One of the sport’s great entertainers who brought big money to the lighter divisions for the first time — Prince Naseem Hamed.
Hate or love it, it is true. A powerful fighter in his day.
Before he came up against Marco Antonio Barrera who caught him unmotivated.
“So I rate him (Fury). He’s put his stamp on the sport. We’ve got nothing but love for the Fury’s and Tyson Fury. I want him win (against Usyk) and do well. He’s got to come out, he’s got to keep him (Usyk) on his jab. He’s got to control the fight in the centre of the ring. He’s got to hit him with those uppercuts that he was hitting him with. He’s got to hit him hard and make sure that he tries to hurt him in the early rounds, and that’s how he wins.”
Some wise advice there.
Certainly Fury hurt Usyk in the fight even if the latter did not show it.
He was hurt.
A reported broken jaw in recent months is seeing Usyk take some rest time, furthermore.
He’ll be back though like all great champions, Usyk.
It is up to Fury to convince him otherwise with more calculated aggression this time.
This biggest heavyweight title fight surely of the last twenty five years come December 21st.
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