Usyk vs Fury: Reignited preview

This Saturday Tyson Fury will get the chance to show the world whether he can overcome the unbeaten Oleksandr Usyk and regain a large portion of the heavyweight championship pie.

The first fight had moments when Tyson dominated and used his size to nullify Usyks boxing skills. However, as with all Usyks fights, you always get the feeling that eventually he will work out the combinations needed to step out of the ring still unbeaten. This time Fury has been sullen and focused in the build up, and this could mean we see the best Tyson Fury in what has been an already amazing career.

The Ukrainian has been his normal self throughout his time in Saudi, soaking up both the plaudits and atmosphere, and as expected for someone so talented, from the outside at least seems supremely confident. Usyk was given the decision on the judge’s scorecards in the first fight in May, 114-113, 115-112, and 113-114 one judge scored it for Fury. It would be foolish to back against a repeat Usyk win.

The three epic Deontay Wilder fights alone would have taken a toll on Fury, but then throw into the mix tough fights with, Klitchko, Chisora, Whyte, Cunningam, etc over a 17 year period and the job looks a whole lot harder for the Morecambe based former champion. Usyk will rightly start as the favourite and is considered the number one pound-for-pound boxer, a two-weight undisputed champion, who has previously been unified champion at cruiserweight. Fury has revenge as his motivation and has shown that in the second, Wilder fights, changing his style and devastatingly walking through Wilder in seven rounds. However, Usyk has shown he has the IQ and footwork. This tactic may be a disaster as Usyk could hurt Fury.

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