A gum-chewing, hoodie-wearing Tyson Fury weighed in at 281 pounds, and the unified heavyweight champion moved up to 226 pounds at his weigh-in on Friday. DAZN PPV A rematch in the main event tomorrow night on Saturday, December 21 in Riyadh.
Fury weighed 21 pounds heavier than the 262 pounds he came in with in his previous bout against Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) seven months ago on May 18. After today’s weigh-in, Fury threw some air punches and looked solid for him.
Weights
Tyson Fury: 281
Oleksandr Usyk: 226
Fury mobilizes for a rematch
We don’t know if the extra weight will help or hinder Fury on Saturday night against the lighter, faster and more athletic Usyk. We saw how heavyweights were in the 1920s Primo Carnera He failed to use his massive size at over 280 pounds when fighting smaller fighters.
Could this be the same situation for Fury on Saturday night? Bigger isn’t better when fighting talents like Usyk, and that could mean Fury will make a louder noise when he hits the canvas.
“There will be no surprises. Usyk will be great. He’s great every time,” Eddie Hearn said. DAZN boxing Yet Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk weigh in today in their rematch.
“I think a lot of this depends on what Tyson Fury brings to the fight. Last time, it was a close fight. People are talking like it was a vindication of the last time. It was a very competitive fight. Tyson is going to have to do something extraordinary tonight.” tomorrow.
“He’s capable of it. We’ve seen it in the past. Can he produce it tomorrow night? We’ll see. I’d love to see him do it. It’s great for boxing. The first fight was one of the best heavyweight fights I’ve ever seen. I’m very happy that we were able to Seeing the rematch Hearn said: “Fury is good at it, but it’s very difficult to compare him to the greatness of Oleksandr Usyk at the same time.”
