Tyson Fury looked bad today, laying chicken egg on stage during his final press conference of his undisputed heavyweight championship.
During the head-to-head with IBF/WBA/WBO champion Usyk during the face-off Fury meekly faced away from the apex predator Usyk, facing the media in the audience with an uneasy look on his gob.
British heavyweight Derek Chisora expects WBC champion Tyson Fury to attack IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk’s body while in the clinch on Saturday night.
As fight fans are aware, only three men have thus far in this great sport of ours been able to win gold at cruiserweight and at heavyweight: Evander Holyfield, David Haye, and Oleksandr Usyk.
Retired former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is reportedly advising Oleksandr Usyk to target Tyson Fury’s recently healed cut from the start of the fight in round one.
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, is impressed with Tyson Fury’s ability to overcome the mental problems he experienced after his 2015 win over Wladimir Klitschko.
Analyst Teddy Atlas believes the winning game plan for Tyson Fury to defeat Oleksandr Usyk this Saturday is to stay on the outside, jab, and retreat to prevent his smaller opponent from utilizing his counter-punching on the inside.
Heavyweight great and the last man to hold undisputed status, Lennox Lewis has given his take on the fast approaching four-belt unification showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
For the longest time, Tyson Fury has been telling us all he is “the greatest heavyweight who ever lived.” Now, perhaps showing a little more restraint, the unbeaten 35 year old says a win over Oleksandr Usyk will make him the greatest ever.
Tyson Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, says IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is a tougher test for his fighter than going into the Deontay Wilder fights.
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, says Tyson Fury’s dramatic weight loss is a result of his nerves for this fight on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.