing went down with the judging, Fury and Joshua are regretting not fighting before Usyk came around.

These British fans need to behave themselves.

 

[Arerequired]

Dubois being a dullard.

 

[freedom1]

I really like Usyk. I think he represents us well. I think he'll make quick work of Dubois. For a smaller heavyweight to have 2 victories over both Joshua and Fury (big heavyweights) is really amazing.

Fury is poor sport. He always has been.

 

[Phall]

Weird fight... heavyweights are usually "boring" because a few good shots will end a bout. These guys pepper each other with fly swatters all night, each landing a ton, no one seems hurt in the least.

Both guys have tremendous endurance and cardio fitness to be so active for 12 rounds. Usyk is shaped like an athlete, while Fury had some sort of half-mumu dress on that cinched his fat gut up onto his torso. I wonder if it was designed to distribute his flab into some sort of uniform padding. Anyway, his jiggling was frankly distracting. With that size advantage (height, weight, reach), he has the burden of proof to vanquish his foe. He couldn't do it twice, so he really shouldn't complain.

 

[The Hock]

Sounds like the bout went like I thought it would. Fury in it the first half, then fades from lugging all that extra weight around.

I didn't think Usyk would make so much noise as a heavyweight but damn he proved me wrong.

 

[white is right]

RHINO ROBBED IN RIYADH!!

Yes I don't see how you can score the fight for Fisher as his rounds were obvious but beyond a maybe a round after the 5th he clearly was cuffed around and dominated by Allen's veteran tactics. Fisher needs a ton of work if he is to get beyond the Allen level of pros.

In the opening bout of my PPV broadcast Andrii Novytskyi dominated his Mexican human pineda opponent but didn't look as impressive as he should as his opponent was made to order for either a one sided beating or a violent stoppage. He did neither but still pitched a near shutout. He will need to work on punching through the target not tapping to score points.

Daniel Lapin dominated his French national opponent who is the nephew of former WBC junior middleweight champion René Jacquot but similar to his fellow Ukrainian he never had his opponent in jeopardy despite winning nearly every round. He has a record as a non puncher so he will need to fight like this as he steps up in class as he will have to do rounds to win bouts.

I missed the next two lower weight scraps but saw from wire reports that the McGrail vs Edwards was a tight bout and the underdog lost another narrow decision.

Lowe was dominated by McGregor and may stay in the Fury camp unless he wants more B side work on the British domestic scene.

Serhii Bohachuk dominated Davis so badly with power shots that Davis' corner rescued their man after the end of the 6th round. Bohachuk will probably get a title shot at some point as this was an eliminator for the WBC title.

In the semfinal bout Itamau poleaxed Aussie Demsey McKean with two combinations both times the Aussie hit the deck and had no legs under him but seemed fine mentally but the referee made the right call to stop the bout after the second knockdown as he would have probably been knocked out badly with a third combination to the head.

If McKean is to fight on he may only get B side work for prospects or might have to retreat to the Australian circuit and rebuild there as getting flattened like that destroys a boxers image with networks.

In the main event Usyk dominated Fury down the stretch and the scoring seemed accurate to me as Fury faded out after the mid point of the fight as he should have carrying a good 30 pounds of flab that he never used for anything but shock absorbing for the cagey champions combinations to the head and body. Fury whined at the post fight press conference but any objective observer knows he had no leg to stand on scoring wise.

I hope Usyk retires but it seems he will fight on and was open to a rematch with the peaking Dubois. We shall see what Dubois does with Parker in the next Saudi card but memories of Usyk giving him a boxing lesson makes the rematch a nothing bout IMO.