Absolutely. AJ had not much chance anyway but the energy level gap made it much tougher. If your trying to save energy every round it's a big problem against Usyk
@@victorduru4822 I'm not sure you understood the part AJ was afraid to gas himself out. That was key point against Usyk that is a massive problem. To be honest I wanted AJ to win the 2nd fight for a trilogy. Fighters say the same against Mayweather he was constantly knowing if his opponent was running out of gas. Just so smart with the movement.
@Dwayndibb the cardinal sin in an Usyk fight is trying to outbox the smaller, lighter, volume puncher. So he pulls away in the 10th to 12th round, yes. But I believe Ben Davidson will come up with a game plan of controlling the first 9 by varying feints and using his aggression against him, with counter punching. You don't need to match his volume, which is the mistakes these heavyweights keep making. They need to fight the way Bellew fought him and walk him into something big when he gets really desperate somewhere in the middle rounds. It's not rocket science
@@victorduru4822 Not "rocket science" but the reality is that only two boxers have ever managed to become undisputed at cruiser and heavy. Holyfield and Usyk. That's it. The guy won gold at the olympics, gold at the World Amateur Boxing, gold at the Euro Championships, If it were so easy, you'd think there would be more boxers with similar pedigrees, but there simply aren't. Fury had solid rounds, but so did many of Usyk's other opponents. The only gameplan Fury needs is to ko the guy as soon as possible. Because Usyk will always have an advantage in the footwork, workrate and stamina department.
Fury's main adjustment was reasserting control of the distance by letting his hands go more, which he did rounds 5 to 8. That wore him out even faster and opened up his defense, as well as putting him on the front foot (where he doesn't like being). Usyk had to weather some hurt, but once he saw the big fat fruit was ripe, he plucked it.
I dont know if Fury was really tired, i mean he won the last round on all three scorecards and also the 11th on one scorecard. The main Problem i see, is that Fury just began becoming to confident of wining, the moment he was seriously wounded in round 9 he did a stupid action by giving up his entire defense for a series of punches to the middle, something he never attempted in the first half of the game: Look i dont want to make excuses, the better man one that night, by one point on my personal scorecard. BUT: The Corner of Fury played an important part in his demise. They should have kept him on track instead of reassurring hin, that he has "won the fight" lol. You want your boxer go out working, not becaming complacent. Thinks could and should have gone differently if he stayed focused and sticked to the game plan. He just stopped to make adjustments after round 7
@@ilovejesuslofi He got that round because of a flashy uppercut that didn't land and show boating. Usyk still out landed Fury but Fury's showmanship + one flashy punch (that landed harmlessly on Usyks gloves) let him steal the round. TBF I thought he landed it too but upon replay it's clear the shot landed on Usyk's arm.
Well done, exactly right. I try to explain to everyone how Usyk was adjusting and probing from round 1. It all began to pay off from round 7 onward, though he found success in the first 3 rounds with it before Fury adjusted. Then Usyk adjusted again. Thank you for explaining it so much better! This fight is perfect example of how a superior boxer will always beat a brawler or puncher.
I considered it a boxer-boxer fight which made it even better because Ukyk just upped his game when needed making sure he was ahead of his very capable opponent. Tyson Fury's game is very broad, he has a lot of tricks and rarely runs out in his bag, but Ukyk's is much deeper. It was a great fight!
@@samueldowney2806 fury gave up his range lure usyk for his shot but in 7th unable to get through usyk's defense as much as earlier, so he was tired while usyk also in range for his left hand
This was genius you are brilliant Usyk is amazing his skills are extraordinary people think he came out of the shadows he was always there to be seen . Usyks talent is a gift from God.
Comparing that to a guy walking away, lounging in the corner, turning to clown with the audience and occasionally throwing trick shots. It was easy to score some close rounds in Usyk's favour. It just doesn't leave a good impression of someone in control. It shows insecurity and doubt if anything, a desire to make it look easy when it is not. Fury even spent the last 10 seconds moving away while clowning instead of throwing punches.
It's partially technique that enables this, he knows how to punch while staying loose and not put too much steam on them so he can basically punch at medium strength forever. And medium strength for a 6'3 pro boxer will get anyone's attention, even a 7 foot bear moth Hes got a world class gas tank and never even has to dig deep really. It's way harder than it looks to stay loose under the lights
I think usyk is the most technically correct boxer ever easily even better than Mohamed Ali. His strength lies mostly in technique than power. Far far ahead of others . His techniques and these videos are already used by many coaches and countries for teaching and training purposes.
@@antonandreevich5838 Was it disgracerful when Fury was being knocked from pillar to post? Usyk is Fury's daddy. He gave up 5" and 40 pounds and still kicked his tail.
@@daveyjones18 There's a difference between competitive and close as there is a difference between people who know boxing and people who fall for showboating and commentary
Good video. It seems to me that Usyk was only in trouble for a period mid-fight because of Fury's uppercuts (which were his backup when his long guard was failing), he seemed to adjust quickly and began to defend and counter them later in the fight. Now Usyk knows all this about Fury, i think Fury is going to have to find some new tricks in the rematch otherwise it'll be an even more emphatic victory for Usyk in my opinion.
Excellent analysis! Among many other things, it refutes the notion that Fury was simply wasting energy by playing to the crowd; his antics were to cover up the fact that the power in his lead arm was failing.
Fantastic Analysis. Thank you. "barrage of feints" - just great! Chavez Senior use to edge forward with foot & other feints & as you point out - stealing proximity & position at the same time.
