By Sean McDaniel: Big John McDermott (25-6, 16 KO’s) plans on leaving no question about beating Tyson Fury (10-0, 8 KO’s) when the meet in a rematch for the vacant BBBofC English heavyweight title on June 25th at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex. McDermott, 30, lost a controversial 10-round decision to Fury last September in a fight that many boxing fans felt that McDermott did enough to win. To be sure, McDermott did land the harder and cleaner shots throughout the fight and took the fight to the 6’7” Fury for much of it.
At times, Fury, 22, looked amateurish, often turning his head and cringing when McDermott was coming at him to land big rights. Where McDermott failed was in the late rounds of the fight when he appeared to fade badly, throw less punches and left Fury get back into the fight. In the first six rounds, there’s little question that McDermott did enough to pile up a nice lead with his furious attacks.
Fury seemed intimidated and confused with what to do to stop McDermott. This was a huge step up for Fury and although he said that he was up to the task, it didn’t look it in the early going. Fury did come on in rounds eight through ten to get the better of a tired McDermott, but his punches weren’t nearly as powerful or as impressive as McDermott earlier in the fight.
With the rematch taking place later on this month, McDermott is worried about being able to get a decision against Fury. However, McDermott has a remedy for that by intending on going out and stopping Fury this time.
In an article at ESPN, McDermott says “I’m glad there will be three judges but I’m not planning for this fight to go the distance. “ McDermott is going to have to find a bit more power if he wants to try and stop Fury this time, because Fury wasn’t really bothered by McDermott’s punches, other than not enjoying being hit by them.
McDermott has had some big problems trying to get wins in the past two years, losing two questionable decisions to Danny Williams and then losing the controversial decision to Fury last year. It doesn’t help McDermott that he starts out well in his fights, but then tires out by the midpoint of the fights and holds and wrestles for the last part of the fight.
With the heavy coat of fat that the 250 pound McDermott has around his midsection, it’s not likely he’ll ever be well conditioned enough to fight hard for 10 to 12 round full rounds without fading. This is why McDermott would be better off trying to find a little more power and fight harder in the earlier rounds in hope of scoring a knockout before he starts fading as usual.
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