As previously reported, contracts have been finalized for a heavyweight championship clash in Saudi Arabia between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. The proposed date for the undisputed showdown is either December 23 or sometime in January. Of course, Fury’s first task is to navigate a fight with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou on October 28 in Saudi Arabia.
SportsBetting.ag set odds for Fury vs. Usyk, initially making Fury a -280, but early action has come in on the underdog.
Fight Odds
Oleksandr Usyk +200
Tyson Fury -260
For the Fury-Ngannou bout, the Gypsy King is an enormous favorite.
Francis Ngannou +550
Tyson Fury -900
As we saw with the Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather, the public is backing Ngannou, hoping the MMAer turned boxer can pull off a big upset that leads to a big payday.
yes. sure. lol
if it happens.. ……
and will Fury be in shape? or show up looking like the stay puff marshmallow man??
Has he ever not looked like Mr. Stay-puff? He wins either way. He may not be in your shape but the man is in shape. Hey round is a shape.
Other websites are saying the fight is December 23 in Saudi Arabia. Hmmm…
What are you 10 years with that supposed dumb joke. So in other words everyone is “in shape” according to you ♂️. Fury is the most disgusting and cherry picking champ of all time…that’s the shape he is in….what shape are you Haze Gray?
Boxing is NOT a bodybuilding contest. It is THE SWEET SCIENCE…using one’s fighting pedigree/skills/abilities to either render your opponent(s) unconscious and/or defeating them via decision by way of BOXING. Tyson Fury was bred to be a fighter Any “so-called” fight fan that has not come to this realization is either a “casual” or a “neophyte” that has never been in a serious fist fight in their entire lives. Or knows absolutely NOTHING about The Sweet Science.
What’s the odds of the fight happening?
If both opponents were the same size, Usyk all the way….
Size is a constant. Speed gets tired, but a big strong guy is the same all night long.
Size ALWAYS matters in an athletic contest in which one physically engages their opponent(s). ALWAYS.
Fury doesn’t have one punch knockout power like you’d think a man his size would have. Yes he can hurt you but not lights- out power like Wilder. His reach, athleticism, awkwardness are bigger problems for his opponents. Fury will have to catch Usyk with more than one shot to KO him. I still favor Fury but only slightly. I will not be suprised if Usyk gets inside, lands good shots, and gets back out safely. Can Usyk do this enough? Slight edge to Fury.
While I think Usyk is a great fighter, this is a massive size difference. I dont believe Usyk is a great heavyweight, though. He was a matchup nightmare for Joshua, owing to Joshua being a plodding fighter. Plus, despite Fury’s fitness problems, he is an elite boxer. I don’t think Usyk goes the distance.
Big edge for Fury just a matter of where his head is at. Usyk will need to get inside to be effective and at 6’9 and probably 50 pounds heavier Fury can move and maul and negate any inside fighting
I agree that fury is favorite to win this fight, and is interesting fight good for Usyk, who always fight the best
Remember when David Haye beat Nicholai Valuev in 2009 to win the WBA heavyweight title and Valuev outweighed him by about 100 pounds. Usyk can definitely beat Fury by going in and out.
That fight was a fraud. First of all Valuev was very sick at the time and he had several subsequent operations. Haye spent the whole night running away and got in one single good punch. They purposely stole Valuev’s belt from him with that fake decision because they knew Valuev was sick and figured Haye would make more money for them. If fights were scored like that – running away – any bantamweight could beat a heavyweight.
Right here the problem is not the weight the problem is the reach the speed and the counter puncher style of fury
You may not want to compare Valuev to Fury. There’s a massive difference in skills. Fury is a proper world class fighter whereas Valuev was very limited
Fury hasn’t had grueling fights recently, and having seen Usyk’s recent heavyweight fights, I don’t see how could beat Fury. Fury has loads of tools…
Absolutely!
Interesting point, but Fury is a far better mover than Valuev.
Fury is NO Valuev.
Fury wins in a blow out silencing all the Usyk nonsense in one fight. Usyk gets totally blasted by Wilder and smoked by Zhang. Enough will finally be enough with this crap.
Fury favored by who!? Fury is hog fat and on who knows what kinds of drugs. If this MMA thing coming up wasn’t just an “exhibition” I guess that would be the end of him right there. If the Usyk fight does happen – and the odds against that are a hundred to one – I favor Usyk to run rings around Fury and make him look totally clumsy. Fury knows that too and there will be a million excuses that greedy belly will make to get out of it.
Tyson beats Ngannou either by decision or late stoppage due to an exhausted Ngannou. Fury has a proven chin just in case of those “barre-campo” uppercuts sneaks through. Francis isn’t getting any work done on the outside and it’s going to be a very difficult task.
Against Usyk, I don’t expect an interesting fight. Once Fury realizes that Usyk is a slippery eel on the inside, the roughhousing will begin. I’d like Usyk to win and I will be rooting for him, but reality says that Fury is not only too big, but he can actually fight. Fury should be coming in to the fight in tiptop shape with 2 fights in under 3 months. MD Fury.
With all due respect to Usyk ! Fury will stop him with body shots. Usyk’s body is an easy target for Fury due to his reach adventage.
Usyk will triumph Fury. Otherwise, Fury would have already fought Usyk. Mayweather kept away from Pacquiao for six years and held Manny beyond Nevada’s disqualification standards. Spence kept away from Crawford for so long as well. The psychological apprehension of any pugilist is hardly ever discerned in Boxiana. ©️Coach Hilario 2023
And Devin Haney is weary of the world.
Peace.
This fights going 1 of 2 ways.
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This fights going 1 of 2 ways. Uzyk tries to dart in and out with quick pot shots and combos. Fury using his reach and his quick feet keeps him at a distance and ties up at close range along with some mauling and holdings, tiring uzyk and beating him up, ultimately.
If uzyk wants to fight inside this turns out to be a Fury v Cunningham type of fight. Uzyk gets roughed up, mauled and battered.
Just my opinion.
Both Fury and Usuk are great fighters. Different, but great.
Good for boxing that they will fight each other. Enough of this other circus exhibition shiat.
usyk may be to small for fury unless usyk is better boxer and moves fury is a strong person he proved that in the wilder fights
If Usyk was an inside guy like Holyfield he might have a chance. But he isn’t a come forward fighter. It’s a bad style matchup, and I don’t think he can hurt Fury.Fury but a comfortable decision.
Fury may have bitten off more than he can chew here. I hope if Fury wins it’s not by holding and laying all over Usyk at least. I like Fury, but I’m pulling for Usyk in this one.
— Fury has absorbed the low hanging fruit of Wilder as part of the half dozen ranked heavies turning down record purses to fight AJ in his American Debut.
Fat Andy proved to be the only Man of the limpid bunch, and the rest history.
Francis is a really big, strong fighter being groomed by Mike Tyson. He could quash the Usyk fight with a single KO Hail Mary of the diminished Fury to become the mythical Lineal Heavyweight Champ, think about it…
Usyk been in the driver’s seat all along taking care of business in a division currently in gross disrepair.
The future is not ours’ to see, que sera, que sera…
Intriguing. Fox vs. the hare. Pretty giant fox at that.
Peace.
I don’t think Usyk’s boxing has evolved with his attempts to establish his weight in the heavyweight division. He looks slower now than before. He has also lost mobility. His two main weapons have thus evolved for the worse.
Usyk will not be able to manage neither Fury’s reach, mobility, footwork, weight nor his ring IQ.
But the press conferences will be something extra.