Yeah fury abused the sh*t out of his body when he was younger and now its starting to catch up with him I think. Usyk is clearly the more primed athlete without question
Excellent read. I had noticed watching the fight how Usyk had most success when feinting a lot and changing his levels as he edged forward, which was most noticeable in the first 3 rounds and then from the 7th. It definitely threw Fury off, though I hadn't specifically noticed the work he was doing on that long guard. He got away from it between rounds 4 through 6 for some reason, walking in upright and not moving his head, which was when Fury dominated.
That could potentially have been intentional as usyk is known to switch off only slightly in the middle rounds then comes back even stronger nearing the end. By that point his opponent has usually tired themselves out 💯 strategy wise he's a master
The rematch between undisputed world heavyweight champion Alexander Usik (22-0, 14 KOs) and Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) is scheduled for December 21. This was announced by Saudi Arabia's Minister of Entertainment Turki Al al-Sheikh.
@@jimmy66603that’s what everyone said before the first fight. You’re not alone, even well respected boxers predicted Fury would win! Genuine question: what’s changed? Why do you believe Fury will win the rematch? Is it because you want it to happen? I’m not arguing with you, I’m just trying to understand the psyche of a Fury fan and where such confidence comes from. Cheers!
The Fury family talk a lot about being "fighting men" but they didnt appreciate that Usyk has faced the long, fencing guard loads of times in his career. It is a standard amateur boxing tactics. Ok He's never faced it against someone 6 inches taller (alleged 6 foot 9). But actually Fury's huge torso leaves a huge area for Usyk to hit under the lead arm.
Fury also walked away from the up/down game many times, taking the pre-slip thing away from Usyk to a large degree. Then the uppercut to stop him coming in. Though that leaves him even more open to lead hand hooks from a southpaw.
Those lefts from Usyk look dangerous fast and powerful...and he comes when he has softened his rival up...could not see Fury winning the first....nor the second...unless like Ali he finds some kind of special tactic that works...to have a chance he probably has to get Usyk out of there before the back end of the fight...go on with some weight, smother and smash him
Both trained by Lomachenko's father. Both also fight southpaw. I believe Loma is actually right handed. I saw Usyk wearing his watch on his right wrist which makes me believe he is left hand dominant.
Usyk is doing more than “scoring points” he’s chopping the legs out from under his much taller opponent so that when does land to the head it has a much better chance of knocking him down. To be fair Tyson did adjust well to this tactic but was clearly gassing out by round 7-8.
Great analysis, I thought Usyk clearly won the fight and the momentum battle. But Fury was up 4-2 in my opinion after 6 rounds and was really starting to trouble him with those uppercuts. Tyson looked like he got ahead of himself and didn't press before he was wobbled badly and Usyk took control of the fight.
Casuals do not understand how important Stamina is and what happens when you get tired. Gloves begin wrighting a tone and physical tiredness wears down you psyche. If you look at Usyks training lit resembles more the training of special forces operator then a boxer. A Speacial forces operator has to keep a cool mind under any conditions and has to be able to adapt to them changing on the fly. Good boxers when they operate under stress, are tired and their mmd shuts off fall back on fundamenals. Great boxers, the Delta force of boxing, never stop thinkng and they go against th fundamentals predicting what thei opponents will do knowing they will fall back on their solid fundamentals. Thie is what makes them scary.
Usyk is a genius boxer and deserved the win he did a demolition job on Fury. If they rematch Usyk will defintiely KO/stop Fury this time. Ref saved Fury in this fight. Usyk will always have Furys number!!
Well, in the end it was still a close fight. Even if uysk demolished him one round you cant take away from what fury did, he outboxed him in the middle rounds but uysk came back to win the fight. I had uysk winning by a round and I’m interested to see what the rematch holds
@@Eqaq Fury did well but Usyk overall outboxed him most rounds and destroyed him round 9. WBC judge gave it to Fury so no surprise there. Was a good fight but not close. Usyk just has Fury's Number.
The fact that Fury had such a huge size and reach advantage makes Usyk's performance even better. Fury's success has mostly come from him always being the far bigger man. He's certainly a good boxer but combined with his hige size it gives him a huge, undeserved advantage. Even Wilder, who is smaller and not a very good boxer gave Fury all he could handle.
Fury turned the fight around R3 through 7 with one main adjustment.. the right uppercut. This is anatomically the solution against a southpaw - whose frame will show a lot more to an orthodox fighter's right hand.. especially a shorter southpaw. Fury couldn't miss with it, head and body.. it did way more to discourage Usyk coming in than the long arm guard and you could see Usyk visibly discouraged in those rounds as he was made to pay to come in. But the second adjustment was when Usyk started to finesse his way around Fury's uppercut.. he tucked his left arm in a lot more from R8 onwards, added more complexity and feints to his approach, made sure he countered immediately after Fury's uppercut and from there his full variety was on show - including the right cross which only came late in the fight. For this reason I see the rematch being a continuation of the later rounds of this fight.. unless Fury finds another adjustment - which ofc he could.
Should have been banned already in the Wilder fight (Fist not in Glove). Then against Francis the Elbow. Glad this Criminal Fury Clan lost, a Big Shame for the Sport!
I thought Usyk looked a little slower than usual as he overtrained (8mths would do that). Which does not bode well for Fury in rematch. He will really show his gas tank with accelerated and consistent pace in later rounds which was absent.
