It is widely believed that Tyson Fury, the former WBC heavyweight champion, needs to take risks and be aggressive in his rematch with WBA/WBC/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) fought passively in the first fight with Usyk on May 18, hanging on the ropes, in the showboat, and being harassed by the hard-working Ukrainian talent in a twelve-round decision loss in Riyadh.
The Need for Training Reform
Although Fury, his team, and loyal fans believed that he won that fight, two judges worked for the fight and most of the people who watched the fight did not have that misconception.
Fury was out and should have been sent off in the ninth otherwise because the referee saved him by giving a strange, odd figure of eight that made no sense at all. Fortunately, that weird song didn't change the final outcome of the fight because if it had, the fans would have been very upset.
Some believe that Fury needs to get rid of his coaches, SugarHill Steward and Andy Lee in order to find good coaches who can correct the mistakes in his game. Most would agree that Fury was a better fighter when Peter Fury and Ben Davison trained him. He was fast, cunning, and hard to beat. He wasn't playing, and he was always wandering around.
Limitations of SugarHill
SugarHill's main contribution to Fury's game, the clinching and leaning bit, has been completed and only worked against Deontay Wilder and British travelers Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora.
Seemingly out of ideas, SugarHill is of no help to Fury and needs to agree with a world-class coach who can adjust his game in time for the Usyk rematch. Fury is rich now and can afford the best trainer his vast fortune can buy.
SugarHill's lean ideas and roughhouse tactics were helpful in the Wilder fight, but they won't work against Usyk. He tried them one last time, and they failed completely.
There is no top trainer Fury could afford now, and he needs to take this step soon because if he loses to Usyk again, it will take away a lot of interest in a fight with Anthony Joshua.
It wouldn't go unchallenged anymore, and Fury would look dejected as he entered with an 0-2 record in his last two fights. His Majesty has made it clear that he will continue with the Joshua fight, regardless of the outcome of his match with Usyk, but Tyson is proud, and it will eat him inside to continue this fight. those conditions.
“SugarHill Steward and Andy Lee are a great combination. There is a lot of skill, a lot of experience, and diversity in both men,” said boxing analyst Gareth A. Davies speaking to Boxing Kingdom about whether Tyson Fury should leave his training team and start with a new team. his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21.
I don't see anything meaningful that Lee and Sugarhill have added to Fury's game that any coach could teach. How hard is it to show a fighter how to lean, grapple, and be strong?
“Tyson Fury has to go out there and produce a different kind of performance against Oleksandr Usyk in December in their rematch. He can beat Oleksandr Usyk. I think Usyk is the back favorite going into their second fight.
“He became a real winner for the first time in the twelfth round [by a twelve round split decision on May 18th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]. Fury has the right attitude going into it. He has to put it in himself and put it in hard,” said Gareth.
Whether or not Fury won for the twelfth time is unknown. Usyk lost the fight and should have been eliminated in the ninth. For Fury's fans to try to console themselves with his loss by saying that he should have won the twelfth is meaningless. He lost and was well beaten.
“He should take more risks in the second fight. I still think it will be a close, hard-fought contest. I wouldn't change [training] the group [for Fury]. But this time what Shane said, they are very happy with Andy Lee and SugarHill Steward,” said Davies.
If Fury sticks with Lee and SugarHill until the bitter end, he must be willing to lose every fight until he retires because that will happen. Fighting hard will not work for Usyk because he shines every time he attacks. All he needs is walking.
“I think changing it now is not a good thing to do. I thought Tyson won the last round though. I called Tyson the last round. I don't agree with everything he said about Oleksandr Usyk; he has an uneducated style,” said Davies.
A change of training is necessary for Fury; he should have done it immediately after his loss to Usyk. He should have taken the broom and swept SugarHill and Lee out of the gym. Fury needs new ideas and he won't get them if he keeps his current coaches. As the saying goes, 'Keep the garbage out.' He's getting hit a lot now, and he doesn't have the chin to take punches, even with a light heavyweight like Usyk.
Fury needs to ditch those two trainers, lose 30+ lbs, and work on his movement to get back to what he was when he beat Klitschko in 2015.
Fury's Attitude
“What I like is the way he behaved in the second fight. I want him to win. I want to see him fight Anthony Joshua. I want to see him face Anthony Joshua to win the title that no one holds,” said Gareth.
Davies talks about liking Fury's form, but he hasn't fought since his loss to Usyk, so how would he know? Are you going by Fury's comments alone? He talked a good game before his fight with Usyk last May, and look what happened?
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