Tyson Fury made a pre-emptive request to the media today, asking them not to call Oleksandr Usyk a “s***” after he defeated him on May 18 in their heavyweight championship bout. their undisputed presence in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
WBC heavyweight champion Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) wants to make sure he gets full credit for defeating former undisputed cruiserweight titlist Usyk (21-0, 14 KO). Fury's entire winning strategy is based on physics. Use his weight and let gravity take over.
“Please don't say Usyk is a bastard after I beat him, because he's not,” Tyson Fury said in training today Press Conference said of his opponent on May 18, IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury will rely on size against a fighter with real talent who can do it all in the ring—box, move, change angles and punch a little. Usyk is everything Fury is not.
I don't see Fury's massive 270+ lb credit because he would outweigh Usyk by 220lb to 50lbs and would certainly use his striking style to lean on him the way he does with all of his opponents at this stage in his career.
Fury fighting formula – Not at all complicated
- Grab: Place your grizzly arms around your opponent and hold them tight so they cannot escape.
- Tilt: Places his full weight of over 270 pounds on the fighter and forces them to support him while the referee observes, without breaking the no contest.
- Rinse and repeat: Continue this until your opponent is exhausted from carrying his weight.
Fury's fighting style is basic at this point in his career and not at an advanced level. Just a big guy holding on and leaning on it. He's nowhere near the top heavyweight in the division and never has been.
Fury: His greatest strength? He's so big
“I am the best. I was just defending my ‘best point’ against him,” Fury said of Usyk. “We split the weight for a reason. As cruiserweights rise to the level of the big boys, they are often considered inferior. You can beat the average big guys, but you can't beat the elite big guys because size really matters. This is the truth.”