Usyk is actually lowering himself to take part in this nonsense. He is a cut above in terms of ring IQ skills and stamina and could comfortably retire now having proved himself to the world as the heavyweight champ. It's just wannabes who need rematches after they've been defeated and Fury just wants more money before he admits It's over.
Great job by Usyk wrestling the momentum back. If Fury was less concerned with winning the ego battle and completely dialed in during the 7th and 8th rounds an put his foot down he probably would have got the job done.
@@ArranVid You would have to ask the writer's of the Marquess Queensbury rule book for boxing as I could only guess but it's in there. My guess is they don't want the fighter gauging range or using stiff arming/long guard in such a manner so it would require more coordination & reaction time and basically make fighters more reliant on skill.
A said it when the fighters were in the corners coming out for the 7th this where usyk will pick it up but the first thing that was clear to see was that usyk attacked fury body early and that also played a big factor as that was probs the biggest target on show in that fight and usyk been the smart fighter he is took full advantage of it and with his constant pressure feinting feet movement and also his choices of what punches to throw doesn't get talked about much so I'm glad this guy covered that in this video and well said about fury long lead hand most heavyweights struggle with that
Both Great Sweet Science Boxers but Usyk just has a game plan and sticks to it...u can tell when a Great Boxer is just utilizing his skill as a Boxer vs a Great Boxer who is actually out there strategizing.
Great video. Big difference for Fury outboxing Deontay Wilder vs trying to outbox Usyk. There is a reason why one guy was a gold medalist and the other wasn't. That's not to say that Fury isn't a good boxer, but Usyk overcoming 5" height and 40 lb weight disadvantages is simply amazing.
Thank you for your great analysis, do you think Fury has a chance in the rematch, and more important: What should he do differently and what tactical advises would you give him in order to win this match?
I think he would have a chance. I wouldn't count anyone out completely. However I wouldn't favor him to win. He showed he can't keep up with Usyk so his best chance is knocking him out which is unlikely to happen
To beat Usyk, you must use the same tactics Teo used to beat Lomachenko. Pull counter every entrance with a right hand/uppercut. Double jabs right hand to the body. jab and pivot with all angle changes.
Fantastic analysis, as usual, thank you. Assuming the rematch happens, do you think Fury will switch to a high guard, no biting on the feints, approach, just like AJ did in Jeddah ? Or will he try to entice Usyk to move foward more, to catch him with uppercuts, as you explained ? Also, do you think that crouching down and jabbing to Usyk's body would be an effective tactic for Fury ?
He has to try something...Usyk is and was the favourite for me...and Fury has to be on his A game...and have a plan. Usyk knows he has the superior stamina so comes strong on the back end...and he scores enough all the fight to wear his man down and score enough pts. I wonder what would happen if Fury goes in with the intention to take him out in 8...go in heavy...and go toe to toe...and on the front foot. I he fights the same way again, he'll lose...and he can't be getting caught to those big left shots again either...his team have got some work to do...bit like Ali vs Foreman...need a plan that works for him...
@@nialloneill5097 Toe to toe does not strike me as the best option for Fury. It means giving away his reach advantage, or even conceding an advantage to Usyk, since shorter arms translate to faster hands at close range. And clinches does not seem effective against Usyk, he knows how to break them - I don't recall seeing Fury put his weight on him, the way he did against Wilder. My current view on the topic would be that Fury should combine a high guard, devoid of hand-fighting, with snappy jabs, as well as jabs to the body (crouching down). Fury could alternate that with a more hands-down approach, trying to catch Usyk with uppercuts on his way in. He should also put combinations together, following up on a landed uppercut with a left hook.
@@BenjaminT-m9v Agree...I did not mean toe to toe per se....more about being on the front foot...maybe try some spoliing too. He has to cover his chin from that looping left somehow...some of those hits were thuddering. Agree the uppercut was working for him...would it help to put that bit of weight on...and slug it more. It worked with Wilder 2, although I just sense Usyk is on another level to the other fighters...and Tyson seems to have gone downhill a bit with his lifestyle and trilogy fights with Wilder. Usyk looks fitter, stronger and faster...feet and hands. A big Q when fighting him is...can he be dropped? If not, I do not see anyone beating him.
The big difference between the two is that fury seems to do pretty much the same thing in every fight. It’s just fury being fury. Usyk is a boxing mastermind adopting to different fighters and executing his game plan with precision. he won with fury creating his Tactics just by watching Fury’s fights. Now he checked in real fight what worked what didn’t. the rematch will be even more decisive win for usyk.
Excellent Video! Anyone who doesn't believe this method, hold your dominant hand out for 3mins, while moving it up and down every 5 seconds.. I'll wait!😮 I tried it and couldn't make 2 mins! Such A Sweet Science! 😮 Uysk is the best of this generation!
Agree overall. Just two points: You call the fight "incredibly close" a couple of times. But it only was close on the judges' scorecards. In reality, Fury won 5 rounds at best. Add in the 10:8 round for Usyk and you'll see that the Ukrainian should have won comfortably on points. The second thing: Another key to winning was taking the sting out of Fury's uppercuts. Usyk did so by stepping in deep and very far to the right, creating strange angles in the second half of the fight. Personally, I found that even more impressive than his feint game!
Excellent, been waiting for this video! If there is one person I want to see a breakdown of this fight it's you. So you're saying Fury's own adjustment was what enabled him to start taking control from Rnd 4? but then surely there was something else key form Uysk in 7 or 8 which really turned the tide back again, or was this literally Fury starting to tire out?
