Tyson Fury’s ex-trainer, Bob Davison, said he did enough to win last night against WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch in Riyadh.
Davison has been in the game for a while, and it’s hard to believe that he couldn’t see what the whole world saw with Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) getting outboxed and outworked by Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs). Was Ben just blowing smoke up Fury’s backside, telling him what he wanted to hear in hopes that he’ll hire him back as his coach, or did he really believe that he’d done enough to win?
It doesn’t help Fury, for the people close to him not telling him how things really are. Giving him a false picture of how he’s performing and the areas he needs to improve to keep him from failing.
Is Fury Self-Aware?
Obviously, ‘The Gypsy King’ doesn’t have a clue and has no self-awareness of how poorly he’s performed in his two fights with Usyk. He thinks he’s been doing a great job. He’s totally deluded, like a lot of people with big egos. Fury is his own worst enemy, and the people around him, the back slappers, giving him false flattery so they can say on his good side are useless to him.
“I thought you were to get it,” said trainer Ben Davison to iFL TV about thinking that Tyson Fury was going to be given the decision to win over Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night.
“I thought I won it by at least three rounds,” said Fury.
This is what I’m talking about. Ben should be letting Fury have it, telling him he was terrible against Usyk and looked like he was 40 lbs overweight. He shouldn’t have been fighting at 281 against a small, athletic fighter like Usyk, who he couldn’t grab and lean on as he’d done against the spindly-legged Deontay Wilder.
“I had a feeling Tyson was going to get it,” said Davison. “I’m obviously devasted for Tyson. I don’t feel there was a massive shift in momentum,” said Ben when asked if it appeared that Usyk came on in the second half. I pretty much felt that every round was pretty tight.”
Why would Davison be devasted for Fury? He doesn’t need to feel sorry for Tyson because he’s gotten a lot of mileage out of his career and made huge money from his only two semi-decent wins against 39-year-old Wladimir Klitschko and the paper champion, Deontay. Fury’s net worth is estimated to be over $200 million. Even if he’s near the end of his career, how do you feel sorry for him?
False Hope
“I found it difficult to pick a winner and thought it was very close,” said Eddie Hearn to DAZN Boxing. “You heard about the sacrifices Fury made in this camp. It’s the same thing [that Anthony Joshua did when he lost twice against Usyk].
“That’s why he [Fury] left the ring tonight. It’s the same kind of frustration. ‘How did I not beat him? Why? I did everything right. I made the sacrifices. I didn’t talk to anyone.’ It’s frustrating for these guys [Fury and Joshua]. They’re winners,” said Hearn.
Eddie Hearn promotes Anthony Joshua, and obviously, it’s not in his best interest for him to say that Fury lost to Usyk because that takes away interest in a fight between Tyson and AJ.
“That’s up to the fans. I would love to see a third one [Fury vs. Usyk], but I’m with Eddie on this one. Wembley Stadium, Joshua and Fury, because popularity still matters. Being the man still matters,” said Sergio Mora about wanting to see Fury fight Anthony Joshua next.
“Who do you want to see? This [Fury vs. Usyk] is a great style matchup. The first fight was exciting because of the knockdown. Take out that ninth round, and it was still an Usyk show,” said Mora.