A gum-chewing, jacket-wearing Tyson Fury weighed in at 281 lbs, and the unified heavyweight champion scaled in at 226 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her DAZN PPV rematch in the principle occasion tomorrow evening on Saturday, December twenty first, in Riyadh.
Fury’s weight is 21 lbs heavier than the 262 he got here in for his earlier bout in opposition to Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) seven months earlier on Could 18th. After weighing in at the moment, Fury threw just a few air punches and regarded highly effective for him.
Weights
Tyson Fury: 281
Oleksandr Usyk: 226
Fury Bulks Up For Rematch
We don’t know if the added weight will assist Fury on Saturday evening or hinder him in opposition to the lighter, quicker, and extra athletic Usyk. We noticed how the Twenties heavyweight Primo Carnera failed to make use of his large 280+ lb dimension when preventing smaller fighters.
May this be the identical scenario for Fury on Saturday evening? Greater isn’t higher when preventing abilities like Usyk, and it may imply that Fury will make a louder noise when he hits the canvas.
“There’s going to be no surprises. Usyk goes to be sensible. He’s sensible each time,” stated Eddie Hearn to DAZN Boxing following Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk weighing in at the moment for his or her rematch.
“I feel numerous this relies on what Tyson Fury brings to the battle. Final time, it was an in depth battle. Individuals are speaking prefer it was a whitewash final time. It was a really aggressive battle. Tyson goes to should do one thing extraordinary tomorrow evening.
“He’s able to it. We’ve seen it prior to now. Can he produce it tomorrow evening? We’ll see. I might like to see him do it. It’s sensible for boxing. The primary battle was probably the greatest heavyweight fights I’ve ever seen. I’m so pleased we get to see the rematch. Fury is nicely in it, however it’s very troublesome to select in opposition to the greatness of Oleksandr Usyk on the similar time,” stated Hearn.
