Fury looked the same as against Ngannou. He isn't better than this.

[W1LL]

Good fight but let's not pretend the Ngannou performance was a fluke. Fury fought EXACTLY the same way against usyk, for better or worse. He isnt better than this

Agreed. Will do worse in a rematch. It wasn't just a lack of training for Ngannou. His legs are gone, has lost the explosiveness and quick pivots, reflexes and defensive movement is slower and more predictable. One the decline no doubt about it. Respect to Usyk all the same.

[Spray_resistant]

I agree. He came in shape. This was the best version of Fury. And he lost. He really lost to John McDermott, but that is for another thread.

Yup, fought as well as he could being the slippery awkward boxer Fury and lost to a better fighter.

I wonder if in the rematch he'll come in just under 280 and try to be the mugging bully Fury.

[Zelda]

Fury fought a lot better than he did against Ngannou.

There were times he was plying with Usyk in the ring, which is what led to complacency and the eventual result. I believe Usyk took some time to figure out how to deal with Fury because Fury was quite good in some of those early/middle rounds.

[automaton89]

Nah, he fought much better tonight, punches were crisp and varied, good movement.

I think he got arrogant and thought little of Francis now honestly.

His punches were crisp against Ngannou..

[automaton89]

Fury looked good, but he was facing an opponent levels above Ngannou. It's not difficult to knock Fury down, but when Usyk clipped him, Fury foolishly tried to stay on his feet and took too many clean shots. He should've just went down or taken a knee.

He might not have been confident that he could have gotten up steadily

[Spray_resistant]

His punches were crisp against Ngannou..

He just jabbed mostly in the rds he carried, didn't have great mobility, seemed sluggish, and tried to muscle Francis around to no avail at times.

[HandsofIron]

Good fight but let's not pretend the Ngannou performance was a fluke. Fury fought EXACTLY the same way against usyk, for better or worse. He isnt better than this

Yeah have to agree and the excuses the boxing world and the fanboys gave Fury was that he didn't train properly or take it seriously.

This was the best shape Fury has ever looked and he still got his ass kicked by the older and smaller man.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Nah he was in better shape. I don't remember better bersion of Fury. Just Usyk is special.

[dibzvincent143]

Good fight but let's not pretend the Ngannou performance was a fluke. Fury fought EXACTLY the same way against usyk, for better or worse. He isnt better than this

He looked way better cmon now. His timing and conditioning was better. Very elusive for the most part too. But lost focused in the mid rounds, constantly showboating and lowering his guard and paid the price for it and almost KTFO. You just cant play with usyk, he kees on coming and keeps on adjusting on the fly.

[automaton89]

He looked way better cmon now. His timing and conditioning was better. Very elusive for the most part too. But lost focused in the mid rounds, constantly showboating and lowering his guard and paid the price for it and almost KTFO. You just cant play with usyk, he kees on coming and keeps on adjusting on the fly.

He was pot shotting exactly the same way. Rewatch it..