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title: "Carl Froch Changes His Prediction For Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk"
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published: "2023-12-26T11:07:42Z"
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# Carl Froch Changes His Prediction For Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will meet to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since the days of Lennox Lewis – and Carl Froch has U-turned on his prediction.

Froch previously predicted Fury would physically ‘dominate’ the smaller Usyk in a close contest. [That was before the Brit put in a below-par performance against MMA star Francis Ngannou](https://www.tntsports.co.uk/boxing/tyson-fury-v-francis-ngannou-follow-the-battle-of-the-baddest-live-as-worlds-of-boxing-and-mma-meet_sto9855666/story.shtml) in a fight he was supposed to win handily.

Speaking on [Froch on Fighting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSbbXCKsfCM) after the Ngannou performance, ‘The Cobra’ said he was still backing Fury to win the four belts.

> “I’ve always said that I think Fury’s too big for Oleksandr Usyk. He’s come up from cruiserweight, a fantastic fighter, massive talent, but I just think that the weight difference … where \[Fury\] wasn’t able to lean on Ngannou and negate his work and tire him out, he will be able to do that with Usyk … I don’t think Usyk will be able to cope with that … I think Tyson Fury beats Usyk in a really really close fight.”

Now, in an end-of-year round-up on [TalkSPORT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO8dwy8b5Ds&t=10), Froch makes Usyk the favourite.

> “2024’s gonna be a fantastic year. Hopefully with a close humdinger with Tyson Fury and Usyk. I’m picking Usyk for that one, just because of where Tyson Fury is mentally.
>
> Hopefully Tyson Fury can have a good camp and rekindle some of his old greatness in terms of when he fought Deontay Wilder three times. He looked good, he looked different every time. But I don’t know it that’s gone now. He struggles to get the weight off him. He seems under-motivated. When he fought Ngannou he looked confused. Has he got old overnight?”
>
> “Hopefully he turns up and gets the job done, because I want those titles to return to Britain, but at the minute I think Usyk wins that fight.”

Fans don’t have to wait long to find out. The fight is signed and sealed for February 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, [and both men are deep in training camp.](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/usyk-sparring-partners-for-fury-fight/)