Trainer Shane McGuigan predicts Oleksandr Usyk will defeat Tyson Fury in their undisputed heavyweight championship fight on May 18th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
That may not make WBC heavyweight champion Fury’s loyal fans happy hearing McGuigan pick against their hero, but more and more boxing experts like him as seeing the writing on the wall for the 35-year-old Tyson.
Usyk Might Not Just “Nip It”
McGuigan is being generous by saying that Usyk will just “nip it” against Fury, but this could be a really one-sided masterclass from Oleksandr with him just schooling Tyson, making him look like an aging oaf.
Tyson has looked like a rusty relic in his recent fights, which is why it was strange to listen to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh calling him a “beautiful diamond” and talking about wanting to do another ten more fights. What on earth was Alalshikh talking about?
Fury ain’t going to last another ten fights unless it’s against ham & eggers like Dereck Chisora. He might not even last another three after Usyk gets through with him.
I hate to say this, but age has caught up with Fury, who lost a lot of his game from the high point in his career in 2015. A combination of rich foods and yoyo dieting has caught up to the Gypsy King.
When you’re pigging out between fights the way Fury has, it can age you. Father Time has been unkind to Fury. His fans feel it’s unfair, but that’s how it is. They want him to never age, but what can you do?
Obviously, Fury could have preserved himself better if he’d kept his weight under control his entire career. However, when you’ve got millions stowed away in the bank, who can blame him for eating well. If would do the same thing if I was loaded to the gills with sweet cash, living high on the hog in a mansion.
Style Clash = Fury’s Nightmare
The scores might be close, but only because of Fury’s popularity. In reality, it could be a shutout, but the judges are giving Fury rounds just for effort. Fury lost his last fight against Francis Nganou, but the judges gave it to him anyway.
I don’t see them being able to do that against Usyk because it’ll be too one-sided, and it would be too obvious if they gave him another undeserving victory.
IBF/WBA/WBO champion Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) is the wrong style match-up for Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) and always has been. Fury’s mauling and wrestling style is designed for certain types of fighters, but Usyk is not one of them.
Fury’s grappling style is designed for fighters like Dereck Chisora, Dillian Whyte, Otto Wallin, and Deontay Wilder, but not against a mover with outstanding boxing skills and Olympic pedigree like Usyk.
McGuigan Tells It Like It Is
“On recent form Usyk, I think he might nip it,” said trainer Mcguigan to Charlie Parson’s YouTube channel, picking IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to beat WBC champ Tyson Fury on May 18th.
