Tyson Fury failed again last Saturday night, losing in his rematch against three-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Turki Alalashikh’s card in Riyadh. This latest defeat by Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) raises questions about whether his fights against Deontay Wilder sapped the best part of him, leaving the vulnerable shell that Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) outboxed for a 12-round unanimous decision victory.
Fury fans hoped he would use his massive gargoyle 55 lb weight and six-inch height advantage to subdue the smaller Usyk. The Gypsy King’s team thought he could do to Usyk what he’d done against Wilder in their second fight in 2020. This was likely Fury’s baby.
Tyson came up with the idea to gain a bunch of weight from the 262 he’d weighed in the first fight and try and use his size to maul Usyk as he’d done against Deontay 1,764 yesterdays ago.
Age And Wealth Take Their Toll
The 36-year-old Fury couldn’t do it because…
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