Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has weighed in on the potential matchup between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. According to Tyson, Usyk must stand and fight Fury if he wants to have a chance at winning, as he won’t be given a decision victory if he runs all night against the popular 6’9” fighter.
Assuming Fury gets his way and the fight is held at Wembley Stadium in London, that’s another reason why Usyk would likely not be given a decision because he would be fighting on the Gyspy King’s home ground.
Tyson believes that with the way WBC heavyweight champion Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) fights now that Sugarhill Steward trains him, it would be foolish for IBF, WBA & WBO champ Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) to be stationary against Tyson.
If Usyk stands his ground, Fury will punch, grab, and lean his weight on him all night, looking to tire him out.
Fury has become predictable with the way he fights now he’s in his 30s. He doesn’t move any longer and throws one or two punches before grabbing his opponents to begin leaning on them with all his weight.
At 34, Fury is the equivalent of a sea lamprey with the way he attaches himself to his victims and then drains them, leaving them an empty shell to be finished off.
“He [Usyk] can’t run forever. Tyson’s going to get him in the corner, he’s going to get him with some punches, and he’s going to hurt him eventually,” said Mike Tyson to iD Boxing about what Oleksandr Usyk must do to have a chance of beating Tyson Fury. “He’s going to run all night. He has to stay and fight to win the fight.
At some particular time, he’s going to have to stand and fight,” ‘Iron’ Mike continued about Usyk. “He can’t run and box all night – they’re not gonna give him the decision, now with Tyson.
“They want to see some fighting. After watching him and Deontay Wilder in a fight, they ain’t going to go for no running and hitting.”
Mike Tyson believes that Tyson Fury will win the fight, and he thinks Tyson should fight more frequently. Tyson believes that fighters should fight four or five times a year instead of taking too much time in between fights.
In some ways, Fury fights like his younger brother Tommy Fury, with all the clinching he does. The difference is that 23-year-old Tommy can still move around the ring at his age, but he holds nonstop and uses that to shut down the offense of his opponents.
Fury does the same thing, but he uses his holding to tire out his opponents by leaning on them with his entire 270+ lb weight. Since the referees allow Fury to clinch excessively without penalizing him, it’s now become a permanent fixture of his game, which means if you fight him, you need to be prepared to stand and fight.
