Fury hasn't looked even remotely elusive in a while. Not since the Whyte fight and he's a plodding mediocrity. Usyk hurts his opponents mostly with his straight left hand that he'll throw as an overhand against taller opponents. He will land it on Fury's chin and to his body, which is always open, repeatedly.
From his face, he looks leaner, didn't get to see his body, probably the same pear shape but smaller. I'm sure he'll lose, most likely by clear decision.
Physically Fury looks in good shape and he's trimmed down but not by much. According to him he's "about 19 stone" which is 266 lbs. He'll probably weigh in the low 260s. He does still have the love handles, and that pear shape, but he looks far fitter than he did for other opponents in recent memory.
ya, no way he'll ever look like a true athlete, but that doesn't matter much in boxing. They always hounded larry for his pear shape but it never stopped him from being great.
Well in the Judah fight Tszyu dropped him and he immediately popped back up to his feet only to fall down again. He was stumbling. I'm glad that Fury vs Wilder 1 wasn't waved off, since he was able to recover, but a lot of refs today would have based on how it looked. Fury got knocked dead for a moment.
Fury used to look fit in his younger days. His abs were there and he looked lean. Really for a guy that size he shouldn't be weighing more than 240-250ish. At 260-270+ lbs he's only going to struggle to keep up with quick highly mobile opponents. His gas tank might also suffer. That's a lot of extra weight to have to move around in there.
I remember when Bowe tried to come in for the Golota rematch at the weight of his best fight, Holyfield 1, he looked gaunt and sick and fought that way. How the lighter weights torture themselves to make weight and still fight well enough to win is a mystery to me.
Fury does have a better inside game than AJ even though it mostly consists of mauling these days. But as far as combos and counters are concerned, AJ is superior. Additionally he isn't the puncher or finisher that AJ is. He doesn't pose the same type of offensive threat (without being able to lean on smaller opponents to tire them out). Defensively Fury gets way too much credit IMO. He's not that difficult to tag. I think Usyk will light him up in there.
Fury's an Undertaker fan (from wrestling). Looks like an homage to the Undertaker.
I eh ... don't think it landed
completely different atmosphere. Fury's eyes look broken.
I'm cheering for Fury but ofc I like Usyk too. (What's not to like)
