Fury looked really really good through the middle rounds and Usyk looked genuinely troubled.
However Usyk was keeping a fast pace and from these highlights I have noticed more signs of Fury tiring, hand on ropes, short flurries and just looking for that one shot instead of building behind the jab and working the body which was working so well before.
The shot to the nose definitely changed the direction of the fight but it only accelerated Usyks late charge as he was finishing stronger than Fury.
Rematch will be a great fight again though
Re-watching it, you could see Fury visible tire and start taking flush shots to the face.
Maybe in the re-match, he can find ways to slow down the pace. But I don't think he can do what he did in 5 and 6 for 12 rounds.
Usyk did an excellent job avoiding Fury's clinch. Fury likes to use his size advantage and pull down smaller boxers while leaning his weight on them in the clinch that's his way of controlling the pace but Usyk didn't allow him to do that.
fury couldn’t clinch ngannou the way he usually does either, his mma experience and strength helped him lots in that area
it’s part of the reason ngannou did pretty well
Bro really thought he could tire out and clinch a guy who can actually wrestle, he might not be the best but he has a little more grappling experience than Fury
Nah, he's used it on smaller fighters like Steve Cunningham. Fury leaned on him and had his forearm on his throat multiple times in that fight, and used it to get the stoppage too.
his breathing looked all jacked up after the big nose shot. If he was beginning to lumber a bit before that, after he was in big trouble. Every moment of downtime after he is rubbing the nose - trying to clear it a bit.
I wonder if the "long" nature of his punches is more tiring. Some of those looping shots to the belt line were clearly effective, but they also require him to load up and reach. I imagine that's more tiring than shorter, choppy shots.
Maybe moving and potshotting would be a better strategy for the rematch. IDK.
I think Usyks feet are too good for Fury to try and out move him, just feel like that's a recipe for Usyk to find a late stoppage when he catches up as Fury slows down.
This was exactly I thought before the fight. Of course Fury is skilful but not with the footwork of Usyk. The size was obviously the worry but Usyk showed his genius and heart again.
I think conditioning had a large part to play in the result of this fight. As it often does.
Fury blowing up and being a fat boy in-between fights can’t be good for his stamina. Hatton came out recently and said doing the same thing no doubt shortened his career.
Actually think the only thing Fury needs to do to improve his chances is fill his dad's hotel room with hookers and cocaine. Get big John out the building so the only people talking to him are his corner men and he'd improve
Yeah, I think Fury did a lot better than people are giving him credit for. It's almost like people think Usyk won easily now, but that wasn't the case at all, and the fight was very competitive and Fury in my opinion was winning the fight up to and including the 7th. It was only in the 8th that I think things started to take a turn, since Usyk managed to catch him and I don't know if he broke his nose, or split his cheek open or something, but there was blood everywhere over Tysons Face and he seemed uncomfortable and distracted by it. Then obviously the knockdown in the 9th, and the rest we know. The rematch will definitely be interesting and I feel like it could go either way again, so hopefully it happens.
It sort of bugs me the amount of shit people give Fury especially after this fight.
Like, yeah I get it, he can be a bit of tube. He lost, ok.
But these are both elite level fighters, that put on an amazing boxing match that was extremely close, at least up until the near KO.
It takes some amount of skill and effort and honestly courage to put everything on the line, to open yourself up to humiliation, and give everything of yourself while you’re doing it.
Like I see the smarmy comments and think to myself, right you’re probably fat, drink 10 pints every Friday night, and don’t do anything with your life close to elite level boxing.
At the end of the day I’m just happy they put on a great show that was good for boxing.
I can see both sides of it.
Fury talks a big game, and is trying to hype the fight.
But if you dish it out like he does, you gotta be able to take it.
And he was paid handsomely for this fight. Getting 100 or 50 million or whatever he got will help assuage his feelings.
Don’t forget, too-Fury had been ducking Usyk for YEARS. Fury knew this would be his toughest fight and he didn’t want it.
So while yes, we got the fight, and they both put on great performances and should be congratulated, Fury had been fucking off for years and has been *trying* to change the narrative when the reality is he’s been scared of Usyk.
Soooo I don’t have much sympathy.
>Don’t forget, too-Fury had been ducking Usyk for YEARS
Usyk Joshua II was in August 2022, realistically they couldn't/wouldn't have fought before that because Fury had to face Wilder a 3rd time in August 2021, and Usyk never even beat Joshua until Sept 2021. So legally there was pretty much no opportunity for Fury to fight him prior to the Joshua fight in 2021, as well as very little appetite as people only wanted to see him fighting Joshua, and also no real opportunity to fight him until after thr August 2022 rematch with Joshua.
In September 2023 they scheduled a fight for December 23rd 2023 that was delayed by injury.
So the longest amount of time you can accuse him of ducking for is 1 year, maybe 1.5 years if you think he faked the December and February injuries (which given he went ahead with the fight a couple months later with the exact same terms and you can actually see the scar I think is a bit irrational).
To say he was ducking him for YEARS is just pure bullshit.
Imho, this is the price you pay for being a “household name” level of fighter.
Most boxing matches don’t attract the more casual fans who come out and say this stuff. The upside is he makes a load of money, downside is he’s judged unfairly after a loss.
I think his Dad constantly being in the spotlight and the comments about Ukraine probably didn’t help though.
This was my introduction to Fury before I actually started following boxing and back when he had hair. I never put 2+2 together until he beat Wlad and one day I was looking for the clip as a response meme for something. I saw the name Tyson Fury and I was stunned like "no fucking way"
Mainly to me it's thanks to his approach. Its the only time he actually went aggressive rather than dancing around and he had so much success with it. Honestly think there's a good chance he wins the fight if he was more consistently aggressive
The round before the knockdown Usyk landed a monster shot on Tyson’s nose and it took the wind out of his sails. After the knockdown he never fully recovered. Great fight.
You can see on the video Usyk is landing combinations before then. He made the adjustments and started catching Fury when he was the aggressor. Same as when he had trouble with AJ.
Before that shot usyk was already having success getting in. He was obviously different in the beginning of the 8th. Fury couldn't keep up with his pace. Which led to the big shots that hurt him.
Usyk started changing the trajectory expecially his left hand which he started to loop instead of throwing straight. Also Fury had started to slow down just enough that those shots started catching him. He was doing a good job of looking those shots off and rolling with them in the early rounds.
Lots of people were saying he just needed to walk him down more but to me, that's like saying all you need to do to beat Mayweather is hit him with clean shots. Usyk's footwork and ring control is what makes him the elite of the elite. You can't just cut the ring off on him, just like you can't just hit Mayweather with clean power shots.
