‘Why Oleksander Usyk will lose to Tyson Fury’: Sergio Mora

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Sergio Mora a former world middleweight champion gave reasons why Oleksander Usyk will lose to Tyson Fury in the upcoming undisputed world heavyweight title bout.

During the contest, Usyk who is the WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight champion will be facing the WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Mora listed several reasons why the smaller man, Oleksander Usyk, would lose.

‘I’m gonna favour Tyson Fury. It’s not off their last performance, it’s gonna be out of styles making fights.

‘But size is something as well, and the size difference is gonna be way too big … If Fury was a stationary target then I’d favour Usyk, I think he’s brilliant.

‘But the fact that Tyson Fury is so good with his upper body, foot feints, moving around, mauling opponents, clinching, backing up, he has all the intangibles of a big man … Size matters, and no matter how great you are as a boxer size will trump all that.’

Mora went on in his praise for Fury, saying that there was one important thing he had never seen in Usyk: ‘being an offensive machine’.

‘Usyk has nowhere near the size of Wilder, nowhere near the power of Wilder. Totally different fighter. I think it’s gonna be a style match-up that Fury adapts to really well. Fury’s a wily fighter, man.

‘ Fury’s one of these fighters that can be on the back foot or he can be a slugger on the front foot. He can make it a dirty fight on the inside, mauling opponents. We’ve seen a little bit of everything with Fury.

‘With Usyk we haven’t really seen him be a real offensive machine [at heavyweight]. Only when he has opponents hurt, and he’s still careful doing it.’

Usyk hired big orthodox boxers as sparring partners ahead of the match, according to an insider. Since Usyk is neither big nor a known deadly puncher, many are likely to underrate him ahead of the bout.