This week’s panellists had been requested to choose a winner in a possible heavyweight blockbuster between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury
Paul Butler (WBO bantamweight belt-holder)
Wow, that’s a fantastic combat. Perhaps it wouldn’t have been two or three years in the past however since Fury has joined up with Sugar Hill his model has modified: he goes for the KO, he presses fights, he appears to be like for the large photographs, and he hits the physique nicely. If there may be one man who can counteract that, it’s Usyk. Measurement could play an element in that one. Fury makes use of his measurement quite a bit higher than AJ. He holds and leans on opponents as we noticed with Deontay Wilder. If I used to be pressured to guess on it, I’d go Fury shut on factors.
Wayne Alexander (Former European super-welterweight champion)
A combat between Usyk and Fury may transform a little bit of a chess match, with Usyk attempting to counter Fury when he makes errors. I consider Tyson is simply too massive, tall, robust and rangy, although, and would beat Usyk on factors together with his lengthy straight photographs.
Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender)
I’m an enormous Usyk fan and have been because the amateurs. I known as the AJ outcome whereas he was nonetheless a cruiserweight, however Tyson Fury is an entire completely different scenario. He’s a 6’9 monster, a fantastic mover and might whack. I’d discover it onerous choosing anybody over Fury, however Usyk would make it very fascinating given the issues Fury has had with smaller males prior to now (Steve Cunningham). Proper now, I’d decide Fury.
Eric Donovan (Featherweight contender)
The dimensions of Fury and his awkward, elusive model is an issue for any man. He has nice defensive expertise, good stamina, and a fantastic coronary heart. Usyk, nonetheless, is a purist, too. He’s technically gifted and doesn’t sit within the pocket to permit these greater heavyweights to lean on him or put on him down. He can field and transfer for 12 rounds and his engine has been examined and confirmed. I ponder how Fury would cope if he fell a pair rounds behind.