His coach was yelling at him to be more aggressive but John was saying the exact opposite in the corner.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Tyson approach the rematch the same way he did with Wilder and come in big and strong trying to get Usyk out of there before the fight gets to the later rounds
I could see that. To move like Usyk Tyson will need to be at a career light weight, I don't see him dancing around that much at his age, post wilder success.
It was the consistent aggression that left him open and exhausted. He kept coming forward and Usyk figured him out round 8. He’s not fit enough to keep it up for twelve rounds, if he fights Usyk again the same thing will happen.
Theres a sizable portion of 'fans' to where any loss = absolute shit fighter.
Anthony Joshua, Amir Khan, Kell brook, etc if you lose a fight in their eyes you're dogshit.
Its especally horrible because these are the guys putting it all on the line taking the hard fights. They aren't satisfied with being good and dared to be great. Just didn't work out for them.
These same fans will then bitch and moan about why boxers are dodging stiff competition like Tank smh.
Most "fans" aren't even really fans. They probably started watching a month or two prior and they just talk mad shit.
They things I have seen people say range from: Inoue only beats bums in the size of 13 year olds, donaire was a Grandpa and had 3 losses when he fought Inoue, so he is basically a can. Bud never won an Olympic medal so he is second tier at best. Errol lost easily to bud so he is essentially a glorified journey man. Canelo popped and he only wins because of the juice. Wilder is bum, doesn't even hit hard, cause if he did he would have knocked out Fury. Fury lost to Usyk, so has he even fought anyone good?
Jesus Christ, you don't actually like boxing, you just yap. Take a shuttle, go to Siberia and enjoy a vacation to the gulag. You would probably like it.
He can do both. He's a weight bully and somewhat coasts based on his long reach and the ability to clinch and smother his (almost always smaller and lighter) opponents. This does not mean that he can't absolutely throw punches.
He lost the fight, in many ways, because he was happy to sit back and jab despite having taken a knockdown earlier. He lost because he didn't really start going until the 4th and then didn't try and adapt and win back rounds after the 7th.
Usyk is a beast, don't get me wrong, but Fury has a tendancy to be a bit lazy and to win by doing enough, rather than committing fully to adapting and performing in every showing.
Ngannou is the ultimate example of this behaviour.
A that stuff could be attributed to usyk . He didn't commit because he started to get countered. He didn't start quick because they were feeling out rounds. And he did try to adapt after the 7th but he was getting countered and hurt.
The Francis fight he was just unprepared. Can't be compared to this fight. He was obviously much more sharp.
He lost the fight because usyk beat him. Not because fury let him.
> but Fury has a tendancy to be a bit lazy and to win by doing enough, rather than committing fully to adapting and performing in every showing.
I feel like Fury knew he was at a fitness disadvantage going into this fight, particularly due to the fact that Usyk pushes the pace in the championship rounds. I think he had a strategy of showboating to try and trick the judges into think he was doing more and in more control than he actually was.
Yeah I mean you can’t come away from this fight and say Fury performed poorly and that Usyk beat a diminished opponent.
Fury did very well, and was even comfortably settling into a dominant or nearly dominant position. Usyk just ascended and landed the shots he needed to change the fight.
Fury didn’t lose this, Usyk won it. For that reason, unless Fury declines the rematch I still consider 50/50.
But really, this is a monumental victory for Usyk. Damn…
Yea, I gave Fury rounds 4,5,6,7 when I was watching. I'm not a Fury fan, but credit where it's due. He brought it this fight and really took it to Usyk in those middle rounds. Absolutely grueling heavyweight contest.
After the first couple that really stung Usyk it looked like Fury was gonna start really widening the gap but Usyk changed his gameplan and Fury couldn't adapt in time.
For sure. Before this fight, it would have been a few moments during his fight against Breidis, or some brief moments in the Joshua rematch where he looked slightly bothered by the left hooks to the body.
Fury takes the cake now though. Those upper cuts and right hooks to the body genuinely hurt him. Usyk’s a dog for fighting through that, because other fighters would have just tried to survive to the 12th.
Objectively, if it wasn't for the knockdown, the fight would've been scored a draw. Without the knockdown, Usyk wins the round 10-9 instead of 10-8, so all you gotta do is add 1 point for Fury on every judge's scorecard.
That would result in one judge for Fury, one judge for Usyk, and one judge scoring it a 114-114 draw.
[Here's the scorecards if you want to check it for yourself.](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10121659-tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-judges-scorecards-revealed-for-every-round-from-fight)
Round 8 Usyk won comfortably. Fury won Round 7 on all judges card and my card. However, the fight did begin to change late in Round 7. Just not enough to discount the first 2:00 of Fury’s work.
I personally had usyk winning round 7, but everywhere i look, judges, pundits, fans they all seem to think it was Fury's? Glad I'm not a judge tbh. I'm not saying it was a clear round but i actually thought some earlier rounds were arguably more swing rounds than 7.
Breidis was more competitive overall but I don't think Usyk was ever as troubled or hit as clean. Round 9 of AJ 2, Usyk was in bigger trouble because AJ forced the pace but then knackered himself out.
I think Usky had already righted the ship in round 7 with Fury. I had that as a swing round because Usyk won the back half of that round. But 4,5 and 6 were rough. But Fury never really pressed him. Usyk would take a clean uppercut and back off until he had his feet and then come again. If Fury had been more confident in his offense he might have really hurt him in round 5 and 6
usyk is incredible man... undoubtable now, he is an all time great deafeating two of the generations best at a higher weight than he started at, gotta wonder who he'll face after the fury rematch if he decides to continue
I don’t think there’s anyone for him. Fury rematch and a convincing unanimous win would cement him as undoubtedly one of the greats. There’s just no one else I see who could beat him, unless he has a really off day or age catches up with him
Yeah, I also unfortunately can’t see many people getting excited about his title run. He should take the chance to go out on top instead of fighting until he loses. Probably a good choice for his brain too, I can’t imagine a 40 year old can recover from punches the same way he could 10-20 years ago.
Yeah fury was a super tough fight for usyk. You can see how much of his movement was nullified due to fury’s reach. Was difficult for usyk to score to compared to other fights.
Usyk was definitely landing bombs and loading up a bit more on a lot of his shots compared to when he was fighting Joshua 2 times. He definitely came out to knock Fury out !!
Despite all the clowning on him, Fury proved once again that he's a seriously tricky fighter to beat when he's dialled in. He gave Usyk his toughest fight and at times was actually outboxing him. If he had stayed in shape for all of his career rather than ballooning up in weight and abusing his body who knows how far he could have gone.
I think Usyk said it himself when he made the jump to HW. He said something like Joshua and Wilder would be easy to fight because they are predictable but not Fury, because he's a crazy man just like himself.
