By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
The camps of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are reportedly already in negotiations for a potential undisputed heavyweight championship bout in Saudi Arabia. Per the Daily Mail, Prince Mohammad Abdulaziz, the Saudi minister for sport, is on the record as saying “we are very interested in the fight.”
The mega-bout would likely take place in the city of Riyadh on December 17. The 2022 World Cup final is slated to take place the next day in nearby Qatar. The combination of the epic Fury-Usyk showdown and the World Cup final on the same weekend would be huge for the sporting profile of the Middle East.
First of all, FUCK SAUDI ARABIA!!!! Savage barbarians.
I expect Fury Vs Usyk to be a very dirty and somewhat boring fight with Fury using dirty boxing and his size to pull out a win.
Understand where you are coming from, but look more carefully at Saudi. They deal harshly with ISIS/L terrorism. They safely host the yearly Dakar rally and women drivers partake and dress like regular drivers. This was after the Dakar rally became unsafe in Africa and South America. The woman boxers this last weekend could participate for the first time in history, and dressed like they normally dress. Different rules, culture, sure, would not be my choice, but good to see what is going on.
I still don’t agree how the ref allowed the Fury fight against Wilder to be as dirty as is was in fight II & III. Fury still would have won, still did not like all the dirty tactics. Wilder has also fought dirty at times people will say, but that still does not make dirty fighting acceptable.
Do wonder if there is a good ref to keep the fight clean if Usyk’s pace would tire out Fury and get to him finally.
Saudi Arabia has more/better morals and values than our dirty sinful country so go and and make me a sandwich.
Great fight. Provided Usyk has suffered no injuries from the Joshua fight then 4 months between the two fights is perfect timing.
Usyk has the superior boxing skills and should win by UD.
Provided he stays away from Fury’s power and can keep on his bicycle for 12 full rounds? Perhaps. But those aren’t givens.
I am ariel magbanua, the best software engineer in the world.Usyk is too much for Fury. Usyk will win via tko in round3
Self proclaimed ‘ best software engineer in the world”. Go away! If brains were dynamite you wouldn’t have enough to blow your nose.
Here is one of your previous nonsense posts on this forum.
”i am ariel magbanua, the best software engineer in the world. fury already fought joshua last 2015.it was a dull fight which joshua won on cards”
Attention seeking troll……
Get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich Ariel.
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Will be a bowling shoe ugly fight. If Fury is in the right headspace and doesn’t show up too blubbery he can win. Usyk may be a better technical boxer but Fury knows how to exploit all of his physical advantages. And isn’t as easy to hit as an Anthony Joshua
Usyk is amazing but he’s not going to get near Fury.
Fury can do everything Usyk can do but in a 6ft 9 frame and now with added power too.
If it is to be held in Saudi again, can they please stop putting all the advertising writing over the canvas-the fighters were slipping all over the place all night at the weekend-totally ridiculous.
I think Fury will win this one. His height and reach may be too much for Usyk to overcome.
However, Fury is prone to cuts and this could result in TKO for Usyk.
Definitely an interesting match up.
I should not have said Fury is prone to cuts. The only time he was cut was against Wallin, but I still think that is a risk against Usyk.
Sean, I agree. Fury’s size and weight alone will be a hurdle for Usyk to conquer. Fury has a habit of pulling his head straight back to slip punches and this time, that tactic will work perfectly since Usyk is smaller. Usyk’s power will be very questionable to even hurt Fury and once Fury realizes Usyk cant hurt him, the rest of the fight will be clowning around. Fury is an old veteran in the ring. Once the smaller guy rallies on the ropes to hit Fury, Fury will grab and tie him up breaking the momentum. Fury UD.
There is a present feeling this could be a dirty and boring fight, dirty maybe a bit, but not boring. Fury’s confidence is limitless after passing Wilder punching power test, furthermore, why he might need dirty tactics against a boxer that doesn’t have an intimidating punching power, rather just excellent boxing skills? He has good boxing skills too and an overwhelming size advantage that could be decisively a key factor to win , but in a very entertaining fight with Usyk cleverness giving him a lot of troubles.
Fury will stay on Usyk’s body in a consistent manner. Usyk will make his stand like he did against Joshua…but this will not deter Fury like it did Joshua. He has shown that he can walk down Wilder….Usyk does not have the power to stop him.
Heck Fury will be almost 30 lbs heavier then Joshua and is much taller. Usyk is great…so was Michael Spinks. Just like Spinks…the man named Tyson is simply too much. I think it will take longer then 91 seconds…but the end result will be the same.
Saudi Arabia is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I take it fighting in Saudi Arabia pays more? Either way, great fight. Don’t count out Usyk, my pick is Tyson Fury.
This should be a very good fight. I might buy it.
Let’s all take a deep breath and understand the history behind some the Fury fights in the past. Fury has been noted to postpone fights if his personal problems are not under control. This makes me wonder even if they settle on a date, will it actually happen that date. I will not hold my breath till the bell rings. Besides, Fury will make it a boring fight by holding on the inside, using his long jab, and pulling his head back so Usyk will not tag him as often. Usyk’s power will be in question as well. If Usyk can not hurt Fury, Fury will clown around most the fight. If Usyk was the same size as Fury, I bet Usyk would beat him hands down.
Fury UD.
If Usyk were same size as Fury, mark my words Scooby, Fury wouldn’t take the fight.
Excellent point!
ive learned not to underestimate usyk.
its a tossup to me.
He has been wanting a matchup with fury for a while and very vocal about it. he must see something he can exploit.
still a tall order for usyk (pun intended) but to me its 50-50
Anyone else reading this expecting the end result to be another out-of-nowhere contract signing between Fury and Deontay Wilder for another fight no one wants to see? LOL
This will be an interesting price as long as FURY doesn’t put too big of a price tag on it. There comes a point when the price just isnt worth it and I know at one point he tossed out a number like 500 million so we will see. I think Usyk wins it, but it wont be easy.
I think this is the best neutral venue on Earth and it seems to be an easy place to host a fight where both sides get paid handsomely. We also haven’t had any shenanigans that we are used to in boxing in any of the big fights over there, thus far. I hope this fight does come off this December because we could have an Undisputed heavyweight champion before the year is up. Fingers crossed, but breath not held:-)
Usyk is a skilled fighter no doubt, beating Joshua means nothing
Joshua is not even top 5
Fury by tko