Tyson Fury has formally activated his rematch clause in hopes of redemption towards his conqueror, undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The struggle will happen both late this yr or early 2025.
Arum Confirms Rematch & Joshua Battle
The ‘Gypsy King’ Fury’s promoter, Bob Arum, revealed the information of the rematch clause being triggered, which wasn’t sudden.
Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) had already stated within the ring following his 12-round break up determination final Saturday evening in Riyadh that he would pressure the rematch towards Usyk.
“That struggle will happen both on the finish of this yr or the start of subsequent yr in Riyadh,’ stated Arum to talkSPORT Boxing concerning the Fury vs. Usyk rematch.
Arum stated that Fury will get the Anthony Joshua struggle whatever the end result of his rematch with Usyk, however we already knew that might occur.
Fury’s Recognition and Marketability
Even when Fury had ten defeats, a struggle between him and Joshua would nonetheless be bankable. I’ve doubts a few Fury-Joshua struggle bringing in huge PPV numbers within the U.S. if Fury comes into the competition with consecutive defeats to Usyk. Nonetheless, it’ll do nicely within the UK, the place Tyson is an icon and is seen as somebody who can stroll on water.
Within the States, Fury ain’t the cat’s meow. He’s not a famous person. He’s simply a mean getting old heavyweight with a dad’s physique.
Fury’s celebrity-esque high quality nonetheless exists regardless of his abilities having badly deteriorated during the last three years. He can nonetheless promote a struggle together with his jokes and trash-talking, and that’s an important factor.
Few boxing followers give Fury a lot of an opportunity of beating Usyk within the rematch except he’s oddball scoring, like in his struggle with Francis Ngannou.
It won’t even get to the playing cards if Usyk jumps on Fury and the referee doesn’t interrupt the struggle to save lots of the Gypsy King. Within the rematch, you’ll be able to guess that Usyk will give attention to guaranteeing that he wins by knocking Fury out, and he has an excellent likelihood of doing so.
The mix punching that Usyk did within the ninth spherical was Fury’s kryptonite, as he was helpless when he unloaded with a 20-punch flurry. Fury wasn’t knocked out as a result of the referee inexplicably swooped in to cease the motion to provide a weird standing eight rely.
That was the weirdest factor; it tainted the struggle, leaving a darkish cloud. If that had occurred in reverse, there would have been much less backlash as a result of Usyk was the B-side within the promotion.