Thank you! There were several factors leading to Usyk taking over again. One of them which I didn't do a segment on in the video is he started to take deep outside angle steps to get around the counter uppercuts
@@HiddenGemBOX A video on that is what we want to see, as that was the key to the fight going his way again, and I still don't understand how it happened!
Fury needed to use his right as a block than punch following every 2nd throw with a left to usycks body easy work while turning usyk into the body punch switching it to an uppercut
This fight was much wider than the scorecards illuded to. I thought Fury won 3-4 rounds at the most, and those rounds were not lopsided like many of Usyk's.
Fury was very good but not enough cause Usyk show amazing heart and determination to win. And he did win , become the first undisputed champion in 21th century, history will remember him for that. The second fight gonna be different cause Fury will have more determination to win than ever before, i think Fury will win by score 8 Fury to 4 Usyk round
if that stamina translated into more punch volume for fury, that would certainly make it a harder fight for usyk. but that is like asking if usyk could put 50lb of more muscle on, would it be easier to ko fury? Fury is pushing 40, likes to drink and use drugs. he doesn't know what it means to be in that usyk level shape.
@@ojo2988I’d agree with this. At this point, I can’t see Fury being able to make adjustments to beat Usyk. Especially now that he has lost his unbeaten record, and lost his belts. Fury has thrived off the idea of him being unbeatable and the best of the best. Now that illusion is shattered and he’s stepping back into a ring with someone that has beaten him, and knows how he fights. I think Fury is going to be incredibly nervous all the way until December. It might bring out the best in him on the night or he could get his shit rocked again
Not that I want Fury to win. But he would of studied his loss. He can only grow longer arms to win. Hopefully for him. Another 10inches by December 2024.
I am no expert on boxing so excuse me if my question maybe is rather stupid. Fury is using a long guard defense. But could the opponent not just strike the arm with heavy blows? Lets say 50 hard hits at the elbow area.
thts a very interesting observation, I don't think I've ever seen a boxer use tht strategy. I wonder how effective tht could be? I suspect it's risk v reward bc throwing punches usually leaves you exposed for counters, so while your busy attacking his arm, he's counterpunching to your head.. prob not a winning formula though.
This is great analysis, but your audio is clipping. You have the input level too high on your mic. This is a big no-no. People can handle grainy video but they will not stick around for bad audio. Just turn down the input level a bit and your videos will perform MUCH better! Cheers.
You know what, that's what it has to be. I noticed my mic was set higher than usual halfway through recording, and I just rolled with it. I'll lower it back down next time.
Usyk's stamina is one of the very best in the sport...regardless of divisions. That's why he's able to pressure his opponents in the late rounds
Absolutely. AJ had not much chance anyway but the energy level gap made it much tougher.
If your trying to save energy every round it's a big problem against Usyk
Had not much chance. He was ahead until the 10th in the rematch on all score cards. What are you talking about?
@@victorduru4822 I'm not sure you understood the part AJ was afraid to gas himself out. That was key point against Usyk that is a massive problem. To be honest I wanted AJ to win the 2nd fight for a trilogy.
Fighters say the same against Mayweather he was constantly knowing if his opponent was running out of gas.
Just so smart with the movement.
@Dwayndibb the cardinal sin in an Usyk fight is trying to outbox the smaller, lighter, volume puncher. So he pulls away in the 10th to 12th round, yes.
But I believe Ben Davidson will come up with a game plan of controlling the first 9 by varying feints and using his aggression against him, with counter punching.
You don't need to match his volume, which is the mistakes these heavyweights keep making.
They need to fight the way Bellew fought him and walk him into something big when he gets really desperate somewhere in the middle rounds.
It's not rocket science
@@victorduru4822 Not "rocket science" but the reality is that only two boxers have ever managed to become undisputed at cruiser and heavy. Holyfield and Usyk. That's it. The guy won gold at the olympics, gold at the World Amateur Boxing, gold at the Euro Championships, If it were so easy, you'd think there would be more boxers with similar pedigrees, but there simply aren't. Fury had solid rounds, but so did many of Usyk's other opponents. The only gameplan Fury needs is to ko the guy as soon as possible. Because Usyk will always have an advantage in the footwork, workrate and stamina department.
Fury's main adjustment was reasserting control of the distance by letting his hands go more, which he did rounds 5 to 8. That wore him out even faster and opened up his defense, as well as putting him on the front foot (where he doesn't like being).
Usyk had to weather some hurt, but once he saw the big fat fruit was ripe, he plucked it.
I dont know if Fury was really tired, i mean he won the last round on all three scorecards and also the 11th on one scorecard.
The main Problem i see, is that Fury just began becoming to confident of wining, the moment he was seriously wounded in round 9 he did a stupid action by giving up his entire defense for a series of punches to the middle, something he never attempted in the first half of the game:
Look i dont want to make excuses, the better man one that night, by one point on my personal scorecard. BUT:
The Corner of Fury played an important part in his demise. They should have kept him on track instead of reassurring hin, that he has "won the fight" lol. You want your boxer go out working, not becaming complacent.
Thinks could and should have gone differently if he stayed focused and sticked to the game plan. He just stopped to make adjustments after round 7
@@ilovejesuslofi He got that round because of a flashy uppercut that didn't land and show boating. Usyk still out landed Fury but Fury's showmanship + one flashy punch (that landed harmlessly on Usyks gloves) let him steal the round. TBF I thought he landed it too but upon replay it's clear the shot landed on Usyk's arm.
I just re-watched the fight, and I think Fury's legs are gone.