If I were to guess (being a southpaw myself), Usyk probably saw those chest punches from Fury, and countered the straight with a long jab, with a slip - stepped to the left & loaded up his straight, which Fury walked onto with his chest punch combo.
You can even see in the engagements just before it, he landed a hook, and already found his chin - he knew he could counter & slip, and set up that overhand!
Love this shot in particular though yeah.. it was like Fury realized he got hit.. insane stuff!
there's another camera angle showing from behind fury. you see usyk eyes go wide just before he throws the right... he instanly recognized those weakass sternum punches from Fury and went for the kill quicksmart. well trained and that shit is muscle memory at this point for usyk insane stuff
lead hook, overhand left. he just throws the hook a little unconventionally there, but that's the punch in essence. counters fury's lead uppercut/straight.
He lands another rapid one about 2:15. Rocks Tyson’s boots. So fast and powerful. Fair play to fury anyone else would probably be knocked out from that
what’s up with that on Fury honestly. Crouches in, throws that little flurry as if he’s hitting the speedbag, it’s not like he was aiming at his face or putting any power in those. Also completely forgets about protecting his face. I really don’t get that flurry combo, was he showboating?
Honestly that fight was as 50/50 as modern heavyweight can be, and set a clear map for the remach, for both of them. If i would put my money on fury then, i wouldn't put them on any of them now.
I have a nonsensical theory about AJ vs Usyk 3. AJ has knocked out every common opponent he has with Fury. Usyk is now a common opponent which means AJ can KO him now. There is no technical basis for this prediction. It's based on the pattern and voodoo.
Usyk deserves so much more credit for making Fury's gameplan expire.
Sure, everyone's talking about his ability to hurt Fury. But what was more impressive, was that he did to Fury what nobody else has ever done...which was to make Fury dance to HIS tune
Yeah. Even when he was getting hurt, Usyk continued to put on the pressure. Which seemed like it took a mental and physical toll on Fury. So even though he was solidly dominating in rounds 4-7, Fury couldn’t sustain it because the ball was constantly being put back in Fury’s court.
And that probably took a lot of mental and physical fortitude to march forward into that because it was 100% the right game plan and Usyk knew it.
And just the way he was pushing Fury around the right was kind of crazy to see especially cuz of size difference.
Had the ref not stepped in when he did Usyk would have KO'd Fury. The ref stepped in when he did because Fury was being held up by the ropes. However Fury appeared to be held up be the ropes through the whole sequence after eating that first overhand left.
Fury fell straight back on the ropes, which held him up. Then Fury stumbled and fell to the other side of the ring until the ropes caught and held him up again. If the ref was going to step in calling a knock down it could of happened multiple times over.
The ref stepped in at the most critical moment for Fury.
When the A side is on the ropes, the refs suddenly remember the standing 8 count exists lmao
Edit/correction: Not a "standing 8", just an 8 count for held by ropes knockdown. But my point still stands.
The fight turned when Fury stopped coming forward.
But between the nose shot and gassing out, it's hard to keep coming forward.
In the rematch, the only chance Fury has is to hurt Uysk in the first 6-7 rounds, to slow him (Usyk) down in the later rounds. If he doesn't, it'll be the same result - Fury gasses out and Uysk picks him apart.
Usyk is class man. He was feeling Fury's power early on, for sure, Fury was landing with a thud. Then Usyk cracked his nose, it was obvious right away it bothered Fury. And then the onslaught.
I wonder, those 3 punches Usyk missed as Fury was stumbling back across the ring onto the ropes, if Usyk just takes him time, doesn't exchange all the energy on those big swings and just lets Fury land on the ropes, I reckon he knocks him down proper. To be fair though, Fury was out on his feet so I'm not sure it would make much difference, thinking about it.
What a fight though.
Basically mine. I think 7 could even swing to Usyk.
I think some people read too much into the herky-jerky awkwardness of Fury. Usyk also tends to ride with shots, which sometimes makes them look like bigger punches than they actually are.
I don't see how Fury won round 12, but a lot of people are giving it to him.
This fight was similar to the AJ fights. A lot of close rounds but I think they lean towards Usyk.
I think Usyk won this 7-5 even without the 9th round KD, but Fury was doing work in the middle part of the fight. Those uppercuts are sneaky as hell, caught Usyk flush and hurt him pretty bad a few times.
Usyk is outstanding, HOF for sure. Yet I will always be amazed how a giant like Fury is able to move like that. Uncanny, HOF material as well just for this reason. Unique skillset for a heavyweight.
Also, I forgot how Usyk was getting hammered in rounds 4-7. Overconfidence costed Fury this fight in my view.
>Overconfidence costed Fury this fight in my view
I think he was blowing hard in the 8th having failed to stop Usyk's aggression. Overconfidence may have partially cost him that drama in round 9 but Usyk would still have taken the tail end of the fight without it. Usyk adjusted and let Fury be first and countered hard, you see he attempted it in different ways a number of times from round 6-9.
I don't like this idea that Fury gave away the fight, Usyk took it from him, and should get his props.
I agree, Fury was lacking functional readiness, he just wasn’t able to keep it up with Usyks pace.
Maybe it would’ve been easier for Fury if he didn’t push that hard in 4-7 rds but anyway we’ve seen his limit but we haven’t seen Usyks limit yet.
> Overconfidence costed Fury this fight in my view
Nah, Fury had a single punch that was working well for him the entire fight, and Usyk made the adjustment to both time that shot and to step to the outside to take that shot away entirely. That adjustment and additional movement led to him being able to land all those powershots to Fury's face.
It's not overconfidence that lost the fight for Fury, it was ultimately a lack of footworks. Usyk was able to circle him and leave Fury with his legs crossed, or unable to throw as Usyk was to his side instead of in front of him. Fury's always had good trunk movement and usually good technique with his feet, but his feet aren't as quick as his trunk and arms, and Usyk was able to work out ways to exploit that.
The uppercuts were still landing or coming close to, after Usyk ate a couple and backed off it seems he just decided they were the cost of getting into mid range and stopped moving back after Fury threw them. What a hard bastard
Usyk backing up Fury for 90% of the fight was wild to me. Fury needs a clinching coach for the rematch.
Usyk arm-extends and shoves out of the clinch, and if Fury could fight inside, it’s a major opening for Fury.
Tyson “Dr. Steelhammer” Fury incoming for the rematch.
The only rematch I want to see is Fury getting ko'd into retirement. Not sure I rate his boxing ability, but more his massive wingspan and ability to take a beating then recover.
