Former two-time bantamweight champion Paul Butler expects WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to make use of his measurement to carry & lean on IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk to put on him right down to get a knockout on Could 18th of their undisputed championship.
Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) is on the A-side regardless of having fewer world titles and achieved much less as a professional or as an newbie. Some followers imagine Fury’s being on the A-side may translate into the referee allowing him to maul Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) nonstop with out being warned, penalized, or disqualified.
Right here’s Fury’s Profitable Method:
- Rabbit punches galore
- Holding and hitting
- Floppy gloves
Fury was a very good mover in his day, however age has executed a quantity on his wheels, turning him right into a one-trick pony whose solely technique of successful is to make use of roughhouse techniques and his heavy grizzly bear body to lean and wrestle his opponents right into a state of fatigue.
Fury additionally makes use of rabbit punches aplenty holding and hitting. These techniques, together with the floppy glove within the second match, got here in helpful for Fury in his three fights with Deontay Wilder.
Can Usyk Counter Fury’s Methods?
Butler expects Fury to make use of his measurement to lean on Usyk to put on him down because the struggle progresses and have his approach as soon as the 2012 Olympic gold medalist is exhausted from the wrestling.
Usyk is aware of the methods that the 270+ lb Fury makes use of to win his fights, and he’s going to remain on the transfer, nailing him with sniper photographs and never letting him seize him to start his leaning and mauling.
It’s necessary that Usyk use precision strikes to stop Fury from falling into his typical wrestling bit. The man is a big bear, and he’s going to be holding and mauling nonstop to get the win.
It didn’t work for Fury final October as a result of he was preventing the highly effective 270+ lb former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, and made his life depressing when he tried to lean on him.
Butler’s Prediction
“I believe he’s [Tyson Fury] goes to try to stick with him within the first 4 rounds and match him with pace and foot motion,” stated Paul Butler to Secondsout about how he believes Fury will struggle Oleksandr Usyk on Could 18th.
“Because the rounds go on, I do suppose he’ll use the scale and the burden as a bonus like he executed with Deontay Wilder the place he’s holding, he’s leaning and making it exhausting for him and Usyk goes to need to be wrestling him off.
“I do suppose that’s the place Fury will come good, and something from 9 onward, I can see Fury getting a stoppage,” stated Butler on his prediction of a Fury knockout of Usyk.
