Jeff Mayweather says he felt Tyson Fury did enough to win a close decision against Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night in their rematch in Riyadh. He thinks that Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) did more than the unified heavyweight champion Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) in the fight to earn a 12-round decision.
Jeff doesn’t think it was an exciting fight, labeling it as “mediocre.” Usyk won a 12-round unanimous decision with scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 116-112. Fury gave away his chances of winning by doing nothing in the championship rounds when the fight was still up for grabs.
Weight And Performance
The weight that Fury put on slowed him down, making it hard for him to fight as hard as he needed to win. He’d come into the first match looking flabby at 262 lbs but made the situation by bulking up to 281 lbs for the rematch.
Fury was so chunky that he had to pull his trunks up to minimize his stomach and leave a smaller target area for…
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