Fury exposed an uppercut weakness in Usyk.

[Slimpack]

Usyk got rammed by uppercuts round 4-7 and had no answer. It's hard to know what happened without being in the minds of the fighters, but Fury just broke down later in the fight. It was an odd turn of events.

But it follows the belleuw pattern does it not?

Usyk eventually adjusted, didn't he? It seems Fury is the one who has no answers for Usyk's loopiing left.

[automaton89]

Usyk eventually adjusted, didn't he? It seems Fury is the one who has no answers for Usyk's loopiing left.

You might be right, one punch changed the hole dynamic of the fight. Could be that simple. The commentators said it best: where did that come from?

[FeFist]

Usyk was measuring him up with the left that is why.

Fighters don't just stop doing what works for no reason.

[Slimpack]

Well the uppercut's risky, you've got to be **** on with it - which Fury was several times and those were some of his best moments - but Usyk is very smart in there, he's not going to keep walking into the same shot without making adjustments. He's also hard to time because he's constantly feinting and threatening with his in-and-out movement, like Lomachenko.

I felt Usyk's biggest mistake in rounds 4-7 was that he abandoned finesse somewhat and fell into a rut of just marching Fury down. He was too eager to stay on him and Fury started taking advantage by lining up some good shots and timing him coming in. Imo Usyk's much better when he's bouncing in and out, drawing the lead, mixing it up and forcing Fury to think.

Exactly! Usyk wasn't even at his best yesterday. He was somewhat slow. A more mobile Usyk would have completely drained Fury before the 10th round.