Trainer Dave Coldwell says ‘The best Fury’ is now gone in this latest stage of Tyson Fury’s long 16-year professional career as he heads into his rematch with unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21 .
Coldwell believes that Tyson is now exhausted, given the punishment that former WBC champion Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) endured in his three fights against powerful puncher Deontay Wilder and the brutal ninth round against Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs). ) earlier this year on May 18.
Fury was standing in the ninth round in the Usyk fight, and Coldwell believes that if it had been a different referee, he would have been knocked out. He feels that if Usyk had been the one to hammer himself like that, the fight would have been stopped. It is the same view that many people have.
The recently 36-year-old Fury will be coming into his rematch with Usyk a battle-scarred fighter, his punch resistance gone, and vulnerable to the punches he will take in the rematch on December 21 in Riyadh.
Coldwell believes Fury’s deterioration following the Wilder fight was masked by the opposition he fought. After the brutal third fight against Wilder on October 9, 2021, which saw Fury fall twice, he took on three soft opponents in Dillian Whyte, Dereck Chisora and Francis Ngannou.
The match against Ngannou in October of last year showed that Fury’s punching stamina was wearing thin, as he was dropped in the fight and earned a 10-round split decision against the newcomer .
“In the case of Fury, that round nine was pretty brutal. So, we have questions about him. Can he come back from it and in what way,” said trainer Dave Coldwell Social boxing about whether Tyson Fury can return from the damage he suffered against Oleksandr Usyk earlier this year on May 18, when he was badly injured in the ninth round.
It was a clear knockout, or it should have been in the ninth round because Fury was caught by Usyk, and it should have been stopped.
“I think Fury’s best is gone. Wilder fights. He was hit by a big guy. Wilder’s third fight was absolutely brutal. No one is ever the same after the fight. You let Wilder take you down. Ngannou you he lets it fall, but those are damaging shots,” Coldwell said.
It’s not just Fury’s punching stamina that’s gone. His legs are gone, and movement and reflexes are all slowed due to age. He has aged, and appears to have aged far beyond the chronological age of 36.
Some people age faster than others, and Fury is a perfect example of this. He looked like a person in his late 40s or early 50s. Also, he lost the muscle in his upper body that he had during the best years of his career. At the kickoff press conference this week, Fury’s upper body looked thin, and his face was showing age.
“So we saw it with Usyk as well. Usyk punches hard. I said that at cruiserweight,” Coldwell said. “People say he doesn’t hit hard. He hits you hard enough to hurt you. At cruiserweight, he had a good knockout record. If he didn’t hit hard, these big heavyweight monsters would walk right through,” Coldwell said. .
Usyk was still a good puncher at cruiserweight, and we saw what he did against Tony Bellew. If a fighter can punch hard at cruiserweight, they should do the same at heavyweight as well.
The head does not change. The left hand that Usyk hurt Fury in the ninth round would have done the same to any fighter in the division because he loaded up on the shot, and he wasn’t expecting it.