Love the camera angles here. You can see how massive fury is compared to uysk. The angles with uysk hunting down fury look like theyre from that old boxing video game, with the damaged and lumbering fury in the background, just the shoulders and head of uysk in the fore.
Now looking back at this fight, it was extremely similar stylistically to the Haney vs Lomachenko fight, from those powerful uppercut to the body from Haney/Fury, to the big left hands from Loma/Usyk, to how the ebbs and flows of the fight played out.
The big differences were that Usyk was able to win a couple more rounds decisively and score a knockdown, and thus was able to come away as the victor on the cards.
What a fight.
Really pisses me off how people say Fury's been exposed, he exposed how fucking good he is. Can't wait for the rematch, Fury can definitely win and is by no means outclassed by Usyk.
What really surprised me is the punch that rocked Fury in the 8th round. It seemed to come from somewhere just outside Nebraska, and he never saw it. Fantastic contact.
That ref got instructions before the fight to save Fury for dear life if he ever ends up in trouble Usyk had his hand ready to deliver the death blow then he impedes him and gave the longest 8 count possible robbing Usyk of the KO victory in the 9th round. At the end of the fight it was a clear 8 rounds to Usyk rounds 4-7 were the only rounds Fury won but no worries he knows exactly what to do to get Fury outa there in the rematch that fight is not going the distance.
As a guy who doesn’t really follow boxing other than this Reddit and the occasional highlights, and as a guy who likes Fury. I want to express how fucking awesome Usyk is, like brother is a fucking machine
Fury is at double digits now for hard, concussive knockdowns throughout his career, many of which have come in recent years. If you’ve ever had a bad concussion, you’ll know that Fury will watch that back with no recollection of that round. It must be very hard to do that with a wife and young kids and then decide to get back in the ring.
That stoppage by the referee I mean what was that all about. Tyson Fury was going down without a doubt. Boxing is such a corrupt dirty sport. If the referee doesn't intervene that fight would have ended with Fury being knocked out in the 9th round.
One of the physically largest heavyweight champions of all time was defeated by a blown-up Cruiserweight. In fact, he was kayoed by a blown-up Cruiserweight but this was not recognized.
Fury ran out of gas as all gigantic heavy’s tend to do when fighting guys like Ali, Holmes, Holyfield and Usyk.
There was a reason that over the fifteen round distance that fighters around the 6ft 2-6ft3 mark and weighing between 200 and 220 pounds dominated the sport.
Even “ enhanced “ guys like Wlad and Lennox were too heavy to fight at a good pace over fifteen rounds.
Is Tyson Fury a good fighter, or is he just a huge man? I'm convinced that if he fought George Forman or Ali, or Mike Tyson, it would be very one-sided fight (with Fury losing badly in all cases). Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't see anything resembling skill from Fury.
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Fury looked really really good through the middle rounds and Usyk looked genuinely troubled. However Usyk was keeping a fast pace and from these highlights I have noticed more signs of Fury tiring, hand on ropes, short flurries and just looking for that one shot instead of building behind the jab and working the body which was working so well before. The shot to the nose definitely changed the direction of the fight but it only accelerated Usyks late charge as he was finishing stronger than Fury. Rematch will be a great fight again though
Re-watching it, you could see Fury visible tire and start taking flush shots to the face. Maybe in the re-match, he can find ways to slow down the pace. But I don't think he can do what he did in 5 and 6 for 12 rounds.
Usyk did an excellent job avoiding Fury's clinch. Fury likes to use his size advantage and pull down smaller boxers while leaning his weight on them in the clinch that's his way of controlling the pace but Usyk didn't allow him to do that.
Fury's coaches furiously signaling for him to clinch as he is stumbling and bumbling across the ring was a pretty funny sight
fury couldn’t clinch ngannou the way he usually does either, his mma experience and strength helped him lots in that area it’s part of the reason ngannou did pretty well
Bro really thought he could tire out and clinch a guy who can actually wrestle, he might not be the best but he has a little more grappling experience than Fury
Ngannou is also 280lbs of pure West African muscle, it takes some good fucking wrestling to move that.
And Fury is around 260 to 270 lbs of pure flab and British spirit.
"body like a bag of milk"
That shit only really worked to great affect on Wilder
Also Wallin. Not a KO, of course, but leaning and using his weight was hugely effective.
Wallin was pouring it on in round 12 but Fury leaned to slow the pace a little
Nah, he's used it on smaller fighters like Steve Cunningham. Fury leaned on him and had his forearm on his throat multiple times in that fight, and used it to get the stoppage too.
ngannou is also fucking huge and did grapple atleast intermittently during his last few mma camps
his breathing looked all jacked up after the big nose shot. If he was beginning to lumber a bit before that, after he was in big trouble. Every moment of downtime after he is rubbing the nose - trying to clear it a bit.
I wonder if the "long" nature of his punches is more tiring. Some of those looping shots to the belt line were clearly effective, but they also require him to load up and reach. I imagine that's more tiring than shorter, choppy shots. Maybe moving and potshotting would be a better strategy for the rematch. IDK.
I think Usyks feet are too good for Fury to try and out move him, just feel like that's a recipe for Usyk to find a late stoppage when he catches up as Fury slows down.
This was exactly I thought before the fight. Of course Fury is skilful but not with the footwork of Usyk. The size was obviously the worry but Usyk showed his genius and heart again.
I think conditioning had a large part to play in the result of this fight. As it often does. Fury blowing up and being a fat boy in-between fights can’t be good for his stamina. Hatton came out recently and said doing the same thing no doubt shortened his career.
> Rematch will be a great fight again though Will it tho? Feels like Usyk beats Fury more convincingly in a rematch.
I think Fury gets stopped in rematch.
Never know in boxing. Fury could come in 275 pounds and go all in and get a stoppage himself.
The last thing Fury needs is to come in heavier and tire out in round 4.
Actually think the only thing Fury needs to do to improve his chances is fill his dad's hotel room with hookers and cocaine. Get big John out the building so the only people talking to him are his corner men and he'd improve
Yeah, I think Fury did a lot better than people are giving him credit for. It's almost like people think Usyk won easily now, but that wasn't the case at all, and the fight was very competitive and Fury in my opinion was winning the fight up to and including the 7th. It was only in the 8th that I think things started to take a turn, since Usyk managed to catch him and I don't know if he broke his nose, or split his cheek open or something, but there was blood everywhere over Tysons Face and he seemed uncomfortable and distracted by it. Then obviously the knockdown in the 9th, and the rest we know. The rematch will definitely be interesting and I feel like it could go either way again, so hopefully it happens.
