Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis shares his breakdown of the upcoming title combat between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Lewis says he expects this combat to be maybe even higher than the primary one as he expects Fury to take this rematch far more severely, and even come higher ready. Right here’s a few of what Lewis needed to say concerning the combat.
Oleksandr Usyk will rematch Tyson Fury for heavyweight supremacy on Dec. 21.
“It’s going to be a troublesome combat for each guys,” stated Lewis. “It’s going to be mentally robust, it’s going to be bodily robust. They’re going to push one another on the psychological foundation far, they’re going to push one another bodily far. Each guys need to win this combat…Each guys need one thing from this and it’s going to be a psychological problem and a bodily problem.
“I believe it’s going to be a banger, it’s going to be a severe combat…one man was extra severe than the opposite man (within the first combat) — you might say Tyson Fury misplaced that combat and Usyk gained it. Now it’s a scenario the place they’re having one other combat, Tyson Fury has to win that combat so he’s going to be extra centered, he’s going to place just a little bit extra weight on to get by this combat and he’s much more severe.
“Usyk is a mover, he’s exhausting to hit and he is aware of what to do. He goes in there, he’ll punch with you for a second after which he’s out of vary. So it’s a tit-for-tat. Each guys are going to be utilizing their intelligence, their ring IQ. Tyson Fury, he’s received the scale, he’s 6’9”, he strikes properly. He must get that jab going.
“I like Tyson with just a little bit extra weight. Perhaps he’ll are available with extra weight this time. He’s at all times a superb fighter even with weight on and with weight he can push the little man again, he can put his weight on the little man, there’s rather a lot various things that Tyson Fury can do to unhinge Oleksandr Usyk and make it a tougher combat for him to win.”
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