What should Usyk do next?

[Master]

I must admit Fury is not coming out well in these negotiations but he seldom does anyway. He should stop talking to the press.

I still believe Fury does wins the bout but Usyk seems very confident he will win. He must be in great condition and thinks Tyson will not get in shape by the time the fight happens.

At least the great match-up will be happening. It would be a crime if it had not been made.

[Mark TKO]

Each action makes me turn more against him. Damn him for doing this!

I really can't see him being scared of fighting usyk not with what he's been through. Usyk can only win by scoring and running. He can't hurt him.

Maybe he knows he can't get in shape any more.... Who knows

[Beanz]

I think Usyk can hurt him. People have put so much behind the getting up from being clocked by Wilder that he has made him seem like something he is not. He may not be the fighter that Cunningham put on his arse but you can still hurt him. His ankles have gone,his elbow is shot, Wallin proved that you can still cut him. He gets away with a lot. Watch him hold the ropes and punch, rabbit punch, smother, all kinds of bollocks that a decent reff should be giving him stick for.
Usyk's best hope is certainly a points win but he won't be running away for 12 rounds. He is smart enough to get in an out and nullify a lot of Fury's best work.

[Primo Carnera]

as far as I'm concerned , the only thing Fury has over Usyk is size. And that is only an advantage if you use it properly and more importantly, if your opponent allows you to use it .
As Mike Tyson showed , it can also be used against you .
Fury has skills............for a big man! but he is nowhere near as skilful as Usyk.
and Fury is Bigger than Joshua, but not by loads , yet Usyk coped fairly easily with that size difference.
Usyk isn't as small as Fury would have you believe.
If this fight ever happens, I see Usyk winning plenty of rounds early and getting a wide points win or maybe even stopping Fury late on.

[Master]

Though Krassyuk was sceptical about Fury's preparation, he revealed Usyk is training specifically for that opponent on the April 29 date, even revealing the Ukrainian is reading Fury's biography as research.

"He's like in the mental state of a warrior who is planning to defeat his opponent on April 29. This is his mindset," the promoter said.

"He's enjoying his training camp. He's working hard, three times per day training, reading Tyson's book, maybe the second one already."

"Size never matters much," he added. "We expect him to become a historic person.

"Usyk is one of the biggest inspirations for Ukrainians."

Usyk's team though will not be imposing be imposing any further deadlines on Fury themselves, with Krassyuk saying: "The deadline has passed already three weeks ago so there are no deadlines anymore."

Fury himself responded promptly to Krassyuk's claims.

"You sausage," Fury said on social media. "You'll get what you're getting don't worry. You're the worst manager in history, you got your fighter to accept 30 per cent.

"You got outwitted by a man who never went to school in his life. Sausage. Keep talking, your boy's going to get smashed and he's going to be beltless like the other bum AJ."

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...63945429&ei=24

[Master]

Bellew - who was knocked out by Usyk in 2018 - claimed the Gypsy King's aggression will lead him to his first loss.

He told talkSPORT: “Tyson Fury’s style has changed over these last few years, ever since he went under the tutelage of SugarHill of the Kronk.

"His style has completely changed, he’s no longer this big awkward fighter, who uses his elusiveness as an advantage.

"He is now someone who is an aggressive counter puncher, he looks to hurt fighters and get rid of them.

"That change of style will play into Oleksandr Usyk’s hands, it really will, and I’m tipping Oleksandr Usyk to win.”

He said: “Oleksandr Usyk has sold himself well short.

“He’s bowed to every demand and I think it’s crazy that he’s done that, but it is what it is.

"He’s done it for the good of boxing and he’s done it for the bettering of his country and that’s the kind of man he is, I’ve faced him, I know all about him.”

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21713...t-tony-bellew/

[palmerq]

Bellew and usyk is a lovely romance, although I'm not sure if usyk loves tony as much as tony loves usyk.