Easily the best analysis I've seen.
yes and didnt use those stupid fake AI voices...
Still cant believe this channel only has 57k subs
Well done, exactly right. I try to explain to everyone how Usyk was adjusting and probing from round 1. It all began to pay off from round 7 onward, though he found success in the first 3 rounds with it before Fury adjusted. Then Usyk adjusted again. Thank you for explaining it so much better! This fight is perfect example of how a superior boxer will always beat a brawler or puncher.
I considered it a boxer-boxer fight which made it even better because Ukyk just upped his game when needed making sure he was ahead of his very capable opponent. Tyson Fury's game is very broad, he has a lot of tricks and rarely runs out in his bag, but Ukyk's is much deeper. It was a great fight!
But what was Uysk's second adjustment in rnd7? I haven't been able to watch it back to find out but would really love to know.
@@samueldowney2806 fury gave up his range lure usyk for his shot but in 7th unable to get through usyk's defense as much as earlier, so he was tired while usyk also in range for his left hand
This was genius you are brilliant Usyk is amazing his skills are extraordinary people think he came out of the shadows he was always there to be seen . Usyks talent is a gift from God.
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for usyk but not fury
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Usyk has unbelievable conditioning as he was able to be constantly moving his feet head and throw punches every round
Comparing that to a guy walking away, lounging in the corner, turning to clown with the audience and occasionally throwing trick shots. It was easy to score some close rounds in Usyk's favour.
It just doesn't leave a good impression of someone in control. It shows insecurity and doubt if anything, a desire to make it look easy when it is not.
Fury even spent the last 10 seconds moving away while clowning instead of throwing punches.
@@whatilearnttoday5295Sometimes I really wonder if judges are scoring body punches to accurate.
Probably just corrupt anyway
It's partially technique that enables this, he knows how to punch while staying loose and not put too much steam on them so he can basically punch at medium strength forever. And medium strength for a 6'3 pro boxer will get anyone's attention, even a 7 foot bear moth
Hes got a world class gas tank and never even has to dig deep really. It's way harder than it looks to stay loose under the lights
@@DwayndibbRef saved Fury in 9th round.
@@MrMessiah44 Yes man I was watching live on free livestream sorry crime
Smart performance by Usyk…Great breakdown video, you breakdown the tactics very well…
I think usyk is the most technically correct boxer ever easily even better than Mohamed Ali.
His strength lies mostly in technique than power.
Far far ahead of others .
His techniques and these videos are already used by many coaches and countries for teaching and training purposes.
Thank you - such great analysis. I'm in awe of Usyk and his courage and ability to adjust. We were witnessing greatness when these 2 fought.
10 rounds fury was on back foot, imagine how much stamina do u need to bully usyk like every expert says
11,75 rounds*
@@stefankaiser1875 definately won the fight, it was bias (c)
the most disgraceful moment in the history of moden day boxing
There's a difference between being on the back foot and moving around the ring. By your logic, Muhammed Ali lost almost every fight on his record 🤣
@@antonandreevich5838 Was it disgracerful when Fury was being knocked from pillar to post? Usyk is Fury's daddy. He gave up 5" and 40 pounds and still kicked his tail.
@@daveyjones18 There's a difference between competitive and close as there is a difference between people who know boxing and people who fall for showboating and commentary
Good video. It seems to me that Usyk was only in trouble for a period mid-fight because of Fury's uppercuts (which were his backup when his long guard was failing), he seemed to adjust quickly and began to defend and counter them later in the fight. Now Usyk knows all this about Fury, i think Fury is going to have to find some new tricks in the rematch otherwise it'll be an even more emphatic victory for Usyk in my opinion.
Very nice analysis. Thank you.
Excellent analysis! Among many other things, it refutes the notion that Fury was simply wasting energy by playing to the crowd; his antics were to cover up the fact that the power in his lead arm was failing.
You need a lot of stamina to bully usyk. That's why aj and fury tried to box him or catch him with 1 good punch.
Have been waiting for this. You always do the best critiques and technical summaries on RUclips imo. Love it.
Thank you so much 👊
Seconded!
. The stop motion , vids along with the explanations really helped a beginning boxing fan like me like never before! Thank you Sir!!
Incredible. Like chipping away at a large rock, slowly, patiently. A rock that moves and fights back.
Fantastic Analysis. Thank you. "barrage of feints" - just great! Chavez Senior use to edge forward with foot & other feints & as you point out - stealing proximity & position at the same time.
The video i have been waiting the most. Thank you for your great work
Fury is younger but he'll never have the stamina and trickiness of Usyk.
Yeah fury abused the sh*t out of his body when he was younger and now its starting to catch up with him I think. Usyk is clearly the more primed athlete without question
Very detailed. Thankyou for the video. Huge fan ❤
Beautiful analysis of the match brother. You know your stuff 👍👍👍👍🥊🥊🥊🥊
Excellent read. I had noticed watching the fight how Usyk had most success when feinting a lot and changing his levels as he edged forward, which was most noticeable in the first 3 rounds and then from the 7th. It definitely threw Fury off, though I hadn't specifically noticed the work he was doing on that long guard. He got away from it between rounds 4 through 6 for some reason, walking in upright and not moving his head, which was when Fury dominated.
That could potentially have been intentional as usyk is known to switch off only slightly in the middle rounds then comes back even stronger nearing the end. By that point his opponent has usually tired themselves out 💯 strategy wise he's a master
The rematch between undisputed world heavyweight champion Alexander Usik (22-0, 14 KOs) and Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) is scheduled for December 21.
