Via Charles Brun: John Fury said 6’4″ tall Oleksandr Usyk is “too small” for his son, Tyson Fury, and he won’t beat him when the two fight in early 2023.
As slow and feeble as how Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) faced off against cruiser Derek Chisora last weekend, Usyk will have a great chance of knocking him down like he did. with Anthony Joshua twice.
Fury’s fighting style looks like garbage at this point in his career. He’s picked up a lot of bad habits since joining American coach Sugarhill Steward, and he’s not as boxy as he was before his association.
Fury’s game consists of a slow, lazy right-handed throw followed by a hook and side tilt. He’s very predictable at this stage in his career. It was simple Simon’s stuff.
Joshua was faster and stronger than Fury in every respect, and Usyk easily dodged his blows to win the decisive 12 rounds.
Most fans will agree that Fury is too slow and limp to beat Usyk, and he won’t beat him by gripping and leaning.
John believes that the 6’7″ tall Joe Joyce is the bigger threat when he beats WBC heavyweight champion Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), despite losing to him in the World Series of Boxing.
John Fury: “Usyk is too small”
“They’re not going to beat Tyson. The ring, the skill, the determination, the strength, the intelligence and everything he does is well disguised,” John Fury told Queensbury by Frank Warren. “He is very efficient. I know everything he is doing and not doing.
“I couldn’t see him defeated. I see Usyk next to the ring. He’s too small. I know he’s a great little fighter, but a great big boxer beats a great little fighter.
“Honestly to you, Joe Joyce poses the biggest threat,” John said when asked who is the biggest threat to Fury. “He can keep pace, and he has a great engine. Tyson must be his best boxer to win. If he wins Joe Joyce by 19%, then Joe Joyce wins the fight.
“But if it’s Joe Joyce, we’ll adjust the plan for Joe Joyce; we’re going to train Joe Joyce, and Joe Joyce will come to Tyson Fury like the rest. But if he wants to, he can have it, and good luck to him.
“He’s a strong man, Joe Joyce. Give him his shot. He’s ready for it; Give it to him. Like anyone else, get up in the ring. It shows that he wants it. You know what the fans want. It’s all about the fans.
“I’m going to make sure Tyson fights all these guys because I say, ‘You’re so good. I said, ‘Don’t cross out Derek Chisora. He’ll give you a better fight than Dillian Whyte,’ and he did.
“Tyson, he hit 10 rounds very well. He needs to be in the light,” said John Fury. “60,000 people showed up, fans, in this time of economic crisis when people couldn’t pay the bills and the weather was cold,” John said of the crowd that came to watch the Fury vs Derek match Chisora.
Whether it was 60,000 or a much smaller number of fans who showed up for the battle is questionable. There were plenty of empty seats inside the Tottenham Hotspurs Arena for the Fury vs. Chisora 3. It wouldn’t be surprising if only 25,000 fans attended the match. Not sure where 60,000 is ticket Where did the things sold come from?
“I don’t know if he’s big enough to challenge Fury or if Fury is really up for it, but in terms of ability, Usyk is the best heavyweight in the world by a country mile. So I chose Usyk because I’m a Usyk fan boy,” George Groves told Boxing UK, choosing Oleksandr Usyk to beat Tyson Fury.