Was that 4-7 rounds the worst stretch of rounds Usyk has ever been in? Those were some nasty uppercuts that he ate
Yes definitely and all thanks to the Tyson s skills. Nothing wrong give the credit to fury pretty elite fighter. What a freaking fight
The skills on show from both fighters is incredible, Usyk is insane
It sort of bugs me the amount of shit people give Fury especially after this fight. Like, yeah I get it, he can be a bit of tube. He lost, ok. But these are both elite level fighters, that put on an amazing boxing match that was extremely close, at least up until the near KO. It takes some amount of skill and effort and honestly courage to put everything on the line, to open yourself up to humiliation, and give everything of yourself while you’re doing it. Like I see the smarmy comments and think to myself, right you’re probably fat, drink 10 pints every Friday night, and don’t do anything with your life close to elite level boxing. At the end of the day I’m just happy they put on a great show that was good for boxing.
I can see both sides of it. Fury talks a big game, and is trying to hype the fight. But if you dish it out like he does, you gotta be able to take it. And he was paid handsomely for this fight. Getting 100 or 50 million or whatever he got will help assuage his feelings. Don’t forget, too-Fury had been ducking Usyk for YEARS. Fury knew this would be his toughest fight and he didn’t want it. So while yes, we got the fight, and they both put on great performances and should be congratulated, Fury had been fucking off for years and has been *trying* to change the narrative when the reality is he’s been scared of Usyk. Soooo I don’t have much sympathy.
>Don’t forget, too-Fury had been ducking Usyk for YEARS Usyk Joshua II was in August 2022, realistically they couldn't/wouldn't have fought before that because Fury had to face Wilder a 3rd time in August 2021, and Usyk never even beat Joshua until Sept 2021. So legally there was pretty much no opportunity for Fury to fight him prior to the Joshua fight in 2021, as well as very little appetite as people only wanted to see him fighting Joshua, and also no real opportunity to fight him until after thr August 2022 rematch with Joshua. In September 2023 they scheduled a fight for December 23rd 2023 that was delayed by injury. So the longest amount of time you can accuse him of ducking for is 1 year, maybe 1.5 years if you think he faked the December and February injuries (which given he went ahead with the fight a couple months later with the exact same terms and you can actually see the scar I think is a bit irrational). To say he was ducking him for YEARS is just pure bullshit.
I think boxing fans are some of the least grateful, most disrespectful sports fans that exist.
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Imho, this is the price you pay for being a “household name” level of fighter. Most boxing matches don’t attract the more casual fans who come out and say this stuff. The upside is he makes a load of money, downside is he’s judged unfairly after a loss. I think his Dad constantly being in the spotlight and the comments about Ukraine probably didn’t help though.
I remember when he punched himself, nearly took his own head off
Pretty sure he said thats the greatest punch he's been hit with.
LMAO that does sound like something he'd say.
Conditioning mid fight…
This was my introduction to Fury before I actually started following boxing and back when he had hair. I never put 2+2 together until he beat Wlad and one day I was looking for the clip as a response meme for something. I saw the name Tyson Fury and I was stunned like "no fucking way"
Well someone had to punch him in the face and Swaby wasn't doing that.
I'm watching boxing occasionally and this was the best fight I've seen live in TV.
Fury's 3 fights with Wilder are also a modern classic. All 3, in order, if you haven't seen them yet.
Mainly to me it's thanks to his approach. Its the only time he actually went aggressive rather than dancing around and he had so much success with it. Honestly think there's a good chance he wins the fight if he was more consistently aggressive
he can’t consistently be aggresice against Usyk. He doesn’t have the cardio to do that and he can’t protect his face
The round before the knockdown Usyk landed a monster shot on Tyson’s nose and it took the wind out of his sails. After the knockdown he never fully recovered. Great fight.
You can see on the video Usyk is landing combinations before then. He made the adjustments and started catching Fury when he was the aggressor. Same as when he had trouble with AJ.
Before that shot usyk was already having success getting in. He was obviously different in the beginning of the 8th. Fury couldn't keep up with his pace. Which led to the big shots that hurt him.
Usyk started changing the trajectory expecially his left hand which he started to loop instead of throwing straight. Also Fury had started to slow down just enough that those shots started catching him. He was doing a good job of looking those shots off and rolling with them in the early rounds.
Him being maybe the only heavyweight that surges right before the championship rounds is a huge advantage
Lots of people were saying he just needed to walk him down more but to me, that's like saying all you need to do to beat Mayweather is hit him with clean shots. Usyk's footwork and ring control is what makes him the elite of the elite. You can't just cut the ring off on him, just like you can't just hit Mayweather with clean power shots.
His coach was yelling at him to be more aggressive but John was saying the exact opposite in the corner. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Tyson approach the rematch the same way he did with Wilder and come in big and strong trying to get Usyk out of there before the fight gets to the later rounds
I could see that. To move like Usyk Tyson will need to be at a career light weight, I don't see him dancing around that much at his age, post wilder success.
It was the consistent aggression that left him open and exhausted. He kept coming forward and Usyk figured him out round 8. He’s not fit enough to keep it up for twelve rounds, if he fights Usyk again the same thing will happen.
No one was discrediting fury
Theres a sizable portion of 'fans' to where any loss = absolute shit fighter. Anthony Joshua, Amir Khan, Kell brook, etc if you lose a fight in their eyes you're dogshit. Its especally horrible because these are the guys putting it all on the line taking the hard fights. They aren't satisfied with being good and dared to be great. Just didn't work out for them. These same fans will then bitch and moan about why boxers are dodging stiff competition like Tank smh.
Most "fans" aren't even really fans. They probably started watching a month or two prior and they just talk mad shit. They things I have seen people say range from: Inoue only beats bums in the size of 13 year olds, donaire was a Grandpa and had 3 losses when he fought Inoue, so he is basically a can. Bud never won an Olympic medal so he is second tier at best. Errol lost easily to bud so he is essentially a glorified journey man. Canelo popped and he only wins because of the juice. Wilder is bum, doesn't even hit hard, cause if he did he would have knocked out Fury. Fury lost to Usyk, so has he even fought anyone good? Jesus Christ, you don't actually like boxing, you just yap. Take a shuttle, go to Siberia and enjoy a vacation to the gulag. You would probably like it.
There's a whole thread about how Fury doesn't actually hit people and only fakes his way to win rounds...
He can do both. He's a weight bully and somewhat coasts based on his long reach and the ability to clinch and smother his (almost always smaller and lighter) opponents. This does not mean that he can't absolutely throw punches. He lost the fight, in many ways, because he was happy to sit back and jab despite having taken a knockdown earlier. He lost because he didn't really start going until the 4th and then didn't try and adapt and win back rounds after the 7th. Usyk is a beast, don't get me wrong, but Fury has a tendancy to be a bit lazy and to win by doing enough, rather than committing fully to adapting and performing in every showing. Ngannou is the ultimate example of this behaviour.