This was announced by Saudi Arabia's Minister of Entertainment Turki Al al-Sheikh.
It was originally supposed to be in October. Now delayed till Dec. I wonder if there’ll be one. A lot of money out there for it.
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Great commentary. Usyk had a strong game plan and great conditioning.
Usyk wins the rematch
Not a chance. Fury will give him a proper good hiding if they go again.
@@jimmy66603that’s what everyone said before the first fight. You’re not alone, even well respected boxers predicted Fury would win!
Genuine question: what’s changed? Why do you believe Fury will win the rematch? Is it because you want it to happen?
I’m not arguing with you, I’m just trying to understand the psyche of a Fury fan and where such confidence comes from. Cheers!
How?!
If he is able to maintain his cardio like the last fight, he should win imo. But, he's gonna be 38 the next fight. 😅
@@jimmy66603 Dream on fanboy, usyk will KO fury even worse in the rematch thats if fury even finds the balls to step in there again.
Excellent analysis
Technically he is like magic. Especially being able to keep up the footwork/head movement/continued pressure as a HW
Nice breakdown!
Ref saved fury's LIFE😤‼️
The Fury family talk a lot about being "fighting men" but they didnt appreciate that Usyk has faced the long, fencing guard loads of times in his career. It is a standard amateur boxing tactics. Ok He's never faced it against someone 6 inches taller (alleged 6 foot 9). But actually Fury's huge torso leaves a huge area for Usyk to hit under the lead arm.
I thought people knew by now that fury is definitely NOT upto 6'9".
He is 6'7.5" at best slightly taller than Wilder.
Yh fury’s torso is hella massive 😭
Nice video!
Great analysis and breakdown!
Thanks!
Happy new year everybody!
Excellent analysis! Thank you.
Great analysis. Thanks.
Fantastic, many thanks.
great analysis,.
Best breakdown yet on this fight!
Fury also walked away from the up/down game many times, taking the pre-slip thing away from Usyk to a large degree. Then the uppercut to stop him coming in. Though that leaves him even more open to lead hand hooks from a southpaw.
Correct, and Usyk adjusted to this, and kept slipping the uppercut after about round 7.
@@GrayShadow13 Yeah. Really was an excellent battle, worthy of undisputed.
Those lefts from Usyk look dangerous fast and powerful...and he comes when he has softened his rival up...could not see Fury winning the first....nor the second...unless like Ali he finds some kind of special tactic that works...to have a chance he probably has to get Usyk out of there before the back end of the fight...go on with some weight, smother and smash him
Really hope Usyk’s camp work on neutralizing those uppercuts in the rematch
@@GrayShadow13 Yup jumping to the right whenever it was coming. Avoided a bunch of them.
Lomachenko and Usyk are few of the boxers with very high boxing I.Q.
They literally think and fight at every moment.
Both trained by Lomachenko's father. Both also fight southpaw. I believe Loma is actually right handed. I saw Usyk wearing his watch on his right wrist which makes me believe he is left hand dominant.
Brilliantly fought! Have to wonder about that one judge. I won’t mention the ref. Even though I just did…
Thanks for this, I learned a lot.
This was a masterful film study
Usyk is doing more than “scoring points” he’s chopping the legs out from under his much taller opponent so that when does land to the head it has a much better chance of knocking him down. To be fair Tyson did adjust well to this tactic but was clearly gassing out by round 7-8.
Great analysis, I thought Usyk clearly won the fight and the momentum battle. But Fury was up 4-2 in my opinion after 6 rounds and was really starting to trouble him with those uppercuts. Tyson looked like he got ahead of himself and didn't press before he was wobbled badly and Usyk took control of the fight.
Incredible analysis, so interesting !
Great work fella.
Casuals do not understand how important Stamina is and what happens when you get tired. Gloves begin wrighting a tone and physical tiredness wears down you psyche. If you look at Usyks training lit resembles more the training of special forces operator then a boxer.
A Speacial forces operator has to keep a cool mind under any conditions and has to be able to adapt to them changing on the fly. Good boxers when they operate under stress, are tired and their mmd shuts off fall back on fundamenals. Great boxers, the Delta force of boxing, never stop thinkng and they go against th fundamentals predicting what thei opponents will do knowing they will fall back on their solid fundamentals. Thie is what makes them scary.
Fury is 6'7", not 6'9". David Price is taller at 6'8". Usyk is around 6'2.25" tall.
hes done it.......thank you hidden gem !
Usyk is a genius boxer and deserved the win he did a demolition job on Fury. If they rematch Usyk will defintiely KO/stop Fury this time. Ref saved Fury in this fight. Usyk will always have Furys number!!
I hope in his camp for the rematch he will work on neutralizing those uppercuts he ate
@@VivianRisingOfficial For sure Usyk will have all his homework done and it'll be easier this time for Usyk.
Well, in the end it was still a close fight. Even if uysk demolished him one round you cant take away from what fury did, he outboxed him in the middle rounds but uysk came back to win the fight. I had uysk winning by a round and I’m interested to see what the rematch holds
@@Eqaq Fury did well but Usyk overall outboxed him most rounds and destroyed him round 9. WBC judge gave it to Fury so no surprise there. Was a good fight but not close. Usyk just has Fury's Number.
The fact that Fury had such a huge size and reach advantage makes Usyk's performance even better. Fury's success has mostly come from him always being the far bigger man. He's certainly a good boxer but combined with his hige size it gives him a huge, undeserved advantage. Even Wilder, who is smaller and not a very good boxer gave Fury all he could handle.
amazing deconstructions
Brilliant.
