Dillian Whyte is one of the legions of people who want former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to play dirty pool by breaking the rules by taking on WBA, WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk in an eight-day rematch at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Fans urge Fury to cheat against Usyk
People who want Fury to win are overwhelmingly recommending he cheat against Usyk, which is troubling. If Tyson lacks the talent to defeat Usyk, why would his fans and compatriots want him to bend the rules?
What does this say about their moral code for ethical behavior? The main problem is that Fury isn't good enough to beat Usyk, and it won't help that he's upset. Does Fury really want to be seen as Turk Al Sheikh having to resort to rough tactics to get the better of his former conqueror?
British boxer Whyte wants Fury to use the same tactics that worked for him in his win over former cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham on April 20, 2013. It was a very long time ago when Fury was 24 years old and much more agile than he is now. Today he is 36 years old and looking forward to fifty.
I get the impression that Fury is so desperate to win that he would be absolutely brutal in the ring. Hopefully the referee will be unbiased and will do his job to punish Fury and disqualify him if necessary if he goes to the Middle Ages, and treat the fight as if it were… 5th century Dark Ages battle.
Usyk won't let Fury bully him
Physically, the “Gypsy King” is not the young, mobile fighter he was 11 years ago when he fought Cunningham and scored a seventh-round knockout via clutch and jab. Usyk won't let Fury use the same tactic on him, and there's no chance the referee will stand by and let that happen. There will be a lot of negative feedback.
“He should be aggressive and try to rough him up. (Fury) should fight him like he fought Deontay Wilder the second time and Steve Cunningham,” Dillian Whyte said. talkSport Boxingexpressing his view on how Tyson Fury should fight three-belt unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to be successful in their rematch on December 21.
“When Steve Cunningham put him down, Fury got up and got physical and started pushing him and started manhandling him and started manhandling him,” White continued. “He (Fury) might lose a few points, but who cares? Just go out there. He's got to try and get him upset.”
