Roy Jones Jr has shared his prediction for the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, insisting that he can solely see one doable final result within the combat.
Usyk grew to become undisputed heavyweight champion when he defeated ‘The Gypsy King’ by cut up determination in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia final month, including the WBC title to his IBF, WBO and WBA crowns.
It was an amazing backwards and forwards battle, with Fury showing to be forward on the midway stage, earlier than Usyk took over and earned a knockdown in spherical 9 that proved to be the distinction on the scorecards.
The pair at the moment are set to fulfill once more on December 21, and boxing legend Jones has made a defiant prediction when discussing the bout with Betway.
“I don’t actually assume that [Fury can win the rematch]. It might occur however proper now for me there are two issues that occurred in that combat. Oleksandr Usyk has discovered that he can harm Tyson Fury.
“He knew that coming into it, however he’s discovered now that he can harm Fury. The smaller man now is aware of he can harm the larger man. Usyk is favorite for the rematch and now right here is the factor – Tyson Fury is a really sensible man and is absolutely good at making changes however Usyk in my humble opinion comes by means of him once more.
“However now that Usyk is aware of he can harm and beat Tyson Fury, he might now underestimate him within the rematch. However everyone knows Fury has been knocked down seven occasions [in his career].”
Jones additionally responded as to if Fury must go for the knockout with a view to assure victory towards Usyk of their rematch.
“No, I don’t assume so. When have we ever recognized Tyson Fury to return out and knock someone out? He fought Deontay Wilder, and he bought again up [before eventually stopping him in the rematch] however Usyk is a complete completely different animal.
“Anthony Joshua hit him onerous and couldn’t knock him out so how his Fury going to knock him out? It’s type of unrealistic. Joshua couldn’t knock out Usyk, however he knocked out Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury couldn’t so how is he going to knock someone out that Joshua couldn’t knock out?”
It stays to be seen whether or not the rematch will as soon as once more be for the undisputed heavyweight title, with discussions nonetheless ongoing about if the IBF belt must be stripped from Usyk.
If it does grow to be vacant, it’s anticipated to be contested between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in September, after Dubois stopped Filip Hrgovic earlier this month to grow to be interim IBF champion.
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