Tyson Fury came up short again last Saturday night, losing in a rematch to three-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on a Turki Alashikh card in Riyadh. This latest defeat to Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) raises questions about whether his fights against Deontay Wilder have sapped the best part of him, leaving him a weak shell that Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) outlasted by a 12-rounder. The decision to win was unanimous.
Fury fans were hoping he would use his massive 55-pound gargoyle and six-inch height advantage to subdue the smaller Usyk. The Gypsy King thought they could do to Usyk what he did to Wilder in their second fight in 2020. And that would likely be Fury's baby.
Tyson came up with the idea of moving up in weight from the 262 he weighed in the first fight and trying to use his size to beat Usyk like he did against Deontay 1764 yesterday.
Age and wealth take their toll
The 36-year-old Fury couldn't do that because he's no longer the energetic, energetic fighter he was four years ago when he destroyed Deontay in four rounds. Age, weight gain, ill-considered game plan, and vast wealth have all drained Fury. Hence, he had nothing left to fend off Usyk.
The version of Fury beating Wilder would have been too much for Usyk, but he's not that fighter anymore. The Enchantress's combination of age, weight and wealth made him an easy mark for the talented unified heavyweight champion Usyk.
Usyk-Fury stats 2 punch
- Tyson Fury connected on 144 of 509 for 28%.
- Oleksandr Usyk scored 179 shots out of 423, a percentage of 42%.
The statistics clearly show that Usyk was the clear winner. After the fight, Fury made a childish spectacle of himself, complaining about the results and saying he should have won three rounds. He wasn't even trying to be gracious about his defeat, or take the high road to show some class. I just wonder what Turki Alashikh was thinking when he was watching how bad of a sport The Gypsy King was.
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“Tyson Fury, great job. I know you'll be back. Spend some time with your family,” Evander Holyfield said. Social mediain an attempt to lift Tyson Fury's morale after another loss to Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night.