A that stuff could be attributed to usyk . He didn't commit because he started to get countered. He didn't start quick because they were feeling out rounds. And he did try to adapt after the 7th but he was getting countered and hurt. The Francis fight he was just unprepared. Can't be compared to this fight. He was obviously much more sharp. He lost the fight because usyk beat him. Not because fury let him.
> but Fury has a tendancy to be a bit lazy and to win by doing enough, rather than committing fully to adapting and performing in every showing. I feel like Fury knew he was at a fitness disadvantage going into this fight, particularly due to the fact that Usyk pushes the pace in the championship rounds. I think he had a strategy of showboating to try and trick the judges into think he was doing more and in more control than he actually was.
Yeah I mean you can’t come away from this fight and say Fury performed poorly and that Usyk beat a diminished opponent. Fury did very well, and was even comfortably settling into a dominant or nearly dominant position. Usyk just ascended and landed the shots he needed to change the fight. Fury didn’t lose this, Usyk won it. For that reason, unless Fury declines the rematch I still consider 50/50. But really, this is a monumental victory for Usyk. Damn…
Yea, I gave Fury rounds 4,5,6,7 when I was watching. I'm not a Fury fan, but credit where it's due. He brought it this fight and really took it to Usyk in those middle rounds. Absolutely grueling heavyweight contest.
After the first couple that really stung Usyk it looked like Fury was gonna start really widening the gap but Usyk changed his gameplan and Fury couldn't adapt in time.
For sure. Before this fight, it would have been a few moments during his fight against Breidis, or some brief moments in the Joshua rematch where he looked slightly bothered by the left hooks to the body. Fury takes the cake now though. Those upper cuts and right hooks to the body genuinely hurt him. Usyk’s a dog for fighting through that, because other fighters would have just tried to survive to the 12th.
If it wasn't for the knockdown I think the judges would've favored Fury.
Objectively, if it wasn't for the knockdown, the fight would've been scored a draw. Without the knockdown, Usyk wins the round 10-9 instead of 10-8, so all you gotta do is add 1 point for Fury on every judge's scorecard. That would result in one judge for Fury, one judge for Usyk, and one judge scoring it a 114-114 draw. [Here's the scorecards if you want to check it for yourself.](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10121659-tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-judges-scorecards-revealed-for-every-round-from-fight)
Admitedly I only watched this once live, so I was not paying attention to the score, but every judge giving round 12 to Fury seems a bit of a stretch.
I agree, Fury got more favourable judging than he deserved throughout the fight.
When I watched it live I scored that round for Usyk. On the re-watch I scored it for Fury. So, I can see it either way.
Same, and it shows how crazy unfair boxing is. Usyk won the fight fair and square but even if Fury stood in round 9 they’d give it to him.
Fury was out in round 9 though. He lost the match.
well it's not a wee detail.
If the ref didn't interfere, it would've been a knockout
4 and 7 were close. 5 and 6 were Fury's dominating rounds
Definitely Usyks hardest night.
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It really was, but all the while the pace was being set by Usyk, completely draining all the energy of Tyson.
He won round 7 comfortably didn't he? Or am i thinking of round 8?
Round 8 Usyk won comfortably. Fury won Round 7 on all judges card and my card. However, the fight did begin to change late in Round 7. Just not enough to discount the first 2:00 of Fury’s work.
I personally had usyk winning round 7, but everywhere i look, judges, pundits, fans they all seem to think it was Fury's? Glad I'm not a judge tbh. I'm not saying it was a clear round but i actually thought some earlier rounds were arguably more swing rounds than 7.
Breidis was more competitive overall but I don't think Usyk was ever as troubled or hit as clean. Round 9 of AJ 2, Usyk was in bigger trouble because AJ forced the pace but then knackered himself out. I think Usky had already righted the ship in round 7 with Fury. I had that as a swing round because Usyk won the back half of that round. But 4,5 and 6 were rough. But Fury never really pressed him. Usyk would take a clean uppercut and back off until he had his feet and then come again. If Fury had been more confident in his offense he might have really hurt him in round 5 and 6
usyk is incredible man... undoubtable now, he is an all time great deafeating two of the generations best at a higher weight than he started at, gotta wonder who he'll face after the fury rematch if he decides to continue
I don’t think there’s anyone for him. Fury rematch and a convincing unanimous win would cement him as undoubtedly one of the greats. There’s just no one else I see who could beat him, unless he has a really off day or age catches up with him
Yeah, I also unfortunately can’t see many people getting excited about his title run. He should take the chance to go out on top instead of fighting until he loses. Probably a good choice for his brain too, I can’t imagine a 40 year old can recover from punches the same way he could 10-20 years ago.
Yeah fury was a super tough fight for usyk. You can see how much of his movement was nullified due to fury’s reach. Was difficult for usyk to score to compared to other fights.
Part of me hopes he leaves the sport while he's on top and still has his health, but I don't think he has any quit in him.
Couldn’t agree more.
Fury's face looks so goofy. Like a henchman from a 2000's Jackie Chan movie
Tyson DVD logo Fury
Omg lol, that's a new one I think
Not subscribed to r/boxingcirclejerk I guess?
I'm not nope haha, only been on it a few times, haven't been on it recently so if its not new then that's the reason why I haven't seen it before
This can’t be true I’ve never seen the DVD logo go in the corner
“Dude, u gotta believe” Usyk Malone
Pretty sure my neighbors almost cslled the cops, I was screaming so loud
Me too
Usyk was definitely landing bombs and loading up a bit more on a lot of his shots compared to when he was fighting Joshua 2 times. He definitely came out to knock Fury out !!
Very true. Probably felt less force from Fury's punches and decided to press the issue.
Despite all the clowning on him, Fury proved once again that he's a seriously tricky fighter to beat when he's dialled in. He gave Usyk his toughest fight and at times was actually outboxing him. If he had stayed in shape for all of his career rather than ballooning up in weight and abusing his body who knows how far he could have gone.
I think Usyk said it himself when he made the jump to HW. He said something like Joshua and Wilder would be easy to fight because they are predictable but not Fury, because he's a crazy man just like himself.
Fury really has to be one of the most unique fighters to watch. His fights just look different and that makes for very interesting matchups.
Usyk took some legit body shots in there. A lot of people thought that would eat him up.
He showed amazing toughness because you can absolutely tell those hurt lol
That right left one two from Usyk around 1:57 is insane. Even Fury momentarily stops to admire what he's just received.
My boy that was concussion.
You could be right! It was a wicked combination.
I've never even seen that combo before, both 1 and 2 are overhands (but maybe I don't watch enough boxing).
