Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury: Size Won't Play a Factor in Oleksandr Usyk Fight

[Toffee]

If Fury was 6'3" he would be a lot faster and more fluid and have a totally different style.

Being big is equally an advantage and a disadvantage, bigger fighters are inherently slower, more clunky and clumsy.

If you blew Usyk up to 6'8" 260lbs he would not do half that fancy **** he does now, or if he did he'd be gassed after 3 rounds.

No, but at 225 pounds he already does things not seen in the heavyweight division. And doesn't gas in the way you'd think a 225 pound man should considering the effort he puts in.

I still think his Joshua 1 performance was as good as I've seen from a heavyweight. He was incredible.

Assuming it happens (which looks increasingly likely) I'm now making Usyk favourite. Ngannou isn't a huge heavyweight dimensionally and doesn't possess great skills, speed or movement... yet he landed the left hand at will. I think Usyk is going to pepper Fury with left hands.

[TheOneAboveAll]

I want to see the video on this. These cannot be Fury's words. What about all that 'middleweight' talk?

[TheOneAboveAll]

If you thought Fury-Wlad was a snooze fest, this one is going to put you into a long hibernation. This is just a fight that is in the way of a Fury-AJ fight

This is very possible. I suspect it will be a fight that experienced fans may appreciate more than casuals. Probably not a great fight with regard to action, clean punching or drama, but one where we see the winner (Usyk) outsmart the other and eke out a close but clear decision win. I hope I'm wrong and we see something more conclusive.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

That's as ridiculous a statement as any that has come out of Tyson Furys crazy mouth. There's no way in hell that size won't be a factor in the fight. There's no escaping the size difference between them.

[Boxing56]

Nah this will be a suspenseful fight. Usyk won't be able to keep Fury of him for long it will be suspenseful when they are in close exchanges and what Usyk can do.

[Boxing2695]

Let’s get this over with and finally have a number 1. Then the crooks will start stripping and we can get back to the 4 beltholder Lamon Brewster era again

Yeah that's the only downside to undisputed fights. The champion usually vacates the belts pretty quickly because nobody is trying to pay all them sanctioning fees and then it's backs to belts being all over the place and you get paper champions