Run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run, run - Fury in the 9th round.
Fury turned the fight around R3 through 7 with one main adjustment.. the right uppercut. This is anatomically the solution against a southpaw - whose frame will show a lot more to an orthodox fighter's right hand.. especially a shorter southpaw. Fury couldn't miss with it, head and body.. it did way more to discourage Usyk coming in than the long arm guard and you could see Usyk visibly discouraged in those rounds as he was made to pay to come in. But the second adjustment was when Usyk started to finesse his way around Fury's uppercut.. he tucked his left arm in a lot more from R8 onwards, added more complexity and feints to his approach, made sure he countered immediately after Fury's uppercut and from there his full variety was on show - including the right cross which only came late in the fight. For this reason I see the rematch being a continuation of the later rounds of this fight.. unless Fury finds another adjustment - which ofc he could.
Nice analysis.
What an intelligent analysis !
Should have been banned already in the Wilder fight (Fist not in Glove).
Then against Francis the Elbow.
Glad this Criminal Fury Clan lost, a Big Shame for the Sport!
That's just silly talk
I thought Usyk looked a little slower than usual as he overtrained (8mths would do that). Which does not bode well for Fury in rematch. He will really show his gas tank with accelerated and consistent pace in later rounds which was absent.
He's 37, of course he has slowed down.
Usyk is actually lowering himself to take part in this nonsense. He is a cut above in terms of ring IQ skills and stamina and could comfortably retire now having proved himself to the world as the heavyweight champ. It's just wannabes who need rematches after they've been defeated and Fury just wants more money before he admits It's over.
Yeah Usyk fights for free💀
Usyk is how Old?!? Wow…
Great job by Usyk wrestling the momentum back. If Fury was less concerned with winning the ego battle and completely dialed in during the 7th and 8th rounds an put his foot down he probably would have got the job done.
According to one judge he must have been leading by three points at one stage early!
Excellent
Measuring is actually illegal according to the rules.
Why is measuring illegal?
@@ArranVid You would have to ask the writer's of the Marquess Queensbury rule book for boxing as I could only guess but it's in there. My guess is they don't want the fighter gauging range or using stiff arming/long guard in such a manner so it would require more coordination & reaction time and basically make fighters more reliant on skill.
@@ArranVid Because it's in the boxing rules!
Yes but so are rabbit punches, holding and hitting, elbows....
@@samueldowney2806 Yeap and alot more when you read the Marquess Queensbury rules. Particularly Back hands 👍
Long arming isn't allowed. It's a foul and he gets away with it constantly
Great analysis here. I see a bit of Bruce Lee style in the negating of Fury's long reach. Great channel 👍
nice breakdown
these two are a one point fight on any given day. looking forward tio the rematch if it ever happens.
Very good analysis. Very interesting. But you have to buy a better microphone. :)
A lot of fans underestimate how heavy gloves are, especially once you start sweating in them.
A said it when the fighters were in the corners coming out for the 7th this where usyk will pick it up but the first thing that was clear to see was that usyk attacked fury body early and that also played a big factor as that was probs the biggest target on show in that fight and usyk been the smart fighter he is took full advantage of it and with his constant pressure feinting feet movement and also his choices of what punches to throw doesn't get talked about much so I'm glad this guy covered that in this video and well said about fury long lead hand most heavyweights struggle with that
Both Great Sweet Science Boxers but Usyk just has a game plan and sticks to it...u can tell when a Great Boxer is just utilizing his skill as a Boxer vs a Great Boxer who is actually out there strategizing.
wow great analysis, thanks for the vid. I dunno what`s up with these ukrainians but they straight born fierce warriors.
Great video. Big difference for Fury outboxing Deontay Wilder vs trying to outbox Usyk. There is a reason why one guy was a gold medalist and the other wasn't. That's not to say that Fury isn't a good boxer, but Usyk overcoming 5" height and 40 lb weight disadvantages is simply amazing.
Thank you for your great analysis, do you think Fury has a chance in the rematch, and more important:
What should he do differently and what tactical advises would you give him in order to win this match?
I think he would have a chance. I wouldn't count anyone out completely. However I wouldn't favor him to win. He showed he can't keep up with Usyk so his best chance is knocking him out which is unlikely to happen
To beat Usyk, you must use the same tactics Teo used to beat Lomachenko. Pull counter every entrance with a right hand/uppercut. Double jabs right hand to the body. jab and pivot with all angle changes.
Fantastic analysis, as usual, thank you. Assuming the rematch happens, do you think Fury will switch to a high guard, no biting on the feints, approach, just like AJ did in Jeddah ? Or will he try to entice Usyk to move foward more, to catch him with uppercuts, as you explained ?
Also, do you think that crouching down and jabbing to Usyk's body would be an effective tactic for Fury ?
He has to try something...Usyk is and was the favourite for me...and Fury has to be on his A game...and have a plan. Usyk knows he has the superior stamina so comes strong on the back end...and he scores enough all the fight to wear his man down and score enough pts. I wonder what would happen if Fury goes in with the intention to take him out in 8...go in heavy...and go toe to toe...and on the front foot. I he fights the same way again, he'll lose...and he can't be getting caught to those big left shots again either...his team have got some work to do...bit like Ali vs Foreman...need a plan that works for him...
