Was Fury More Competitive Against Ngannou or Usyk? Who Beat Him Better?

[FlatLine]

Record books say Ngannou lost by split decision but most people thought he beat Fury fair and square. Fury never seemed to bother Ngannou all night. But against Usyk he had a brief memorable moment when he landed some clean uppercuts which appeared to stun Usyk for a few seconds. Both Ngannou and Usyk knocked Fury down. But Ngannou got a clean one punch knockdown. Usyk had to unload a barrage of punches which had Fury staggering all over the ring for a while, until he finally sunk to the canvas and ref called it a knockdown.

So who really beat Fury more impressively.. Ngannou or Usyk? Or both around the same?

[TMLT87]

Very different stylistic match ups. Usyk was more impressive on a technical level because he had to do it without having Ngannous size and power.

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Lazy trolling

[QueensburyRules]

- - Shyte on a shingle is Shyte by any other name…Billy Shakes…

[PRINCEKOOL]

Tyson Fury seemed to for the first time in his career vs Francis Ngannou 'Struggle to acutely adapt during the fight, to a great extent'.

Once Francis Ngannou knocked down Tyson Fury 'Fury basically then reverted back to his default boxing settings, and just fought a very basic and fundamental fight'.

Usually Tyson Fury historically has been renowned for his ability, to technically adapt to the action 'During the fight'. What I mean by this, is certain fighters have the ability to when confronted with a challenge or difficult situation during a fight 'They will acutely in that moment, be able to negate their opponent's. After this point they may not totally overcome their opponent, but they will be able to complete more intensely'.

Tyson Fury when he fought Francis Ngannou, came out in the first round 'Clearly with the intention of backing up Ngannou, and beating him down. The issue's Fury encounter were that Ngannou was not shook by Fury's attacks, to the level people anticipated. And Ngannou was able to counter attack and immediately compete'.

Tyson Fury of course was decked by Francis Ngannou 'And was forced to revert back to, fighting a really basic and fundamental fight. The type of fight, that if he was not the Champion and Fury was fighting any other professional boxer? You would not expect boxing officials to be scoring the rounds for Tyson Fury'.

For whatever reason skill for skill Tyson Fury in my opinion, had extreme difficulties with Francis Ngannou 'What enabled Tyson Fury to stay in that fight, and compete. Was his experience, endurance and the fact that he is a Multi-Dimensional fighter'.

Francis Ngannou for sure, in my opinion beat Tyson Fury. All the statistics of the fight clearly show this 'Ngannou landed the most power punches, inflicted the most damage and he scored a knockdown'.

Note: The only statistic were Tyson Fury out competed Francis Ngannou in was in total punches landed 'Tyson Fury out landed Francis Ngannou, by 12 punches. But people need to be honest and ask themselves the question? What calibre of punches was Tyson Fury landing on Francis Ngannou, and were they inflicting damage? The facts of the fight are, Fury's punches were not really inflicting substantial damage'.

Oleksandr Uysk in comparison, I actually believe that Tyson Fury skill for skill knows how to fight Uysk 'I don't think Tyson Fury during the fight, and even now? Is confused or intimidated by Oleksandr Uysk's style. But regardless, being able to tactically execute a winning fight vs Oleksandr Uysk is also clearly a very difficult task for Tyson Fury.

This is because like I stated before their fight, Tyson Fury pound for pound is not a greater athlete than Oleksandr Uysk 'And skill for skill Uysk is also most likely superior in all area's of his game. The only area's of Fury's game were he may be superior to Usyk, are his inside game and ability to use rough house tactics'.

Tyson Fury is also a Super Heavyweight, who was out weighing Oleksandr Uysk by almost 40 pounds 'Oleksandr Uysk due to being a superior athlete to Tyson Fury pound for pound, was able to negate this weight differential'.

Lions and Tigers may encounter other animals that out weigh them by vast amounts 'But because Lions and Tigers are pound for pound greater athlete's, than those animals. They can negate that weight differential, it is very similar in competitive sports such as boxing'.

