Former world champion David Haye predicts that Oleksandr Usyk will win on Saturday towards Tyson Fury however he’s undecided if the judges will give him the victory of their heavyweight championship battle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury’s Southpaw Struggles
Haye notes that WBC champion Fury has had issues preventing southpaws prior to now, and he’s now going through one of many best-ever heavyweight southpaws in IBF/WBA/WBO champion Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs).
Haye mentions that Fury had issues in his final battle when Francis Ngannou turned southpaw and seemed clueless.
That was towards a fighter who had by no means boxed earlier than. Haye additionally mentions that Fury had enormous points in his conflict towards the southpaw Otto Wallin, who backed him up towards the ropes and labored him over in a detailed battle.
Haye’s Prediction and Considerations
“I do assume Uysk goes to win. Whether or not he will get the choice or not is a special matter,” mentioned David Haye to BoxNation, selecting Oleksandr Usyk to defeat Tyson Fury. “I assumed Ngannou beat Tyson Fury. If Ngannou can beat Tyson Fury in a ten-round battle, then Usyk can beat Tyson Fury.
It wouldn’t be the primary time that Fury received a controversial determination if he’s victorious towards Usyk in a theft. Fury’s final battle towards Ngannou was controversial, as was his match towards John McDermott.
In fact, all of us noticed the primary and third fights with Deontay Wilder, who appeared to knock Fury out, however the referees didn’t cease the fights. There are a lot of questions on why Fury’s battle with Wallin wasn’t stopped after he acquired a foul lower in spherical two.
Followers imagine that if Fury wasn’t common, the referee would have stopped the battle and Wallin would have received.
“I’m positive Tyson goes to be in considerably higher form this time than final time. However the actuality is I watched someone have their first ever boxing match and beat him in my scorecard and many individuals’s scorecards.
Haye’s Doubts About Fury’s Boxing Abilities
“Additionally the truth that Tyson Fury doesn’t seem to benefit from the southpaw type. Otto Wallin was capable of have a great deal of success pushing him towards the ropes and lower his eye badly. Tyson additionally received lower in sparring in February,’ mentioned Haye.
“Even when Ngannou turned southpaw, Tyson had no solutions. He’s imagined to be the considerably higher boxer, however he couldn’t determine him out. I feel it’s the southpaw type, and now he’s preventing one of many best ever heavyweight southpaws,” mentioned Haye.
