Comments Thread For: Top Rank Prez Expects Tyson Fury To Be 'Razor Sharp' Against Oleksandr Usyk

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Top Rank president Todd DuBoef, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, expects his boxer to be in top form in the undisputed showdown with Olesandr Usyk.
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[Toffee]

The heavy lifting's done relatively. The heavy lifting of getting people to agree is done. I haven't felt any of the parties involved, that were ready to do this in December, going in a different direction other than going forward,

Now we're just trying to finetune some of this, the date and everything like that. I think there's a promise, there's a glimmer of hope out there, a big glimmer, that this will hopefully come to fruition. I think in the coming weeks, it might not be weeks even, days, we should be seeing something that solidifies everything.

That really doesn't sound like a made fight. Nowhere near it.

[TreD]

His coke blade, that is..

What a mess these fools have made of the heavyweight division.

[JakeTheBoxer]

The last time Fury was in top shape was Wilder 2 and that was nearly 4 years ago.

Fury is what he is and he rarely fights and not even top available opposition.

[Tecnoworld]

I'll believe it when I see it.

Fury can even retire before that. Or prefer to go to a second Ngannou match and then retire.

[dan-b]

That really doesn't sound like a made fight. Nowhere near it.

Right? A "glimmer of hope"?!

The IBF should be on the phone after that quote.

[JeBron Lamez]

Tyson Fury is like something out of an early Guy Ritchie film & has literally always conducted his business as such, including the cancelled Wlad rematch (for which I had tickets, hotel booked & all that DAMMIT!).

Fury will:

- train smart & hard (& possibly juice, let's be real)
- throw 10,000 uppercuts in sparring
- negate Usyk's beautiful, beautiful angles with one of his jabs (the almost thudding orthodox one or the flicky southpaw one)
- walk Usyk down, knock him out for all the rest of the money & retire undefeated as the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World

Farm on it, screenshot it, hundred per cent.

[dan-b]

Tyson Fury is like something out of an early Guy Ritchie film & has literally always conducted his business as such, including the cancelled Wlad rematch (for which I had tickets, hotel booked & all that DAMMIT!).

Fury will:

- train smart & hard (& possibly juice, let's be real)
- throw 10,000 uppercuts in sparring
- negate Usyk's beautiful, beautiful angles with one of his jabs (the almost thudding orthodox one or the flicky southpaw one)
- walk Usyk down, knock him out for all the rest of the money & retire undefeated as the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World

Farm on it, screenshot it, hundred per cent.

I'm not confident he actually shows up for this fight, but if he does I will be sticking with my prediction of Fury on points. Looking forward to the retirement bit though, not least because ends his father's moment in the sun.

[tokon]

I hope Usyk has insisted on random vada testing from minute contract was signed right through until whenever fight happens. Unless, of course, Usyk doesn't want that scrutiny either?

[PRINCEKOOL]

If Fury drops masses of weight for the Usyk fight, that will back fire. Whatever Fury does or alters in training for the Usyk fight 'I don't think it will have a dramatic impact on his condition'.

So how much longer is the fight going to be postponed by 2 - 3 months, I just don't think that is enough of a time frame to make any dramatic effect 'Especially to a fighter like Fury who, I don't think has a aptitude for hardcore training. Fury may think he has good work ethic, but effort is personal'.

I once watched a interview, I believe it was before Wilder II 'Fury live on air, explained to a interviewer that he had made big sacrifices for his training camp. He has done things that he has never done before' I was sitting there thinking? I wonder what Tyson Fury could of sacrificed, must be something really dramatic if he is making such a extreme point of it 'Tyson Fury then went on to tell the media interviewer, that he had stop drinking diet cokes'.

I said to myself there and then, that Tyson Fury needs to fight his nearest competition as soon as possible. Because the longer he waits to fight Joshua, or whoever that may be the more the fight will move towards them 'Even if Fury should win, and he is the more naturally gifted fighter'.

Certain behaviors no matter how insignificant over time they have a accumulative effect 'And I believe Fury's fight vs Ngannou a combinations of Fury's behaviors as a fighter throughout the years unearthed itself'.

Can he be more focused for Uysk yes? But performance in boxing is more than just being focused.

Note: For years Fury has not fought at a high level skill for skill, and at some point that will unearth itself in the ring. We have seen fighters more talented than Fury, who I believe had very similar characters 'Fighters such as Prince Naseem Hamed. Prince Naseem Hamed, was a more talented fighter than Fury and Hamed fought at a good level throughout his entire career even as a Champion. But I believe just like Tyson Fury, overtime those insignificant behaviors that certain fighters overlook had a accumulative effect.

Difference between Fury and Naseem Hamed is 'Prince Naseem Hamed lost a 12 round decision vs Antonio Barrera who is a all-time great fighter, in a semi-competitive fight. It was not really a bad loss for Prince Naseem Hamed, nowhere near to the level that his critics make out.

All Athletes have something called a 'Peak Performance ceiling or level'. Even when great athletes fall of this peak ceiling, sometimes or most of the time they are still able to ether be the best in the World or compete with the best. You see this trend in all sports, most notably in recent times with Roger Federer, Novak Djokvic and Rafael Nadal.

Federer, Djokvic, Nadal for years were not at their peak but they were still the best tennis players in the world 'They were competing many years beyond their generation. Entire new generation of Tennis Players were coming and going, but those big three Tennis players still remained.

In boxing we have seen this with Floyd Mayweather Junior, Manny Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins. For years they were nowhere near their peak, but even when they fell from their peak 'The level they were operating at was still able to compete at World level. They were still able to produce big wins, and performances'.

Fury's hardcore fans even now, believe that Fury is that type of fighter 'And he has that type of game'. Me personally I don't think he has that type of game, Fury is a great fighter but he is not at that level for me.

Note: Usyk is a not a super Heavyweight, but he is skill for skill a elite level fighter and the most accomplished active fighter in the entire sport of boxing 'The situation Fury is in now, is very similar to Prince Naseem Hamed's situation vs Antonio Barrera' etc.