Matt Macklin Breaks Down Fury-Usyk, Parker-Zhang & Buatsi-Azeez
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Matt Macklin speaks to Boxing News' Andi Purewal as he breaks down Fury-Usyk, Parker-Zhang & Buatsi-Azeez.
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00:00 - 00:20: Matt Macklin intro
00:21 - 01:11: Buatsi/Azeez Back and forth
01:12 - 02:14: Keys to victory: Buatsi vs Azeez
02:15 - 03:45: Does Buatsi need a big performance?
03:46 - 05:29: Is there any pressure on Joshua Buatsi?
05:30 - 06:14: Return of Ben Whittaker
06:15 - 07:34: Adam Azim fighting
07:35 - 08:14: Tank Davis to fight in the UK?
08:15 - 08:51: Anthony Yarde vs Chris Billam-Smith?
07:25 - 09:59: Johnny Nelson's comments on Tyson Fury
10:00 - 11:18: Prediction: Fury vs Usyk
11:19 - 12:33: Joshua vs Ngannou
12:34 - 13:36: Parker vs Zhang
13:37 - 14:26: Keith Thurman vs Tim Tszyu
14:27 - 14:34: Matt Macklin Outro
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Who wins: Fury or Usyk? 🤔👇
Usyk, unanimous pts decision but I can see a late stoppage too.
Fury by 4th round tko
Fury will have to get aggressive and will turn the tide at some point before round 8.
Matt is one of boxing's good guys. Likeable and intelligent, humble as well.
Eddie needs to introduce Matt to his barber..
Lord Farquaad from Shrek vibes
Looking more n more like Harold Steptoe every day
Macklin looks like the bloke from that yellow pages advert years ago when they have that party what has happened to his Barnet?!
😂😂😂😂😂
I think he has grown it, mate. Wild stab in the dark.
It's a new transplant trend. You get the front hairline sorted then style it back, Groves has same idea.
Its strange as his head looks in two seperate halves🤔
Interesting hairdo 🤔🤔 👨🦳
Your be eating porridge soon matthew and you know it
nobody is reading all that. Imagine you put that much effort in at school!
ironic you hit the wrong reply button
@@Pigeoning you knew it was for you though!
Below are my predictions (made in January 2024) for the forthcoming February and March Saudi match ups:
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Usyk v Tyson Fury
Prediction for 17 February:
Usyk Wpts 12 Fury
Usyk is 37 years old and, at 6ft 3ins tall, weighing 221lbs (15st 11lbs), and with a reach of 78 inches, is the same as Muhammad Ali was when he was boxing. He is considerably faster on his feet and punches faster, too, than Ali at the same age. He, like Ali was, is not a concussive puncher and relies on his speed, accumulation of punches and on his ability to strike with punches that his opponent does not see coming, Despite this, his stoppage record is reasonable - at currently 67% compared with Ali’s career 61%. If he wins, it will give credence to all those, mainly if not entirely from the U.S., who are adamant that Ali’s era, dominated by U.S. fighters, was far superior to the current one, and that Ali would have destroyed the giants of today such as Fury.
Fury is 35, 6ft 9ins tall, weighs 278lbs (19st 12lbs), and has reach of 85”, a wingspan advantage of 7” over Usyk. He is very fast on his feet for such a giant of a man, though not as fast as Usyk, and punches fast too, though he prefers to one-two from distance, and to clinch and lean on when close, rather than fire quick combinations like Usyk. He has a harder punch than Usyk though not anywhere near as hard as most others of this size and weight. His stoppage record is only slightly better than Usyk’s, at 69% compared with 67%. He is an excellent boxer and is able to adapt during a fight if his initial game plan is not working. Both Fury and Usyk take a good punch and have no difficulty in lasting through a full 12 rounds, though Usyk, in particular, has shown an ability to dig down and dominate in the championship rounds. I suspect that against Fury, Usyk will be slightly, though not much, heavier than normal, and that Fury will come in lighter than normal.
Fury was caught a number of times by southpaw straight lefts and cut badly by Otto Wallin. So he may still be susceptible to his southpaw straight left from Usyk, who is a far quicker and better boxer than Wallin. Usyk, on the other hand, may have a weakness against body punches, having been dropped in the amateurs by Beterbiev and most recently agajnst Dubois by what I regarded as a clear low blow (although in both cases Usyk got up to win).
Much, in my opinion, will depend on the referee, and the ring. If the referee allows Fury to clinch grapple and lean on Usyk then Usyk will have a hard night and is likely to lose; if he prefers to break the fighters up and pull them apart, Usyk’s speed and ability to dart in and out of range will probably carry the day. The size of the ring, if small, will benefit Fury and, if large, Usyk.
On the basis that “a good big un will always beat a good little un”. Fury will be favourite. Despite this, my prediction is that Usyk will be awarded a close points decision. I am supported in this conclusion, unless he changes his mind, by David Haye. He has predicted a win for Fury - and he is always wrong.
