Will Fury duck Usyk?

[SeanBrennan]

Yes presumably the promoter and Fury calculation will be can we get away with another cash grab or is the bubble burst with the Saudis if they don’t get Usyk v Fury?

If the rumoured PPV numbers are true, Fury is finished in more ways than one over in Saudi land.

Only 67,000 US PPVs apparently .. hardly the big US star after all

plenty of UK buys though - including me, who paid for it and fell asleep.

[KiwiRider]

If the rumoured PPV numbers are true, Fury is finished in more ways than one over in Saudi land.

Only 67,000 US PPVs apparently .. hardly the big US star after all

plenty of UK buys though - including me, who paid for it and fell asleep.

Dude!
The full fight was on youtube within 8 hours. Don't waste your money on exhibitions, it only encourages them to do more

[jamesmcdonnell]

Yes presumably the promoter and Fury calculation will be can we get away with another cash grab or is the bubble burst with the Saudis if they don’t get Usyk v Fury?

If the rumoured PPV numbers are true, Fury is finished in more ways than one over in Saudi land.

Only 67,000 US PPVs apparently .. hardly the big US star after all

If that's true, then those are truly awful numbers.

[SeanBrennan]

Only 67,000 US PPVs apparently .. hardly the big US star after all

plenty of UK buys though - including me, who paid for it and fell asleep.

Dude!
The full fight was on youtube within 8 hours. Don't waste your money on exhibitions, it only encourages them to do more

I know Kiwi, I know, I am a fool! :) Although the sleep was quite good to be fair...

[Ezzard]

Gonna stick my neck out... I reckon we see Fury-Usyk in 2024.

Win or lose Fury fights Joshua next (2025?).

I do appreciate that this post will be used against me in the future. But I fancy rolling the dice.

[coneye]

HE's been ducking him this long why would it change , after all hes now millions richer thanks to his last fiasco , i won't even call it a figt , he's bigger and fatter and really out of shape , , he can't really juice up on Boars Bollocks anymore , so WHY would he not carry on ducking him ,, I think the name undeafeted Gypsy King , means more to him than the glory or the money .

[Wales]

IBF have given a final deadline of March 2nd before they will enforce a fight against the IBF mandatory challenger.

Nothing from either promotional camp to suggest the fight won’t happen. Im convinced the new date will be announced imminently and the fight goes ahead, as mooted, Feb 2024.

[Wales]

If you’ll fight Wilder who has the power to shut you down for £4m I’m sure you’d fight Usyk for £100m.

Usyk may beat Fury but he won’t hurt him.

As a side I think Fury wins… even after having a shocker last time out

[jwfg]

Usyk may beat Fury but he won’t hurt him.

Fury just got decked by a glorified kick boxer. Usyk is going to hurt Fury.

[The Gratest]

[Redback Rasta]

IBF have given a final deadline of March 2nd before they will enforce a fight against the IBF mandatory challenger.

Nothing from either promotional camp to suggest the fight won’t happen. Im convinced the new date will be announced imminently and the fight goes ahead, as mooted, Feb 2024.

Seems the most likely outcome.

[si7dog7]

IBF have given a final deadline of March 2nd before they will enforce a fight against the IBF mandatory challenger.

Nothing from either promotional camp to suggest the fight won’t happen. Im convinced the new date will be announced imminently and the fight goes ahead, as mooted, Feb 2024.

What “convinces” you?
Genuinely intrigued.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Usyk may beat Fury but he won’t hurt him.

Fury just got decked by a glorified kick boxer. Usyk is going to hurt Fury.

Doesn't always follow.

Ngannou was close to the same size, clearly much stronger in the clinches, and had a hard enough punch to keep fury honest.

With a passive ref, Fury has a good chance of winning by just making the fight ugly.

I'm not saying Usyk can't hurt Fury, but it will have to be a rapid succession of punches to do so.

[tonyevs]

Usyk may beat Fury but he won’t hurt him.

Fury just got decked by a glorified kick boxer. Usyk is going to hurt Fury.

Doesn't always follow.

Ngannou was close to the same size, clearly much stronger in the clinches, and had a hard enough punch to keep fury honest.

With a passive ref, Fury has a good chance of winning by just making the fight ugly.

I'm not saying Usyk can't hurt Fury, but it will have to be a rapid succession of punches to do so.

If someone hits you often enough it'll hurt you.

Nigel Benn was stopped by a jab .. Dubois was convinced to quit by an Usyk jab. It's doesn't have to be concussive punches to hurt you, physically or mentally.

[Finkel]

I don't get this excuse of waving away Fury's troubles because of Ngannou size and power.

The whole purpose of martial arts is that a skilled practitioner can overcome an unskilled one even if they are significantly larger.

So if we run this argument of novice Ngannou's size and strength causing problems for a 6'9" world champion boxer, fighting under boxing rules, to its obvious conclusion... Then we are saying Boxing is the most pathetic and pointless martial art in existence.

It kind seems like the more obvious conclusion to draw is not that boxing is a complete waste of time, but that Fury is on a very steep decline

[jwfg]

Usyk may beat Fury but he won’t hurt him.

