Spencer Oliver believes that Tyson Fury should take advantage of this movement he defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 when he faced Alexander Usyk in their rematch on December 21.
Poor mobility
The fur was thin 247 pounds for his fight with Wladimir on November 28, 2015. At that time he was 27 years old, he was still young and before that he had weight problems. After the Gypsy king defeated Klitschko by a 12-round unanimous decision in that fight in Düsseldorf, Germany, his weight reached about 400 lbs.
Since then, Fury has never made it to the 247-pound weight limit he came up with to fight Klitschko. It’s safe to say Fury will never get back down to that weight without putting him in the hospital. When someone gets heavy like Fury in his 2 1/2 year winning streak after the Wladimir fight, you never go back to what you were without looking sick.
One insurmountable obstacle preventing this strategy from working for former WBC bantamweight champion Fury is his weight. Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) is reportedly bulking up to 270 in order to use his size to bully Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) as he did in his rematch with Deontay Wilder. was successful. February 22, 2020.
Fury weighed in at 273 pounds for the fight, using grappling and grappling tactics to subdue the 231-pound Wilder. Tyson enjoyed it 42 pounds weight advantage in that fight. However, this is not the reason for his victory. Deontay looked confused and couldn’t adjust to Fury’s frequent lunges to grab him like a bear to swallow him.
Deficit IQ loop
Being heavier doesn’t work nearly as well against Usyk because he doesn’t let Fury catch him like Deontay and Wladimir do. Neither fighter has Usyk’s ring IQ to get the better of Fury, who has done the same many times in these fights.
Usik is not stupid. He doesn’t let Fury get in after punching him, but he doesn’t move away or catch him with a shot when he comes forward.
“If Tyson Fury can rediscover his 2015 moveset against Wladimir Klitschko, there are rumors that he could go much heavier for that move,” said Spencer Oliver. talkSport Boxing for Fury will intensify in a rematch with Usyk on December 21.
“Is that going to be his undoing? Because if he’s going to bully him, I think you’re playing into Usyk’s hands.”
Fury’s obstacles to victory over Usyk
– Weight
– Lack of Ring IQ
– One dimensional game plan: Mauling
– slow motion
– Age
– Thin Manila: Impact resistance is gone
– Stability issues
– No power
“Use his uppercut in the sixth round and get Usyk on it,” Oliver said of what Fury should do against Usyk.
