It is said speed kills but that precision beats power and timing beats speed, so, this, coupled with punch volume and output, are important.
There is no point in either Usyk or Fury throwing a lot of punches unless they land of course.
It is about the punches that land, score and do damage in professional boxing at the end of the day.
Ahead of their big rematch next Saturday here were the punch stats from the first fight earlier this year per DAZN on X:
Fury threw more last time but Usyk landed more and was more accurate.
Fury might need to box a bit different this time in terms of distance, range and use of the jab in particular, to perfect that Kronk-style with the jab like Lennox Lewis used to use years ago.
Usyk will have plenty of tricks up his sleeve of course.
What a chess match early doors but ultimately it is heavyweight boxing.
One punch is all it takes.
