Lennox Lewis says Tyson Fury has a lot of natural tools to make things harder on Oleksandr Usyk in rematch.
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis shares his breakdown of the upcoming title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Lewis says he expects this fight to be perhaps even better than the first one as he expects Fury to take this rematch much more seriously, and even come better prepared. Here’s some of what Lewis had to say about the fight.
Oleksandr Usyk will rematch Tyson Fury for heavyweight supremacy on Dec. 21.
“It’s going to be a tough fight for both guys,” said Lewis. “It’s going to be mentally tough, it’s going to be physically tough. They’re going to push each other on the mental basis far, they’re going to push each other physically far. Both guys want to win this fight...Both guys want something from this and it’s going to be a mental challenge and a physical challenge.
“I think it’s going to be a banger, it’s going to be a serious fight...one guy was more serious than the other guy (in the first fight) — you could say Tyson Fury lost that fight and Usyk won it. Now it’s a situation where they’re having another fight, Tyson Fury has to win that fight so he’s going to be more focused, he’s going to put a little bit more weight on to get through this fight and he’s a lot more serious.
“Usyk is a mover, he’s hard to hit and he knows what to do. He goes in there, he’ll punch with you for a second and then he’s out of range. So it’s a tit-for-tat. Both guys are going to be using their intelligence, their ring IQ. Tyson Fury, he’s got the size, he’s 6’9”, he moves well. He needs to get that jab going.
“I like Tyson with a little bit more weight. Maybe he’ll come in with more weight this time. He’s always a good fighter even with weight on and with weight he can push the little guy back, he can put his weight on the little guy, there’s a lot different things that Tyson Fury can do to unhinge Oleksandr Usyk and make it a harder fight for him to win.”
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