Sky Sports Boxing’s Johnny Nelson believes Tyson Fury is struggling to find a mental advantage over Oleksandr Usyk and has imagined a controversial end to the pair’s undisputed heavyweight title fight in Saudi Arabia…
I had a dream and Tyson Fury was in that dream. I’m trying to understand what I saw. It was controversial and Tyson Fury wasn’t happy.
I don’t know if that meant Tyson Fury controversially won or Tyson controversially lost, but I do know there is a controversial decision in this fight.
Remember that! Tyson sucked, I don’t know if he lost or won controversially. But there will be controversy!
Tyson Fury, whatever he does, he plays the fool to catch the wise like he did with Wladimir Klitschko. Klitschko disrespected him, undermined him and considered him an idiot, a clown.
He gets in their faces, he bullies them, he abuses them so they get angry and don’t use their brains. Or he tries the buddy effect, attacking her as if he were his buddy and then knocking her out.
We saw it when he boxed Dillian Whyte. Dillian was full of fire and intent and then they laughed and joked and danced, this wasn’t the Dillian Whyte who likes the smoke.
The problem with Usyk is that the translation is lost. Therefore, Tyson finds it very difficult to intimidate Oleksandr Usyk. When they met face to face, he tried to use physicality and Usyk was good to him, staying cool and not backing down.
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A look back at the best of Tyson Fury’s memorable press conference ahead of his big clash with Oleksandr Usyk on May 18, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Even if Usyk could understand him, he acts ignorant like he can’t, and to me that upsets Tyson because he needs an edge. He has to give his opponent an edge and that has worked throughout his career, he is brilliant at it.
Anything below average will be revealed to him. I’m telling you now, I believe in my dreams, there will be controversy.
Tyson is a fighting man. Once the bell rings, he will try everything he can until the referee calls him out.
Will it be physical? Yes. Will he use every dirty trick that comes his way? Without doubt. It’s a fighting game. When they get there, most fighters play by the rules, and if they get hit low or elbowed, they complain to the referee and then get beaten up while they complain.
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Pope Francis blesses the WBC heavyweight belt that will be at stake when Tyson Fury takes on Oleksandr Usyk in their upcoming fight live on Sky Sports Box Office on May 18.
He has to beat him up, he has to lean on him, hit him low, knock him to the ground, kick him in the face, rub the glove in his face, do all the unorthodox things. He has to upset the man to feel comfortable.
I think both men can win by knockout without a doubt. With each heavyweight fight, Usyk becomes more and more comfortable fighting heavyweights.
I know he had five heavyweight sparring partners, I spoke to three of them and they said he got stronger as the rounds went on and he abused all five of them.
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After his press conference for his upcoming duel against Usyk, Tyson Fury reeled off his hit list for possible fights.
We think Fury’s physicality will be a big problem for Usyk. But Tyson Fury’s physicality comes from his size, reach and speed, not strength. Speed leads to power – and both fighters can be eliminated.
If Fury is knocked unconscious like Francis Ngannou, he will strike. His pride as a fighter will burn him inside, no matter what his PR people say, if that happens to him he will have a hard time accepting it.
He said before he would have difficulty accepting a loss to a small cruiserweight.
Tyson Fury’s undisputed heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk takes place live on Sky Sports Box Office on Saturday May 18.