TYSON FURY has been warned his drastic body transformation for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk could work against him.
Photos emerging from Fury’s training camp appear to suggest he’s carrying more weight for next month’s do-or-die Saudi showdown.
The Gypsy King may have decided to come in heavier in order to rough Usyk up in their Riyadh rumble.
But former Brit world champion Duke McKenzie reckons the added size could end up working against the Wythenshawe warrior.
He told GiveMeSport: “If he puts on more weight and thinks to himself ‘I’m going to bully Usyk this time, I’m going to go in and walk him down, I’ll be able to take his shots because I’m that much bigger’, it’s not going to work for him.
“He’s going to be slower, he’s going to be more predictable, he’s going to get hit more and a lot sooner…
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“Usyk wins the rematch all day long, I can’t see how Tyson Fury beats him.”
Fury’s lifestyle outside of the ring is also a concern for former three-weight world champ McKenzie: “He [Fury] doesn’t live, eat, walk and talk the sport.
“But you’re supposed to, in-between fights is where fights are won and lost.
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“We know Fury blows up, puts on a load of weight between fights and then he has got to get rid of all that weight again.
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“Now, they’re trying to tell us that Fury is going to be bigger and better. Bigger and better isn’t going to beat Usyk. It’s really not.”
McKenzie reckons Fury doesn’t stand a chance of knocking slick southpaw Usyk out, adding: “This guy is unbeaten, so you have to look for chinks in his armour.
“Has this guy got a bad engine? Does he get cut? Does he go down?
“Does he have to get up off the floor to win fights?
“Usyk doesn’t have to do any of them, he’s never shown any vulnerability.”
Fury, 36, suffered a split decision defeat to Usyk in their first desert dust-up in May, in which he was knocked down in the ninth round.
And he’s adamant he won’t let the Ukrainian hear the final bell, saying: “I’m going to roll the dice and it’s going to be you or me.
“Best foot forward and swing away.
“I’ve never been afraid to get knocked spark out. I’ve always put it on the line every time.”
He continued: “There’s no secret! I’m going in there to knock you out. Because I don’t think I’m going to get a decision no matter what I do.
“I don’t think I’m going to get a boxing decision.
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“So I’m going to have to take it out of the judges’ hands like I did in America that time [against Deontay Wilder].
“And I’ve got to get him out of there. Hand on heart, I have to get him out of there to see victory.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