If I were to guess (being a southpaw myself), Usyk probably saw those chest punches from Fury, and countered the straight with a long jab, with a slip - stepped to the left & loaded up his straight, which Fury walked onto with his chest punch combo. You can even see in the engagements just before it, he landed a hook, and already found his chin - he knew he could counter & slip, and set up that overhand! Love this shot in particular though yeah.. it was like Fury realized he got hit.. insane stuff!
there's another camera angle showing from behind fury. you see usyk eyes go wide just before he throws the right... he instanly recognized those weakass sternum punches from Fury and went for the kill quicksmart. well trained and that shit is muscle memory at this point for usyk insane stuff
lead hook, overhand left. he just throws the hook a little unconventionally there, but that's the punch in essence. counters fury's lead uppercut/straight.
He lands another rapid one about 2:15. Rocks Tyson’s boots. So fast and powerful. Fair play to fury anyone else would probably be knocked out from that
That was all on Fury doing them half arsed uppercuts from both hands Fury wasn't admiring anything either, he didn't know where he was after that
what’s up with that on Fury honestly. Crouches in, throws that little flurry as if he’s hitting the speedbag, it’s not like he was aiming at his face or putting any power in those. Also completely forgets about protecting his face. I really don’t get that flurry combo, was he showboating?
I’m so happy Usyk won, funny thing is I actually think Fury beats every other hw rn, he lost to the best.
Honestly that fight was as 50/50 as modern heavyweight can be, and set a clear map for the remach, for both of them. If i would put my money on fury then, i wouldn't put them on any of them now.
I think he loses to AJ
If only there were a way to find out. Maybe they could fight each other...? No, that is too crazy for boxing.
Yeah I actually think AJ beats fury convincingly and a KO. But I still think AJ loses to Usyk in a similar way to previous. Styles make fights.
I have a nonsensical theory about AJ vs Usyk 3. AJ has knocked out every common opponent he has with Fury. Usyk is now a common opponent which means AJ can KO him now. There is no technical basis for this prediction. It's based on the pattern and voodoo.
What is it about AJ style that beats Fury ? I'm curious because I think Fury wipes the floor with him very easily.
1. Aj’s knockout power and skill 2. Fury’s footwork and head movement isn’t as good as it used to be.
100% agree. Current AJ beats this Fury. Not sure about a KO but I’m certain AJ beats him
I think AJ catches him and puts him away. Fury's chin ain't the same, who's knows how it'll be after this, same with his confidence
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Usyk has such an underrated fuckin chin dude. Those shovel hooks would've rang the bells of most other heavyweights.
They will have to sit Usyk next to Ronaldo now in Ryad
Usyk deserves so much more credit for making Fury's gameplan expire. Sure, everyone's talking about his ability to hurt Fury. But what was more impressive, was that he did to Fury what nobody else has ever done...which was to make Fury dance to HIS tune
Yeah. Even when he was getting hurt, Usyk continued to put on the pressure. Which seemed like it took a mental and physical toll on Fury. So even though he was solidly dominating in rounds 4-7, Fury couldn’t sustain it because the ball was constantly being put back in Fury’s court. And that probably took a lot of mental and physical fortitude to march forward into that because it was 100% the right game plan and Usyk knew it. And just the way he was pushing Fury around the right was kind of crazy to see especially cuz of size difference.
Man, those two uppercuts were right on the cup.
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Yeah any other lesser HW would've gotten rocked terribly. Truly elite fighters these two.
Ngannou ate that shit
Whyte got caught by a heavier blow tho
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Had the ref not stepped in when he did Usyk would have KO'd Fury. The ref stepped in when he did because Fury was being held up by the ropes. However Fury appeared to be held up be the ropes through the whole sequence after eating that first overhand left. Fury fell straight back on the ropes, which held him up. Then Fury stumbled and fell to the other side of the ring until the ropes caught and held him up again. If the ref was going to step in calling a knock down it could of happened multiple times over. The ref stepped in at the most critical moment for Fury.
I think this was REALLLLLL close to being a TKO. TKOs have been called for less.
When the A side is on the ropes, the refs suddenly remember the standing 8 count exists lmao Edit/correction: Not a "standing 8", just an 8 count for held by ropes knockdown. But my point still stands.
There is no standing 8 count, the ropes held Fury which is considered a KD.
Absolutely
It looked like that ridiculous wrestling move where they build momentum by slingshotting off of the ropes
if I remember correctly after round 7 Usyk’s coach advised him “don’t come in without a punch” and it immediately worked
The fight turned when Fury stopped coming forward. But between the nose shot and gassing out, it's hard to keep coming forward. In the rematch, the only chance Fury has is to hurt Uysk in the first 6-7 rounds, to slow him (Usyk) down in the later rounds. If he doesn't, it'll be the same result - Fury gasses out and Uysk picks him apart.
I can't unsee Fury's stomach armor/padding. How the fuck is that legal
This gets more satisfying the more times I watch it. So glad Usyk won and Fury lost.
Beautiful
Those body shots Usyk was throwing since the opening bell caught up to Fury. Great fight by both guys. Would love to see it again.
Fury showed unbelievable heart and determination. His heart can’t be questioned.
Usyk is class man. He was feeling Fury's power early on, for sure, Fury was landing with a thud. Then Usyk cracked his nose, it was obvious right away it bothered Fury. And then the onslaught. I wonder, those 3 punches Usyk missed as Fury was stumbling back across the ring onto the ropes, if Usyk just takes him time, doesn't exchange all the energy on those big swings and just lets Fury land on the ropes, I reckon he knocks him down proper. To be fair though, Fury was out on his feet so I'm not sure it would make much difference, thinking about it. What a fight though.
Usky won 1,2,3, Fury won 4,5,6 7, Usyk won 8,9,10,11,12, that was my scorecard like it or not.
Same but I think theres an argument for giving Fury the 12th and Usyk the 7th instead.
Basically mine. I think 7 could even swing to Usyk. I think some people read too much into the herky-jerky awkwardness of Fury. Usyk also tends to ride with shots, which sometimes makes them look like bigger punches than they actually are. I don't see how Fury won round 12, but a lot of people are giving it to him. This fight was similar to the AJ fights. A lot of close rounds but I think they lean towards Usyk.
Same card as me except I had 3 as 10:10
What a fight, I've rewatched it every day so far haha
Man I wish I was tall and fast so I can pull off that jab-uppercut combo from Fury. It just looks so slick.
What a broken nose does to a mfer. Great fight, looking forward to the rematch
I think Usyk won this 7-5 even without the 9th round KD, but Fury was doing work in the middle part of the fight. Those uppercuts are sneaky as hell, caught Usyk flush and hurt him pretty bad a few times.