@@nialloneill5097 Toe to toe does not strike me as the best option for Fury. It means giving away his reach advantage, or even conceding an advantage to Usyk, since shorter arms translate to faster hands at close range. And clinches does not seem effective against Usyk, he knows how to break them - I don't recall seeing Fury put his weight on him, the way he did against Wilder. My current view on the topic would be that Fury should combine a high guard, devoid of hand-fighting, with snappy jabs, as well as jabs to the body (crouching down). Fury could alternate that with a more hands-down approach, trying to catch Usyk with uppercuts on his way in. He should also put combinations together, following up on a landed uppercut with a left hook.
@@BenjaminT-m9v Agree...I did not mean toe to toe per se....more about being on the front foot...maybe try some spoliing too. He has to cover his chin from that looping left somehow...some of those hits were thuddering. Agree the uppercut was working for him...would it help to put that bit of weight on...and slug it more. It worked with Wilder 2, although I just sense Usyk is on another level to the other fighters...and Tyson seems to have gone downhill a bit with his lifestyle and trilogy fights with Wilder. Usyk looks fitter, stronger and faster...feet and hands. A big Q when fighting him is...can he be dropped? If not, I do not see anyone beating him.
The big difference between the two is that fury seems to do pretty much the same thing in every fight. It’s just fury being fury. Usyk is a boxing mastermind adopting to different fighters and executing his game plan with precision. he won with fury creating his Tactics just by watching Fury’s fights. Now he checked in real fight what worked what didn’t. the rematch will be even more decisive win for usyk.
Excellent Video! Anyone who doesn't believe this method, hold your dominant hand out for 3mins, while moving it up and down every 5 seconds.. I'll wait!😮 I tried it and couldn't make 2 mins! Such A Sweet Science! 😮 Uysk is the best of this generation!
Easy peasy 😏
I recommend getting a proper mic my friend
Agree overall. Just two points: You call the fight "incredibly close" a couple of times. But it only was close on the judges' scorecards. In reality, Fury won 5 rounds at best. Add in the 10:8 round for Usyk and you'll see that the Ukrainian should have won comfortably on points. The second thing: Another key to winning was taking the sting out of Fury's uppercuts. Usyk did so by stepping in deep and very far to the right, creating strange angles in the second half of the fight. Personally, I found that even more impressive than his feint game!
Disappointed that you didn't spend more time discussing Fury's adjustment in the middle rounds (4-6) and Usyk's counter adjustment later on.
Excellent, been waiting for this video! If there is one person I want to see a breakdown of this fight it's you.
So you're saying Fury's own adjustment was what enabled him to start taking control from Rnd 4? but then surely there was something else key form Uysk in 7 or 8 which really turned the tide back again, or was this literally Fury starting to tire out?
Thank you! There were several factors leading to Usyk taking over again. One of them which I didn't do a segment on in the video is he started to take deep outside angle steps to get around the counter uppercuts
@@HiddenGemBOX A video on that is what we want to see, as that was the key to the fight going his way again, and I still don't understand how it happened!
Fury needed to use his right as a block than punch following every 2nd throw with a left to usycks body easy work while turning usyk into the body punch switching it to an uppercut
This fight was much wider than the scorecards illuded to. I thought Fury won 3-4 rounds at the most, and those rounds were not lopsided like many of Usyk's.
Fury was very good but not enough cause Usyk show amazing heart and determination to win. And he did win , become the first undisputed champion in 21th century, history will remember him for that. The second fight gonna be different cause Fury will have more determination to win than ever before, i think Fury will win by score 8 Fury to 4 Usyk round
Usyk's playing chess while the rest are playing checkers.
Would Fury beat Usyk is he had more stamina?
if that stamina translated into more punch volume for fury, that would certainly make it a harder fight for usyk. but that is like asking if usyk could put 50lb of more muscle on, would it be easier to ko fury? Fury is pushing 40, likes to drink and use drugs. he doesn't know what it means to be in that usyk level shape.
@@ojo2988I’d agree with this. At this point, I can’t see Fury being able to make adjustments to beat Usyk. Especially now that he has lost his unbeaten record, and lost his belts. Fury has thrived off the idea of him being unbeatable and the best of the best. Now that illusion is shattered and he’s stepping back into a ring with someone that has beaten him, and knows how he fights. I think Fury is going to be incredibly nervous all the way until December. It might bring out the best in him on the night or he could get his shit rocked again
Very interesting 😂
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Not that I want Fury to win. But he would of studied his loss. He can only grow longer arms to win. Hopefully for him. Another 10inches by December 2024.
I am no expert on boxing so excuse me if my question maybe is rather stupid. Fury is using a long guard defense. But could the opponent not just strike the arm with heavy blows? Lets say 50 hard hits at the elbow area.
Yes that is another viable tactic. Just not one Usyk utilized
thts a very interesting observation, I don't think I've ever seen a boxer use tht strategy. I wonder how effective tht could be? I suspect it's risk v reward bc throwing punches usually leaves you exposed for counters, so while your busy attacking his arm, he's counterpunching to your head.. prob not a winning formula though.
This is great analysis, but your audio is clipping. You have the input level too high on your mic. This is a big no-no. People can handle grainy video but they will not stick around for bad audio. Just turn down the input level a bit and your videos will perform MUCH better! Cheers.
You know what, that's what it has to be. I noticed my mic was set higher than usual halfway through recording, and I just rolled with it. I'll lower it back down next time.
@@HiddenGemBOX no worries! I’m Just an audio nerd trying to help.
Your genius
Usyk did a fantatic job. I was on the bigger is better hype train.
Ali would wipe the floor with Fury.