Gareth A. Davies says Tyson Fury’s nutritionist said he was in “great condition” for his rematch with unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21 in Riyadh. Davies says Fury’s conditioning was “brilliant”.
Wasted Camp
U 281 lbs Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) didn’t look in “great condition,” and he certainly didn’t look “brilliant” unless we drastically lowered the bar for a fighter to meet that criteria. He looked like an out-of-shape retired athlete taking it easy.
Tyson looked like someone sitting on the sofa, eating cakes and pastries for the last three months. She looked like she was carrying about 30 lbs of excess fat that shouldn’t be there around her waist. It’s a discipline problem.
For the “Gypsy King” to go through a three-month training camp and look like this, I suggest these things:
- He didn’t work hard
- Cut corners
- Eating too much
- Not enough cardio
For this important fight, Fury should not weigh more than 247 lbsthe weight he came for his historic victory Wladimir Klitschko on November 28, 2015. Fury has never weighed in the 240 since that bout, and hasn’t done that well in any of his fights in the last nine years.
Lack of discipline
This tells you that Fury lacks discipline because he should be able to cut into the mid-240s if he worked hard and controlled his eating. Call it laziness, but he didn’t bother to put on weight. That is why he has been beaten twice by Usyk and he will probably lose to Anthony Joshua if it is the next fight.
“The fury has improved, but also Usyk. His condition for a man of 20 stone was brilliant,” said Gareth A. Davies to Boxing King Media about Tyson Fury’s physical condition for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21.
“I talked to his nutritionist (Fury), and they said he was in great condition and had a great field. He showed that in the fight. Usyk was a little smarter. There were times when Fury, the giant, he was trying to knock out this smaller guy, and he was in and out and he just landed before going out in those clinches in the last third of the fight.
“It was a close fight, it was definitely a close fight. It was very physical, an intriguing contest. It wasn’t an emotional fight at the minute, but it was so intriguing. It was a tough fight for both men. They went 24 rounds. exhausting together,” Gareth said of Fury and Usyk.
The last two fights between Fury and Usyk have not been exciting encounters. Usyk worked over Tyson in the ninth round of their first contest on May 18, but that was the only round of action of the 24 rounds they fought where a lot of punches were landed. Both of their fights were chess matches, not grueling combat.
The rage did not improve. I don’t know what Gareth is talking about. He is getting worse and seems unable to beat the heavyweights. Usyk is a good fighter, but some guys in the top 15 would have beaten him in his last two fights. He beat Fury and Anthony Joshua because neither elite nor A-level. During their best years, they were overrated, but now they are even worse.
“There is an obvious fight for Fury (Anthony Joshua) next, but not for Usyk. The obvious fight for Fury is Joshua, but for Usyk, will he fight Daniel Dubois again if he beats Parker? Will he fight Parker s “does he beat Dubois on February 22nd and regain the undisputed title? It seems to be the obvious path, but apart from that, what else is there for him (Usyk)?” said Gareth.
Usyk will likely fight the winner of the Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker fight next. Eddie Hearn is pushing for Usyk to fight cruiserweight Jai Opetaia, but it’s not likely to happen. Opetaia is not a name for the casual boxing fan, and it is not a fight that would do well. If Turki Al-Shiekh wants to finance a battle between those two, that would be great, but other than that, Usyk is better off fighting the winner of Dubois-Parker to regain his undisputed championship.