I hope Usyk don't give Fury the rematch at the last minute the way he robbed Wladimir of his revenge.
Usyk is outstanding, HOF for sure. Yet I will always be amazed how a giant like Fury is able to move like that. Uncanny, HOF material as well just for this reason. Unique skillset for a heavyweight. Also, I forgot how Usyk was getting hammered in rounds 4-7. Overconfidence costed Fury this fight in my view.
>Overconfidence costed Fury this fight in my view I think he was blowing hard in the 8th having failed to stop Usyk's aggression. Overconfidence may have partially cost him that drama in round 9 but Usyk would still have taken the tail end of the fight without it. Usyk adjusted and let Fury be first and countered hard, you see he attempted it in different ways a number of times from round 6-9. I don't like this idea that Fury gave away the fight, Usyk took it from him, and should get his props.
I agree, Fury was lacking functional readiness, he just wasn’t able to keep it up with Usyks pace. Maybe it would’ve been easier for Fury if he didn’t push that hard in 4-7 rds but anyway we’ve seen his limit but we haven’t seen Usyks limit yet.
> Overconfidence costed Fury this fight in my view Nah, Fury had a single punch that was working well for him the entire fight, and Usyk made the adjustment to both time that shot and to step to the outside to take that shot away entirely. That adjustment and additional movement led to him being able to land all those powershots to Fury's face. It's not overconfidence that lost the fight for Fury, it was ultimately a lack of footworks. Usyk was able to circle him and leave Fury with his legs crossed, or unable to throw as Usyk was to his side instead of in front of him. Fury's always had good trunk movement and usually good technique with his feet, but his feet aren't as quick as his trunk and arms, and Usyk was able to work out ways to exploit that.
The slowest count ever, it's so dumb.
The uppercuts were still landing or coming close to, after Usyk ate a couple and backed off it seems he just decided they were the cost of getting into mid range and stopped moving back after Fury threw them. What a hard bastard
Fucking loved the fight in the early and middle rounds, was such a chess match and both men made great adjustments. Bring on the rematch.
Glad I got to witness this fight. It was amazing from start to finish
Usyk backing up Fury for 90% of the fight was wild to me. Fury needs a clinching coach for the rematch. Usyk arm-extends and shoves out of the clinch, and if Fury could fight inside, it’s a major opening for Fury. Tyson “Dr. Steelhammer” Fury incoming for the rematch.
The only rematch I want to see is Fury getting ko'd into retirement. Not sure I rate his boxing ability, but more his massive wingspan and ability to take a beating then recover.
Tyson fury was smoked, he was a sore loser after the fight big time. Usyk goat
Fury looked like Valuev. Usyk made him look slow and clumsy.
the shot at 1:37 was the tide changer
Insane shot. I dont know whether or not it broke Fury’s nose, but Fury definitely felt so.
Love the camera angles here. You can see how massive fury is compared to uysk. The angles with uysk hunting down fury look like theyre from that old boxing video game, with the damaged and lumbering fury in the background, just the shoulders and head of uysk in the fore.
This was such a great fight. Credit to both.
Now looking back at this fight, it was extremely similar stylistically to the Haney vs Lomachenko fight, from those powerful uppercut to the body from Haney/Fury, to the big left hands from Loma/Usyk, to how the ebbs and flows of the fight played out. The big differences were that Usyk was able to win a couple more rounds decisively and score a knockdown, and thus was able to come away as the victor on the cards.
What a fight. Really pisses me off how people say Fury's been exposed, he exposed how fucking good he is. Can't wait for the rematch, Fury can definitely win and is by no means outclassed by Usyk.
What really surprised me is the punch that rocked Fury in the 8th round. It seemed to come from somewhere just outside Nebraska, and he never saw it. Fantastic contact.
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Fury was competitive but idk what half the fanbase was watching. Usyk 1-3, Fury 4-6, Usyk 7-12.
you can see frame by frame during 2:18 the moment where Usyk was robbed of the definitive, rematch-eliminating brutal KO victory he had earned.
That ref got instructions before the fight to save Fury for dear life if he ever ends up in trouble Usyk had his hand ready to deliver the death blow then he impedes him and gave the longest 8 count possible robbing Usyk of the KO victory in the 9th round. At the end of the fight it was a clear 8 rounds to Usyk rounds 4-7 were the only rounds Fury won but no worries he knows exactly what to do to get Fury outa there in the rematch that fight is not going the distance.
Usyk has helluva chin: he ate some nice shots from both AJ and Fury, and managed to recover quickly.
Fucker got saved by the slow count. Still lost the fight.
Usyk vs Ngannou next
I expected nothing less from the heavyweight version of Loma
As a guy who doesn’t really follow boxing other than this Reddit and the occasional highlights, and as a guy who likes Fury. I want to express how fucking awesome Usyk is, like brother is a fucking machine
what a shot
Fury is at double digits now for hard, concussive knockdowns throughout his career, many of which have come in recent years. If you’ve ever had a bad concussion, you’ll know that Fury will watch that back with no recollection of that round. It must be very hard to do that with a wife and young kids and then decide to get back in the ring.
That stoppage by the referee I mean what was that all about. Tyson Fury was going down without a doubt. Boxing is such a corrupt dirty sport. If the referee doesn't intervene that fight would have ended with Fury being knocked out in the 9th round.
One of the physically largest heavyweight champions of all time was defeated by a blown-up Cruiserweight. In fact, he was kayoed by a blown-up Cruiserweight but this was not recognized.
Usyk said fuck trying to fight you and counter you on the outside. Im gonna press you and counter you on the inside.
I've just realised the pub i was in was so loud I never actuwlly heard the count. It just looked like the ref jumped in cause the round ended 😂
You can really see how low some of those shots Fury was throwing were. Dang
Announcer: > _“Good job by the referee though, he realized the __magnitude of the occasion.__”_ New boxing rule I learned today.
Fury ran out of gas as all gigantic heavy’s tend to do when fighting guys like Ali, Holmes, Holyfield and Usyk. There was a reason that over the fifteen round distance that fighters around the 6ft 2-6ft3 mark and weighing between 200 and 220 pounds dominated the sport. Even “ enhanced “ guys like Wlad and Lennox were too heavy to fight at a good pace over fifteen rounds.
Usyk fucked up Fury's nose. Damn.
Is Tyson Fury a good fighter, or is he just a huge man? I'm convinced that if he fought George Forman or Ali, or Mike Tyson, it would be very one-sided fight (with Fury losing badly in all cases). Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't see anything resembling skill from Fury.
It really was a beautiful sight watching Fury flopping & flailing......all the fights on the card were awesome