Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury Just The Latest In A Long Line To Be In Denial About Defeat

[kafkod]

That's your perception.

I saw Fury doing a lot of good work throughout the middle rounds and he outlanded Usyk in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th rounds.

He was outlanded by 2 or less punches in the 2nd, 7th, & 11th rounds.

That's 8 rounds that he either has an argument for winning or could go either way.

It was a razor thin fight, like I said.

He was also outlanded by 8 punches in the 12 round. Usyk landed 14 power punches to Fury's 7 in the 12th, yet incredibly, all 3 judges gave that round to Fury.

The scoring of the 12th round was very suspicious. The ref pushing Usyk away when he about to finish Fury in the 9th then messing around talking to Fury till the bell went was even more sus.

[Wilder's Sauron Costume]

Close fight, and the right guy won. Looking forward to the rematch.
Question for you guys: If Usyk wins the rematch and then retires, how would you rank him all time? Top 10?

[The D3vil]

He was also outlanded by 8 punches in the 12 round. Usyk landed 14 power punches to Fury's 7 in the 12th, yet incredibly, all 3 judges gave that round to Fury.

The scoring of the 12th round was very suspicious. The ref pushing Usyk away when he about to finish Fury in the 9th then messing around talking to Fury till the bell went was even more sus.

Okay, and your point is, what?

That doesn't mean it wasn't a close fight.

The "official" stats say that it was a close fight that could've gone either way.

I saw it for Fury, the judges & most people saw it for Usyk.

[Boksingfan]

usyk has intimidation and fear in another way….he breaks you down mentally because he has so many ways to win, he is the smaller man and yet he has you chicken dancing from ring post
to ring post , you have your best spell in the fight and then he comes out and steps it up to a level you just can’t keep up with , his fitness is on another level , he is always in range and his has this mental fortitude that will also break you…..Usyk is a monster albeit in a different way to what Mike Tyson was…..Tyson gave up when he was losing a fight usyk just presses over drive and whizzes past you

What you describe amounts to saying that Usyk is a formidable opponent, with the heart, skill and conditioning of a champion. That can be intimidating in itself, no doubt, but it's quite different from being afraid of a man who has the ability to seriously injure you or knock you unconscious in a flash. My point was that Fury did not lose the fight due a lack of self-confidence, and will not lose the rematch (if it happens), for that reason, either. He might lose again if he fails to draw the lessons from May, 18th and take corrective action. Just my opinion, anyway.