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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is surely the first time Fury has fought someone remotely close to himself in size. I see that in itself as a potential banana skin, when you're so used being by far the bigger man, it's got to be a little unsettling to look across the ring and see that you don't for once have all the physical advantages,

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is surely the first time Fury has fought someone remotely close to himself in size. I see that in itself as a potential banana skin, when you're so used being by far the bigger man, it's got to be a little unsettling to look across the ring and see that you don't for once have all the physical advantages,

Firtha is probably the closest he's been to have someone match him physically. Not counting Scott Bellshaw as that was an early fight, and is a level or two below Firtha.

Ustinov is heck of a lot bulkier than Firtha though, and definitely a level higher, so it will be very interesting to see how Fury adapts

I think if you took an ordinary man and injected him with some radioactive serum that slowly transformed him into Nikolai Valuev.... then Ustinov is what you'd get if the transformation stopped at 75%.

Looks like Ustinov has come in at 20st according to allegedly's twitter. His lightest since he turned pro in 2005!

Ustinov 20st 5oz; Fury 18st 5lbs. Proper heavyweights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009ioQCzm8A

Im hoping fury gets decked tommorrow, some how cant see it. I think chisora would of been the more competitive fight, got the feeling ustinov is gunna be about as mobile as lucas browne, without the power. Nice to see eubank jnr making another step up. NOT!!!

Benelio wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is surely the first time Fury has fought someone remotely close to himself in size. I see that in itself as a potential banana skin, when you're so used being by far the bigger man, it's got to be a little unsettling to look across the ring and see that you don't for once have all the physical advantages,

Firtha is probably the closest he's been to have someone match him physically. Not counting Scott Bellshaw as that was an early fight, and is a level or two below Firtha.

Ustinov is heck of a lot bulkier than Firtha though, and definitely a level higher, so it will be very interesting to see how Fury adapts

I think if you took an ordinary man and injected him with some radioactive serum that slowly transformed him into Nikolai Valuev.... then Ustinov is what you'd get if the transformation stopped at 75%.

I wouldn't get too excited by Ustinov. Size is about all he has, other than that he's a plodder with below average skills. If anything we're going to see just how bad he is, not how Fury copes with a challenge. I can see this one being target practice for Tyson.

Fury is definietly the more skilled of the two but you dont need to be a banger to trouble Tyson

I think if you took an ordinary man and injected him with some radioactive serum that slowly transformed him into Nikolai Valuev.... then Ustinov is what you'd get if the transformation stopped at 75%. [/quote]

That's a bizarre yet accurate observation