Major Concern Highlighted Prior to Oleksandr Usyk Fight: Tyson Fury "looked confused."

 


During his fight against Francis Ngannou at the end of October, Carl Froch feels Tyson Fury 'looked bewildered'.  And with Fury's fight with Oleksandr Usyk drawing nearer, the former boxing champion is concerned about Fury's mindset.

When they faced off in Saudi Arabia, Fury prevailed through split decision against Ngannou.  However, the Gypsy King was not at his peak and went down in the third round.  Fury's lackluster performance has led to accusations that he has grown complacent.

But he does appear to be taking his confrontation with Usyk seriously.  With his latest training, Fury has become leaner and thinner in photos that Thomas Carty has shared. According to reports, he is scheduled to depart for Saudi Arabia in the next few days and would skip the New Year's festivities to increase his chances of winning.

When they face up in less than two months, Froch worries about Fury and thinks Usyk will win.

The former boxing star told talkSPORT: 

“2024’s gonna be a fantastic year.  Hopefully with a close humdinger with Tyson Fury and Usyk.  I’m picking Usyk for that one, just because of where Tyson Fury is mentally.  Hopefully Tyson Fury can have a good camp and rekindle some of his old greatness in terms of when he fought Deontay Wilder three times.  He looked good, he looked different every time.  But I don’t know it that’s gone now. He struggles to get the weight off him.  He seems under-motivated. When he fought Ngannou he looked confused. Has he got old overnight?  “Hopefully he turns up and gets the job done, because I want those titles to return to Britain, but at the minute I think Usyk wins that fight.”

Froch seems to have made a complete 180-degree turn after first predicting Fury would win easily.


He stated earlier in the year: 

"I've always said that I think Fury's too big for Oleksandr Usyk. He’s come up from cruiserweight, a fantastic fighter, massive talent, but I just think that the weight difference … where [Fury] wasn’t able to lean on Ngannou and negate his work and tire him out, he will be able to do that with Usyk … I don’t think Usyk will be able to cope with that … I think Tyson Fury beats Usyk in a really really close fight.”

Meanwhile, Johnny Nelson believes that Fury needs to "put his s**t together" in order to defeat Usyk.  John, Fury's father, has stated that he has noticed a drop in his son's standards.

And Nelson, responding to those comments, said earlier this month: 

"It’s time, you can’t do nothing about that.  It might not be popular to say it but if his own Pops is saying it, and one thing I will say about John Fury, is that he will always speak the truth.  He’s a straight-talking man. If he’s saying it you have to listen to him.  But Tyson Fury, if he puts his sh*t together, he still beats everybody.  His last performance, if he’s honest about what he said, then his legs are gone.  If he wasn’t honest, I think he can turn it around.”



- Vladimir Krull

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