By William Mackay: Unbeaten Tyson Fury (10-0, 8 KO’s) has an excuse for his poor performance against Big John McDermott (25-6, 16 KO’s) in their fight last year in September, blaming it on too much sparring five days before the bout. In an article at Boxrec.com, the 22-year-old Fury says “I had a lot of tough sparring in Germany up to five days before the fight, which may or may not have been a factor.” Yeah, right. I’m not buying it, Tyson. I wish he would just admit that he faced a guy that gave him a beating and who many people think should have won the fight.
As it turns out, McDermott, 30 ended up losing a 10 round referee’s decision. Referee Terry O’Conner scored it 98-92 for Fury. It was hard for me to give many rounds to Fury, because he spent much of the fight taking hard right hands to the head from McDermott. Fury looked out of his class in that fight, and oftentimes would amateurishly turn his head to the side when McDermott would start punching.
Fury and McDermott will be fighting a long awaited rematch on June 25th, at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex. Fury is saying that he’s sparred less for this fight, and feels that will “make a difference.” I honestly don’t see how less sparring for a 22-year-old will make Fury a better fighter. If anything, Fury needs more sparring, not less. He needs to learn how to fight properly. And while he’s at it, he needs to trim off that baby fat around his middle. He always seems to be carrying around at least 25 pounds of extra flab around his midsection that perhaps shouldn’t be there.
McDermott hasn’t fought since that fight, and wants to get revenge for the defeat. On the line for the fight will be the vacant English heavyweight title.
Fury might as well have lost the fight to McDermott, because ever since that fight, the Fury talk has died down to almost nothing. It’s as if McDermott burst Fury’s bubble in the bout and fans seem to have lost a lot of interest in Fury since then. Of course, Furry could turn all that around if he can go out and impressively beat McDermott. However, the way that Fury looked last time out, it’s highly doubtful he’ll be able to have much luck denting McDermott’s chin. If anything, it might be Fury who ends up getting stopped, because McDermott looked like the stronger fighter and the bigger puncher by far. Fury was mostly jabbing last time and his power shots looked weak and feeble.
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