The monumental rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury is just one day away – and everyone has an opinion.
Usyk eked out Fury via split decision in May and they are now due to run it back on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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En route to getting his hand raised, the Ukrainian had Fury in real trouble in the ninth stanza when he scored a dramatic standing eight-count.
Fury miraculously survived to see out the round and showed immense powers of recovery to finish strong down the home straight.
However, it wasn’t enough for him to get the nod.
In the end, the scorecards read 115-112 to Usyk, 114-113 to Fury, and 114-113 to Usyk with the knockdown proving to be decisive.
Ahead of their rematch, Fury has promised not to leave the result in the hands of the judges and insists he will enter ‘destroy mode’ on the night.
“I’ve always been a bad man my whole life, and I’m still one today at nearly 40 years old, a few years off 40,” he said.
“I’m going to go in there with destroy mode. Last time, I went to box him, I was being cautious.
“Anybody can get caught as we have seen in a lot of these heavyweight fights. But this time I’m not going for a points decision. I’m going to knock that motherf***** out.”
Some believe Fury has what it takes to make the appropriate adjustments to topple Usyk while others think it will be repeat rather than revenge.
Here, takes a look at how several of the most prominent names in combat sports see the second bout going.
Lennox Lewis told Droeks on Boxing: “Well, I cannot go against Usyk. Oleksandr Usyk has proven himself time and time again, and he’s still undefeated.
“It really comes down to who boxes the best. Who’s smart in the ring. I didn’t think Tyson Fury was smart in the first fight.
“I think he played around a little bit too much and allowed Oleksandr Usyk to really pile up the points.
“Oleksandr Usyk is a difficult opponent. He moves all the time, he’s always throwing punches, he’s in great shape, and that’s hard to beat.”
“I want Fury to win, I think he’s capable of winning. I think he’s going to have to do something extraordinary, which we’ve seen him do before,”
Now, they’re trying to tell us that Fury is going to be bigger and better,” Duke McKenzie remarked during a recent talk BOXING episode.
“Bigger and better isn’t going to beat Usyk. It’s really not.
“If he puts on more weight and thinks to himself ‘I’m going to bully Usyk this time, I’m going to go in and walk him down, I’ll be able to take his shots because I’m that much bigger’, it’s not going to work for him.
“He’s going to be slower, he’s going to be more predictable, he’s going to get hit more and a lot sooner…
“Usyk wins the rematch all day long, I can’t see how Tyson Fury beats him. He’s not going to knock Usyk out.
