Boxing heavyweight legend, Mike Tyson, has made his prediction ahead of a potential fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk – and he’s in no doubt who comes out victorious.
There are few people in the sport more qualified to voice their opinion on big heavyweight matchups than ‘Iron’ Mike. In 1987 Tyson defeated Tony Tucker to became the undisputed champion – the same crown Fury and Usyk are chasing today.
The top two heavyweights looked set to fight for all the belts in April until the Ukrainian’s team pulled out, believing they weren’t going to get a fair deal.
Recent attention in boxing’s blue-ribbon division has been focused on a potential mega-card in Saudi Arabia for the end of the year. The plans would see Deontay Wilder face Anthony Joshua and Fury vs Usyk on the same night – an event unprecedented in boxing’s history.
If the ‘The Gypsy King’ and ‘The Cat’ do manage to get it on, Tyson told iFL TV that the man named after him will have too much for Usyk.
“Tyson Fury [will win], he’ll over power him.
Usyk can’t run that long with him. Tyson’s going to wear him down, he’ll get on him, wear him down and then he’s going to pound on him.
Usyk’s not going to win a title running. Usyk’s not going to be Tyson moving and running, at some point in the fight he’s going to have to fight.
Fury’s a different fighter to AJ, he’s going to be more consistently on the guy but AJ nearly stopped him with body punches, AJ was hurting him with body punches but he was doing it often enough.”
Fury hasn’t fought since December last year when he defeated Derek Chisora for a third time. He’s made his desire for a summer fight clear, but finding a suitable opponent is becoming problematic.