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Deontay Wilder’s coach breaks down why Tyson Fury will LOSE to Oleksandr Usyk unless he reverts to former style

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TYSON FURY won’t get the better of Oleksandr Usyk unless he goes back to the style he used to dethrone Wladimir Klitschko in 2015.

The WBC king is hoping to lock horns with the unified heavyweight champ in an undisputed title fight later this year.

Tyson Fury is confident of blasting through new unified heavyweight champ Oleksandr UsykCredit: Getty
Slick southpaw Usyk dethroned Anthony Joshua in SeptemberCredit: PA
Wilder’s head coach Malik Scott reckons Fury will have to get back to his old elusive ways to be successful against UsykCredit: AFP

Fury is confident of walking through Usyk following his 11th round KO of Deontay Wilder in October, although The Bronze Bomber’s head coach Malik Scott doesn’t foresee this version of the Gypsy King beating the slick southpaw.

He told ES News: “I believe the Fury that fought Wladimir Klitschko gives Usyk all kinds of fits.

“The movement, reflexes. This Fury right now, Usyk would beat… this Fury is easier to hit than any Fury before.”

Before Fury can think about getting his hands on Usyk, he must first get through his mandatory title defence against fellow Brit Dillian Whyte.

SunSport understands the long-awaited Battle of Britain was tentatively in the works for late February.

But Fury’s co-promoter Bob Arum recently cast doubt over the bout by claiming Whyte is being ‘greedy’ with his purse demands.

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He told iFL TV: “Dillian Whyte could have that fight. We would do that fight.

“But they’re – in our view – very greedy with what they’re asking.

“We’ve offered them a big, good deal.

“A purse deal far more than they’ve ever gotten in any fight, and that hasn’t moved them.

“So we’ve talked to the head of the WBC – Mauricio Sulaiman – and he said ‘look, it breaks my heart, but go find another opponent, fight without the WBC title and we’re not gonna take it away from you’

“Dillian Whyte really, and his people, should come to the table and fight Tyson Fury, but that’s not likely to happen so they’re going to play out the arbitration.”

The 90-year-old added: “If he can think he can win and take the WBC title, stop cr around with the arbitration and looking to push for the biggest dollar.

Dillian Whyte is currently the mandatory challenger for Tyson Fury’s WBC strapCredit: GETTY

“Tyson is the bigger attraction, no-one has heard of Dillian Whyte in the United States really.

“We have offered him a deal with 25 per cent and a guarantee and let him negotiate from that, but again he says he wants eight-figures over ten million which is out of the question.

“The WBC will be talking about 25 per cent and 75 per cent from the champion but he needs to come to the table with a normal type of negotiation.”

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