Tyson Fury has formally activated his rematch clause in hopes of redemption towards his conqueror, undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The combat will happen both late this 12 months or early 2025.
Arum Confirms Rematch & Joshua Battle
The ‘Gypsy King’ Fury’s promoter, Bob Arum, revealed the information of the rematch clause being triggered, which wasn’t surprising.
Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) had already mentioned within the ring following his 12-round cut up choice final Saturday evening in Riyadh that he would power the rematch towards Usyk.
“That combat will happen both on the finish of this 12 months or the start of subsequent 12 months in Riyadh,’ mentioned Arum to talkSPORT Boxing in regards to the Fury vs. Usyk rematch.
Arum mentioned that Fury will get the Anthony Joshua combat whatever the consequence of his rematch with Usyk, however we already knew that may occur.
Fury’s Recognition and Marketability
Even when Fury had ten defeats, a combat between him and Joshua would nonetheless be bankable. I’ve doubts a couple of Fury-Joshua combat bringing in large PPV numbers within the U.S. if Fury comes into the competition with consecutive defeats to Usyk. Nonetheless, it’ll do nicely within the UK, the place Tyson is an icon and is seen as somebody who can stroll on water.
Within the States, Fury ain’t the cat’s meow. He’s not a famous person. He’s simply a mean getting old heavyweight with a dad’s physique.
Fury’s celebrity-esque high quality nonetheless exists regardless of his expertise having badly deteriorated over the past three years. He can nonetheless promote a combat together with his jokes and trash-talking, and that’s crucial factor.
Few boxing followers give Fury a lot of an opportunity of beating Usyk within the rematch until he’s oddball scoring, like in his combat with Francis Ngannou.
It may not even get to the playing cards if Usyk jumps on Fury and the referee doesn’t interrupt the combat to avoid wasting the Gypsy King. Within the rematch, you may wager that Usyk will give attention to making certain that he wins by knocking Fury out, and he has an excellent likelihood of doing so.
The mixture punching that Usyk did within the ninth spherical was Fury’s kryptonite, as he was helpless when he unloaded with a 20-punch flurry. Fury wasn’t knocked out as a result of the referee inexplicably swooped in to cease the motion to offer a weird standing eight rely.
That was the weirdest factor; it tainted the combat, leaving a darkish cloud. If that had occurred in reverse, there would have been much less backlash as a result of Usyk was the B-side within the promotion.
