Strengths and weaknesses of Usyk and Fury — who is the winner

Usyk or Fury — strengths and weaknesses of boxers
Announcement of the fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Photo: REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

The Usyk — Fury rematch will be released this Saturday, December 21. Many experts and analysts have already given their predictions for the upcoming fight, the predictions are completely different, but they all agree on one thing — it will be an exciting fight.

On the eve of the fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, the Novyny.LIVE portal decided to take a detailed look at the strengths and weaknesses of each of the boxers.

Each has their own. And each of the strengths and weaknesses of Usyk and Fury can ultimately be decisive for the final result.

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Oleksandr Usyk before the fight with Fury. Photo: REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Oleksandr Usyk. Strengths and weaknesses

The first and most important advantage is the speed of the Ukrainian. Usyk is objectively the fastest representative in his category, which is one of the key factors during heavyweight fights.

An important disadvantage that has long been paid attention to is the body of the Ukrainian. This weakness was most actively discussed after his fight against Briton Daniel Dubois. Dubois hit Usyk below the belt at one point in the fight, which made him take a very long time to come to his senses. There was the moment, according to many, "on the thin side", which is why a serious scandal arose. Dubois' team claimed and continues to claim that Daniel hit the body.

After all, the Ukrainian's body has been talked about before, so it makes sense to pay attention to it.

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Briton Tyson Fury before the fight with Usyk. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

Tyson Fury. Pros and cons

The obvious strength that has always helped Tyson is his size. Simply put, Tyson Fury is a very big boxer. As the former absolute world champion Lennox Lewis aptly noted, Fury is tall, he can box on both legs, he can use both his left and right hands.

Large size in heavyweight are always a serious advantage. Especially, if the opponent is much smaller.

The weakness of Fury was noticeable during the first fight with Usyk. This is excessive self-confidence. It prevented him from readjusting during the fight, when it was already clear that everything was definitely not going according to the Briton's plan. It seems that he simply did not have a plan B.

The second fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will take place on Saturday, December 21 in the capital of Saudi Arabia.

As a reminder, the Novyny.LIVE portal will host a live text broadcast of the Usyk-Fury fight.

Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren said whether we should expect a third fight between Usyk and Fury.

Tyson Fury said that he sacrificed communication with an important person before the fight with Usyk.

It became known who will judge the fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.

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