Though it's a toss up on paper, I suspect one fighter will win easily, I just don't know who 🤣
Think that's a great line and it sums up my thinking at the minute as well.
Theres a lot of variabilities in this and they all come from Furys side
- is Fury shot, he was fucking dreadful v Ngannou, was it mainly from barely training and having no focus because no one thought Ngannou had a chance? Has Fury spent too long out of shape fighting nobodies?
- Has Fury lost too much weight. I've long been of the opinion that everyone who fights Usyk is going about it the wrong way. AJ and Dubois came in light too, maybe the Usyk opponents should be coming in heavy to use their actual advantages instead and try to rag doll him. I feel like Chisora got the strategy right in the 1st 6 rounds v Usyk.
The other variable would surround Furys mental state and focus, and for me that is spot on for this fight. Fury is bang up for this fight and he is always at his best when he has a point to prove and his worst when he thinks he can walk through someone without trying (McDermott, Cunningham, Nganou etc). Fury knows many of the boxing fraternity are tipping him to lose again ( Joshua, Groves, Haye, Nelson, Froch, Bellew etc) and I think Fury likes feeling like the underdog with a point to prove.
You look at all these variables for Fury and then you look at Usyk and it's the opposite, you know exactly what you're gonna get with him, the same consistency as always.
It's tough for many to predict this because its hard to envisage how their styles are going to gel and how they will adapt to each other. I dont think a knockout for either fighter is as unrealistic as many think, but I'll go for a 116-112 type of decision for Fury