Despite the rematch clause which apparently has been signed, I have this distinct feeling that, if he wins, Usyk will retire. He probably will also retire if he loses, unless the fight was very close and the loss disputed. If Fury wins, I would not be at all surprised if he also decides to retire (though quite likely not permanently). If he loses, I expect him to fight Joshua and then retire after that (permanently this time). If the result is a draw, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that both will then retire and leave it to posterity to decide who was best.
Zhilei Zhang v Joseph Parker
Prediction for 8 March
Zhang W TKO 7 Parker
Joseph Parker is 32 years old, 6ft 4ins tall, weighs 245lbs (17st 7lbs), and has a reach of 76 inches. He is a good boxer with fast hands, fast combinations, a sound defence and can take a hard punch. He has had 37 fights with 34 wins and, with decent but not notably concussive power in his right hand, has a stoppage ratio of 62%. He also has a good “engine” and has had many 12 round fights.
In September 2022 he was stopped in 11 rounds by Joe Joyce. Joyce was stopped twice last year by Zhilei Zhang. From this one would expect Zhang to be heavy favourite against Parker.
Zhilei Zhang will be 41 years old when the fight takes place, is 6ft 6inches tall, weighs 287.2 lbs (20st 5lbs) and has a reach of 80ins. He is a good boxer, fighting from the southpaw stance, and and has one punch knockout power in both hands. He has had 28 fights and has a stoppage ratio of 75%. Most of his fights end early and he is known to have problems with endurance.
Surprisingly, perhaps, Parker is slight favourite to win, largely on the back of his unexpected win against Deontay Wilder, another fearsome knockout artist, and on a number of wins against lesser opposition since his loss to Joe Joyce, But Zhang has been active, which Wilder had not; with his 3 stone weight advantage Zhang will be going forward, which Wilder did not; and Zhang is much more likely to land with his fast straight lefts, which Wilder consistently failed to do with his round house rights.
Moreover, Parker has fought, and then struggled, against a southpaw only once before (albeit a long time ago),
Top trainer, Teddy Atlas, whose predictions are correct more often than not, thinks that Parker will win. My boxing knowledge and expertise is zilch beside his, although he did incorrectly predict that Wilder would beat Parker. Certainly if Parker can remain competitive and avoid Zhang’s haymakers throughout the first half of the fight, he may well pull away in the second half, and achieve a points win.
But I predict that Zhang will stop Parker, probably about half-way through their 12 round fight.
Anthony Joshua v Francis Ngannou
Prediction for 8 March
Joshua Wpts 10 Ngannou
Francis Ngannou has had 1 fight, which he lost on points, albeit disputedly, although he is known to have tremendous power in both hands, He is 37 years old, 6ft 4ins tall, weighs 257lbs (18st 5lbs) and has a reach of 83inches.
Against Tyson Fury he showed himself to be a decent boxer, to take a good punch (he seemed impervious to Fury’s punches), to be stronger than Fury, to have fairly fast hands, and to be able to counter well, as when he knocked down Fury with a sweeping left to the top of the head. He is helped by having an usually long reach for a man of his size. He also showed no signs of slowing down, or wilting, throughout the 10 rounds of his fight with Fury.
Anthony Joshua is 34 years old, 6ft 6ins tall, weighs 251lbs (17st 13lbs) and has a reach of 82ins. He has very good power which has produced an excellent stoppage record of 80%. He is an elite boxer with a good jab and is fairly fast on his feet. He is known to have been susceptible to a left hook, especially to the temple. It was this punch and location with which Ngannou knocked down Tyson Fury.
In their fight Fury landed a number of straight rights on Ngannou’s chin without producing any reaction at all. Joshua will know from Round 1 when he starts to land his left jab, and feel the strength of Ngannou, whether to be aggressive or to move and box. I believe he will decide on the latter, if he has not already, before even getting into the ring,
I predict, therefore, that he will win, fairly comfortably, on points.
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Get a haircut ffs
Fury - overrated basic UK club fighter who just happens to be sat inside a giant mound of ogre fat. Does nothing exceptional, doesn't even have a decent jab for the size. Recovery is good but his chin is weak. Power is below average for the size. He's going to be made to look slow and sluggish and have no answer for Usyk's speed.
If we're talking slow, unskilled one punch maulers then Fury is your giant killer.
However we're talking about a top 3 lb4lb operator with blazing speed and far better skills across the board.
There's just nothing Fury does better in a boxing ring than Usyk.
Notice how no one is saying Fury can box with Usyk, they are only saying Fury has to maul him... use his size.
Sadly it's just not that easy when your opponent is outjabbing you and peppering you from all angles while
you plod around trying to get him in a headlock.
Fury has essentially no chance to win this boxing match and I don't believe he'll be able to dictate anything
to Usyk. Unless the ref pulls a WWE disappearing act and gets knocked out for 5 minutes then Fury is getting
master classed and there's really not much he can do about it... aside from cheating of course.
Usyk 10-2/9-3 UD with an outside shot at a late accumulation stoppage on an exhausted and defenseless Fury.
It's not really even a fair fight.
Fury 4th round tko winner. Very easy win