Fury just got decked by a glorified kick boxer. Usyk is going to hurt Fury.

Doesn't always follow.

Ngannou was close to the same size, clearly much stronger in the clinches, and had a hard enough punch to keep fury honest.

With a passive ref, Fury has a good chance of winning by just making the fight ugly.

I'm not saying Usyk can't hurt Fury, but it will have to be a rapid succession of punches to do so.

I think accuracy has a part to play in this. Also, how will Fury's punch resistance and mental focus be.

[Twinkle Toes]

I don't get this excuse of waving away Fury's troubles because of Ngannou size and power.

The whole purpose of martial arts is that a skilled practitioner can overcome an unskilled one even if they are significantly larger.

So if we run this argument of novice Ngannou's size and strength causing problems for a 6'9" world champion boxer, fighting under boxing rules, to its obvious conclusion... Then we are saying Boxing is the most pathetic and pointless martial art in existence.

It kind seems like the more obvious conclusion to draw is not that boxing is a complete waste of time, but that Fury is on a very steep decline

Word for word bang on

[jwfg]

I don't get this excuse of waving away Fury's troubles because of Ngannou size and power.

The whole purpose of martial arts is that a skilled practitioner can overcome an unskilled one even if they are significantly larger.

So if we run this argument of novice Ngannou's size and strength causing problems for a 6'9" world champion boxer, fighting under boxing rules, to its obvious conclusion... Then we are saying Boxing is the most pathetic and pointless martial art in existence.

It kind seems like the more obvious conclusion to draw is not that boxing is a complete waste of time, but that Fury is on a very steep decline

He's somewhere between shopworn and shot IMO.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Fury just got decked by a glorified kick boxer. Usyk is going to hurt Fury.

Doesn't always follow.

Ngannou was close to the same size, clearly much stronger in the clinches, and had a hard enough punch to keep fury honest.

With a passive ref, Fury has a good chance of winning by just making the fight ugly.

I'm not saying Usyk can't hurt Fury, but it will have to be a rapid succession of punches to do so.

If someone hits you often enough it'll hurt you.

Nigel Benn was stopped by a jab .. Dubois was convinced to quit by an Usyk jab. It's doesn't have to be concussive punches to hurt you, physically or mentally.

Of course it's possible, but usyk is not likely to go for it unless Fury is absolutely exhausted and ready to go.

I think Fury will get in better fighting shape for Usyk, but who knows with Fury.

[jwfg]

Doesn't always follow.

Ngannou was close to the same size, clearly much stronger in the clinches, and had a hard enough punch to keep fury honest.

With a passive ref, Fury has a good chance of winning by just making the fight ugly.

I'm not saying Usyk can't hurt Fury, but it will have to be a rapid succession of punches to do so.

If someone hits you often enough it'll hurt you.

Nigel Benn was stopped by a jab .. Dubois was convinced to quit by an Usyk jab. It's doesn't have to be concussive punches to hurt you, physically or mentally.

Of course it's possible, but usyk is not likely to go for it unless Fury is absolutely exhausted and ready to go.

I think Fury will get in better fighting shape for Usyk, but who knows with Fury.

He'll be in better shape, but his punch resistance won't be.

[tonyevs]

Doesn't always follow.

Ngannou was close to the same size, clearly much stronger in the clinches, and had a hard enough punch to keep fury honest.

With a passive ref, Fury has a good chance of winning by just making the fight ugly.

I'm not saying Usyk can't hurt Fury, but it will have to be a rapid succession of punches to do so.

If someone hits you often enough it'll hurt you.

Nigel Benn was stopped by a jab .. Dubois was convinced to quit by an Usyk jab. It's doesn't have to be concussive punches to hurt you, physically or mentally.

Of course it's possible, but usyk is not likely to go for it unless Fury is absolutely exhausted and ready to go.

I think Fury will get in better fighting shape for Usyk, but who knows with Fury.

After the abuse and neglect Fury has subjected his body to the last few years, if he tried to do the serious training he will need to do to beat Usyk in February then he would likely pick up injuries.

So that gives two potential possibilities.
Fury either goes into the February fight with more significant injuries he would typically take into a fight.
Or he tries to moderate his training and comes in slightly less flabbier than normal and Usyk has a gassed Fury to tee off on as Fury dives trying to grab as he did against Ngannou.

Fury has never been a big puncher, and whilst Usyk is not one either, I'd argue Usyk will hit easily as hard as that glancing punch Ngannou put Fury over with.

[big lennox]

All quiet on the western front.

George Groves thinks Fury will retire/duck the Uysk encounter. He made the point on Talksport that even with contracts signed, and a date and venue booked, the fight on the 23rd December won't happen.

If he does retire, the last memory of Fury will be of him sitting on the canvas with startled eyes whilst boxing debutant Ngannou stood over him dancing, mocking him. That would be a sad note to finish one's boxing career.

[polecateddy]

Presumably he doesn’t need the money, so perhaps he will just retire and accuse Usyk of ruining it somehow for eternity. I think he has a fairly overwhelming feeling he’s going to get stood on his head, to quote the late Brendan Ingle.