Fury’s Huge Edge: 55 pounds, 6 inches over Usyk

Tyson Fury will enjoy a 55-pound, six-inch size advantage over Oleksandr Usyk in their 12-round rematch on Saturday night. At Friday’s weigh-in, Fury’s 281-pound weight on the scales made it clear that his second fight with unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) will be different than his last.

Fury’s Game Plan: Using Size

The 6’9″, 281-pound Fury looked huge going up against the 6’3″, 226-pound Usyk during their matchup today. Unlike yesterday, Tyson quickly turned around after a few seconds and threw a few air punches into the crowd to let them know what was in store for Oleksandr on Saturday night in his headliner. live on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Former WBC heavyweight champion Fury, 36, is a year and a half younger than Usyk, who will turn 38 on January 17. Fury’s size and youth will make it difficult for Oleksandr unless he can stay out of range of his shots or skill. to take him to his own giant void mace.

The fury is like a human version of a sea lamprey, weakening its prey vampire-like once it gets its hands on them. Usyk will have to say on the move to avoid being drained by the huge Fury.

“Both of them know that they can hurt each other. Tyson has fabulous rebounding powers, as you saw in the ninth round. In the tenth and eleventh rounds, he couldn’t take advantage of that, Usyk, but in the 12th round , Tyson won it. He ended up being the stronger of the two fighters,” said Frank Warren DAZN Boxingspeaking of Tyson Fury overcoming being injured by Oleksandr Usyk in their previous fight on May 18.

“To me, the bell rings. Whoever takes the center of the ring and pushes the other back, that guy is going to fight. That’s the type of fight. Tyson can do something that Usyk can’t do, and Usyk is a great fighter. Tyson can fight off the back foot,” Warren said.

“Can’t Usyk fight off the back foot, Alex?” commentator Ade Oladipo told Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk.

“Usyk can fight any way he wants,” Krassyuk said. “Tyson has been conserving his energy and it’s not clear if he’ll be able to do anything extraordinary.”