On May 18, Tyson Fury reduced the injury due to a big blow from Alexander Usyk in the 9th round of the previous fight.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs), who many believed could no longer punch, dismisses the idea of a glass chin and says he could land the same punch as Usyk. a “A million times” and it did nothing. We know otherwise.
The price of war
Deontay Wilder may have permanently ruined Fury from his three fights with him, dropping him four times and losing two knockout victories. The King of Gypsies emerged from these three fights like a broken soldier and dragged himself from the battlefield, physically injured and not repaired by any physician. When Fury hits hard, he can’t handle it anymore.
This is very clear now. He would be wise to choose Derek Chisora and Dillian Whyte as his opponents after his third fight with Wilder in 2021. Those two home-level heavyweights lacked the talent to show that their punch resistance had deteriorated.
When he fought with Usyk, he was exposed. Fury is no longer the same fighter and won’t last long in a rematch with Usyk unless the referee intervenes. If you’re Turk Alalshih, it would be nice to start planning a heavyweight fight against Anthony Joshua in 2025, but it would be a joke if Fury is still on a two-fight losing streak.
As we all witnessed last May. The referee saved Fury from being knocked out in the ninth round when he pushed Usyk out of the way just as he was about to finish off Tyson with a coup d’état that sent him crashing into the Galaxy HD1 at light speed. That would be it for Fury. Usyk is going to finish the job this time and not allow the referee to prevent what should have been done the first time.
“He could have punched me a million times with that punch and it probably wouldn’t have had an effect, but he punched me and it had an effect and it was good for him,” Tyson Fury said. DAZNAlexander Usyk’s light reception in May of last year hurt him.
“It was perfect,” Usyk said of the shot that upset Fury.
A replacement fighter
Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) will test Fury’s chin again in 16 days on Dec. 21 in their rematch at Riyadh’s King Arena. Many believe that reigning heavyweight champion Usyk will go after Fury from the opening bell and load up with a left hand, looking to knock him out.
Fury looked like a physical wreck during the Face Off with Usyk on DAZN. I was trying to figure out how this is the same fighter who beat Wladimir Klitschko nine years ago in Germany in 2015. Fury appears to have been placed in an aging chamber that accelerated his life. He doesn’t look good.
