Tyson Fury is confident that he would be able to comfortably defeat Oleksandr Usyk – and by knockout.
Fury and Usyk are now on a collision course, with a fight likely to be pencilled in for early next year. It is, by some way, the biggest heavyweight fight of the era.
Fury is widely regarded as the best heavyweight on the planet, while Usyk is arguably the pound-for-pound number one. It’s an absolute clash of the titans.
Despite Usyk’s obvious quality, though, Fury feels that meeting the Ukrainian in the ring would be a relatively routine night’s work for him.
Tyson Fury on Oleksandr Usyk: “Me and SugarHill Steward both are convinced that if it goes six rounds, that’s a s*** performance. I’ll cut him down inside six, for sure. And Sugar reckons I’ll cut him down inside four. We’ve actually got a bet on.” [@SecondsOutLive]
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) September 4, 2022
Fury has an enormous size and reach advantage over Usyk, who is naturally a cruiserweight. It’s hard to overlook when forecasting how the fight will play out.
People said similar things in the build-up to Usyk’s tussle with Anthony Joshua, however, and Usyk was far superior over the course of the two fights.
The unpredictability of this fight makes it a seriously intriguing proposition from a boxing fan’s perspective. We can’t wait to see them meet in the ring.