I personally never at no point during the build up to Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Uysk 'Put much emphasis on the weight differential between Fury and Uysk. Oleksandr Uysk had just fought and beat Anthony Joshua twice'.

Anthony Joshua in terms of his athletic attributes and athletics skills 'Is a superior athlete to Fury, Joshua is also a Super Heavyweight'.

Therefore Oleksandr Uysk already before even fighting Tyson Fury, had potentially beaten a more formidable Super Heavyweight than Tyson Fury.

To conclude: Both Oleksandr Uysk and Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury. But Oleksandr Uysk beat Tyson Fury more impressive, due to the style of fight and tactics he used 'Uysk fought Fury with extreme pressure, and confronted Fury head on'.

Francis Ngannou in comparison, if there was one mistake he made 'Was that he actually did not pressure Tyson Fury enough, and this decision was what enabled Tyson Fury to fight his way back into the fight'.

I stated after the fight, that Francis Ngannou's endurance was one of the reasons why he did not pressure Tyson Fury more 'And if the fight was scheduled as a 12 round fight, Tyson Fury may have been able to legitimate win the fight'.

Francis Ngannou in his next boxing contest vs Anthony Joshua 'Ether Ngannou himself, or his team demanded that the fight must be a 10 round fight. This is a clear indication, that Francis Ngannou's endurance in the sport of boxing, was one of his worst attributes'.

Both Oleksandr Uysk and Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury 'But I believe that Uysk's performance was more impressive, and conclusive. Tactically Uysk decisions were all on point, it is very difficult to analyse his performance and say that he should of fought differently. Oleksandr Uysk overall tactically execute a great fight' etc.

[champion4ever]

He was more competitive against Usyk. From rounds 4-7 Fury dominated that fight.

He hurt Usyk several times with body shots and upper cuts. He came dangerously close to stopping him.

Before, he started coasting and allowed Usyk back into the fight to nearly KO and subsequently defeating him.

[4truth]

He was more competitive against Usyk. From rounds 4-7 Fury dominated that fight.

He hurt Usyk several times with body shots and upper cuts. He came dangerously close to stopping him.

Before, he started coasting and allowed Usyk back into the fight to nearly KO and subsequently defeating him.

More competitive against Usyk? If you mean he trained hard, he obviously did. He won the 4 rounds you mentioned but it took everything he had to do it and he didn't win another round. Is that "coasting" or was he just spent?

Fury barely trained to fight Ngannou and it showed. He looked like shyt but still won 7 of the 10 rounds.

[champion4ever]

More competitive against Usyk? If you mean he trained hard, he obviously did. He won the 4 rounds you mentioned but it took everything he had to do it and he didn't win another round. Is that "coasting" or was he just spent?

Fury barely trained to fight Ngannou and it showed. He looked like shyt but still won 7 of the 10 rounds.

He looked worse against Ngannou in my judgement. He was dropped and looked very sloppy in there against a novice opponent with no amateur background or professional boxing experience.

However, I do agree that it was more likely than not that it stemmed from him not being properly prepared when he fought Ngannou.

Also, I agree with your point about Fury being physically spent against Usyk too. You are right. I do believe that Fury did show signs of physical and mental decline in his fight with Usyk. He looked aged.

A fighter could only go to the well so many times. After getting knocked down so many times in his career. It will eventually start catching up to you and then it begins to take a toll on the body.

Which I believe is what happened to Fury vs Usyk. His body hit a wall.

[_Rexy_]

He was more competitive against Usyk. From rounds 4-7 Fury dominated that fight.

He hurt Usyk several times with body shots and upper cuts. He came dangerously close to stopping him.

Before, he started coasting and allowed Usyk back into the fight to nearly KO and subsequently defeating him.

came dangerously close to stopping someone who was never even wobbled? That's some top notch revisionism.

[PRvazquez]

Usyk beat that ass!! Tyson Fury claim to fame is wilder wilder wilder. Hes lucky that he wasn't defeated in that trilogy. Usyk is the right man to be a heavyweight champion. He beats the bigger guys up. He is humble. He almost killed Fury in that fight. Revisionist opinion is correct