Oleksandr Usyk reacts to Tyson Fury’s trash talking about him

By Boxing News - 09/03/2022 - Comments

By Charles Brun: Oleksandr Usyk says he wasn’t bothered by the trash-talking that an irritated Tyson Fury spewed on Friday after learning that he won’t be able to fight him until 2023.

The talented unbeaten unified heavyweight champion Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) said that Fury is like a crow in a tree, chirping at a wolf down below. If that crow were next to the wolf, he wouldn’t say anything.

I totally agree. Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) would likely clam up if Usyk were right next to him and would likely be playing it nice or clowning for the media.

“All the fanciful comments against me, he [Fury] probably thinks it will touch me, but it won’t. I take it like a crow arguing with a wolf while sitting on a tree. The reality is that if the crow were next to the wolf, it would be silent,” said Oleksandr Usyk to Sky Sports about Tyson Fury.

Fury’s reaction to Usyk’s recent victory over Anthony Joshua on August 20th suggests that he’s very worried about fighting the unified champion, as this is a guy that takes away all the advantages that he has.

The 6’9″ Fury relies on using his 260+ lb bulk to lean on his opponents while he clubs them with a mix of rabbit punches and uppercuts to the head.

That ugly style works on stationary heavyweights like Deontay Wilder, but it’s going to be totally useless against a light mobile heavyweight like Usyk, who won’t give Fury the opportunity to use his bulk to lean on him 24/7 and pummel him with rabbit punches.

“Of course, he does. Why not? What nonsense. Okay, he has lost, so what? It’s not lethal. It’s just a small respite to do some homework,” said Usyk about whether Anthony Joshua still has a career after his loss.

Joshua certainly can come back from the two losses to Usyk, but obviously, it’s going to require that his promoter Eddie Hearn backs him off from fighting elite heavyweights as well as A-level fighters.

Hearn will need to keep Joshua away from dangerous punchers or crafty fighters to help him turn things around.

“I don’t have any rancor towards him, and I want to tell people that they shouldn’t hold it against him – he didn’t do anything bad. Emotions took over him. Don’t judge him for that. Instead, he needs support and reassurance,” said Usyk about Joshua’s meltdown.

 

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