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Carl Froch believes Tyson Fury will shut down if he fails to knock out Oleksandr Usyk in the fourth round on Saturday. Froch believes Fury’s weight is too high, at 281 pounds, for him to not fade away and lose to unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) in their rematch at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
If ‘Gyspy King’ Fury fades after three or four rounds, he will likely be knocked out by Usyk. The referee who saved Fury last time out with his timely eight count in round nine will not work the rematch on Saturday. So Tyson will be on his own, needing to get out of hot water without a helping hand.
Fury decided to bulk up in the desperate belief that he could use the weight to gain more strength and maybe lean on Usyk to wear him down. He had used these tactics against Deontay Wilder, Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora.
This style was taught to Fury by his trainer SugarHill Steward, but it was only a game plan that worked against the previous three limited fighters. He was ineffective against Fury’s last two opponents, Usyk and Francis Ngannou.
“Just the confidence, the smile and the poise of Usyk. Today he’s just class. With the first fight the way it went in the ninth round, I made him the favorite all week, and I’m even more confident,” he say Carl Froch to Match room boxingpicking Oleksandr Usyk to win on Saturday night in his defense against Tyson Fury.
“You can’t write Tyson out. He’s a big guy; he’s strong, but I think he’s too heavy (281lbs). That’s 20 stone. If you don’t get him out of there in the first three or four rounds, he’s going to blow .He’ll fill that extra weight himself.I don’t think he’s done himself any extra favors.
“He might be wrong. He might go in there and lean on Usyk, grab him and try to get him out of there. That’s got to be his game plan,” Froch said.
Fury seems to lack confidence in himself, and his trainer, Sugarhill, has no idea other than the game plan that worked for the Wilder fight. Fury has stepped up with one idea: try to intimidate Usyk.
“Take off your leather clothes, and let’s say it’s down to 277. It’s been there before. I didn’t like him at that weight,” commentator Steve Bunce said of Fury. “That’s when he’s slow and cumbersome. This is obviously the plan. It’s a great plan, but what happens in the sixth round if Usyk has avoided all danger. All that weight takes its toll.
“Usyk, with his clothes on, is probably exactly the same as he was in the last fight because that’s what he is. He’s a scientist.”