Forecasting the match Tyson Fury – Oleksandr Usyk from “defeated special general”

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk once fought a special puncher, so looking at that, we can partly predict the scenario of the upcoming classic belt unification match…

The upcoming world classic boxing heavyweight title unification match between Tyson Fury – Oleksandr Usyk is also the first time these two undefeated boxers have fought. But what’s interesting is that in the past, both Fury and Usyk fought against the same fierce opponent, Derek Chisora, a British boxer who won the WBO, WBA international belts as well as the European heavyweight championship.

Usyk defeated Chisora ​​by points after 12 rounds in October 2020, thereby winning the WBO intercontinental heavyweight title. That was also the first title after Usyk moved from cruiseweight to fight in the heavyweight division.

With Tyson Fury, the “2.06m tall monster” technically knocked out Chisora ​​in the 10th round of the WBC title defense in December 2022. That was the time when Chisora ​​was about to turn 39 and her performance was also clearly declining.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will enter the historic classic heavyweight title unification matchon February 17.

Of course, the timing and developments of the matches Usyk and Fury fought with Chisora ​​were different. But the statistics from those matches, the way Usyk and Fury showed off their skills and strength against the same opponent who had an Orthodox stance and was once among the top heavyweight punchers in the world like Chisora, is somewhat relevant. can reveal the prediction when Usyk and Fury fight on February 17.

First look at the number of punches Usyk and Fury rained on Chisora. In more than 10 rounds before the technical knock-out of his opponent, Tyson Fury launched 226 jabs (straight punches) with an accuracy rate of 27.9%.

Meanwhile, the number of jabs Usyk threw at Chisora ​​was one and a half times more than Fury’s, 384 jabs, but the accuracy rate was more modest, 22.7%.

The accuracy rate of Fury’s power punches against Chisora ​​was 55.7%, also higher than Usyk’s (36.9%). However, as mentioned, Chisora’s timing and form when fighting Fury have decreased and are quite different from when he fought with Usyk.

Tyson Fury (right) “tortured” Chisora ​​with heavy blows in the confrontation at the end of 2022

The next important parameter is the number of attacks that Chisora ​​rained on Usyk and Fury. If you look here, you can clearly see the difference in Usyk’s fighting style, the puncher is considered to have extremely smart moves and always knows how to control the ring, compared to a Fury who is 2.06m tall and weighs nearly 130cm. bulky kg.

Indeed! Against Chisora, Usyk let his opponent launch 267 jabs but the success rate was only 10.9%. In other words, Chisora’s jabs mostly go into… air, unable to be effective against Usyk’s smart moves and dodges.

With the number of powerful punches, Usyk’s rate of being hit by his opponent is 30.7%. For comparison, this parameter in Fury is 38.2%. Not to mention Fury was also involved in 23.4% of Chisora’s jabs.

Usyk (left) moves and dodges attacks extremely quickly and intelligently, and knows how to deliver effective left-handed attacks.

Obviously, the above parameters more or less indicate the difference in fighting style between Fury and Usyk. Not to mention looking at the performance in the most recent matches, along with the current position of the two fighters, we can understand why Tyson Fury’s father constantly reminds his son to focus as much as possible and change his ways. fight if you don’t want to “be turned into a clown by Usyk in the ring”.

Statistics of the number of hits of Usyk and Tyson Fury from the match with the same opponentDerek Chisora