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Hopefully that’s the last we hear of Fury. Clown.
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Not sure if this has been mentioned but Dubois made himself look like a right tit. It was levels of cringe ive not witnessed since AJ went on that unhinged rant after he lost to Usyk the second time. I mean who’s idea was it to let him up there.
There was one point in the middle where I thought 'this could get very close' when Fury got quite active and landed some good body shots, but after round 7 - Usyk just turned up the dial, did more better work - kept landing good shots and ran away with it.
Nobody has high expectations of Dubois, he clearly has a childs mind in my opinion
It was never a draw. I saw Hearn trying to argue that but I reckon that's just because he is trying to butter up Warren and Fury so he gets his AJ vs Fury last hurrah. He's desperate to wring one last cent out of AJ because he's about the only semi credible Heavyweight he has in the Matchroom stable.
I admit my favouritism for Usyk but I think his work was
1. greater volume over the fight
2. greater accuracy
3. more perceptible power shots landing
4. superior defence
He's taken the best AJ and Fury could land over nearly 50 rounds and not been knocked over or even stunned. The guy is a phenom. So hard to hit clean and his ability to close the space against the much bigger opponent was a masterful. Fury did better than I thought he might given how girthy he looked so credit for that but ultimately his best was quite a bit short of Usyk's. I heard a suggestion of Usyk vs Opetai as a potential fight and that sounds like a good one. I'd rather see that than him spank Dubois again.
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I’m glad the whole Fury is the greatest heavyweight of all time cult is over, it’s always annoyed me that people ignored the fact his record has him beating an aging Klitschko and 3 fights against a poor boxer who only had a power punch in his locker and that’s about it.
Got to hand it to his media prowess though to be able to convince people for so long, promoters dream.
Got to hand it to his media prowess though to be able to convince people for so long, promoters dream.
Soldato
So six of us were sat watching this, 4 thought Fury would get the nod, 2 of us inc me thought Usyk won. The right man definitely won for me and I was rooting for Fury to do a job on him, he simply couldn't.
To come in with a height, weight and reach disadvantage and maintain that sort of momentum throughout the entire fight, never really letting off, was quite exceptional. He wanted it more, he had to put himself in range ie. take huge risks just to land his shots but he was game. Fury on the other hand had moments early on where he used his height and reach to his advantage but he had rounds off, he looked tired, he was targetting the body of Usyk a fair bit but Usyk was landed the eye catching shots, Furys head was getting rocked back a lot, he seemed far more fearful of what was coming back from Usyk and he's the bigger guy. Fury simply did not do enough to beat the champion whereas the champion did enough to maintain and keep his title.
To come in with a height, weight and reach disadvantage and maintain that sort of momentum throughout the entire fight, never really letting off, was quite exceptional. He wanted it more, he had to put himself in range ie. take huge risks just to land his shots but he was game. Fury on the other hand had moments early on where he used his height and reach to his advantage but he had rounds off, he looked tired, he was targetting the body of Usyk a fair bit but Usyk was landed the eye catching shots, Furys head was getting rocked back a lot, he seemed far more fearful of what was coming back from Usyk and he's the bigger guy. Fury simply did not do enough to beat the champion whereas the champion did enough to maintain and keep his title.
Soldato
Here's hoping
Usyk single handedly killing British heavyweight boxing. One of the all time greats in two divisions is incredible, especially a man of his size going up to heavyweight and taking on people at their best, not years after their prime.
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that was staged. he knew all about it if you watched the pre fight before hand. hes normally quite boring and just sorta not with it. hes been smiling like a chesure cat all week. that was set up for when usyk won because he will fight usyk after beating parker. fury off to fight AJ. fury didnt do great but didnt lose by 4 rounds. it was a pretty mediocre fight tbh. usyk deserved to win but it was like a round maybe two at best.
only thing i took out the fights is..that moses looks like he could be a monster..which is exciting. new wave of heavy weights coming in and the old going out. i wouldnt be suprised if dubious beats usyk next time.
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while he is amazing. he hasnt had monsters to fight. think prime mike tyson or lennox lewis riddick bowe evandar holyfield. they would have all probably destroyed him. you can only fight whos in front of you though at your time.