By: Sean Crose
If anybody is aware of a factor or two about excessive degree championship boxing, it’s one Lennox Lewis, the previous undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, in addition to an all time nice. Now lengthy retired, Lewis’ opinion carries weight when he speaks in regards to the up to date boxing scene. For sure, the person has fascinating issues to say in regards to the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, which is able to go down in Saudi Arabia on December 21t.
On a current interview with Battle Information, Lewis weighed in on the truth that Fury, who misplaced a squeaker to Usyk on the playing cards their first battle, claimed he gained’t change a lot about his strategy for the second battle. All he wants, he argues, is to do extra of the identical, simply at a better quantity. Lewis isn’t shopping for it.
“No, it’s not so simple as that,” mentioned Lewis. “He (Fury) does must make some changes. If he didn’t make any changes, then he would lose the battle once more. He must make some changes to win the battle, so he positively has to go in there with a targeted angle and having the ability to throw much more punches.” The reality, nevertheless, is that Lewis isn’t offered on the argument that Fury is just going to do extra of the identical in his rematch with Usyk.
“I don’t suppose he needs to present an excessive amount of away,” Lewis admitted, “and I believe we’re going to get a unique Tyson for this battle. I believe he realizes what he did fallacious within the first battle.” With a capability to battle expertly as each a defensive and an offensive fighter, Fury is certainly a person with quite a few instruments in his toolbox. Will they be sufficient to greatest Usyk, although?
Though smaller than the towering Fury, Usyk is a profoundly expert fighter. What’s extra, he has a historical past of doing properly towards greater males. Not solely has he bested Fury within the ring, Usyk has additionally handily defeated former world titlist Anthony Joshua on not one, however two events. When requested how Usyk would do properly in Lewis’ time, Lewis made it clear the undefeated Usyk would slot in properly. “He would have gotten on good,” Lewis mentioned of Usyk. “Simply take a look at how Evander Holyfield received on.” Holyfield, like Usyk, efficiently made the leap from cruiserweight to heavyweight throughout his profession.
Suffice to say, Lewis defeated Holyfield in November of 1999 after combating the favored titlist to a particularly controversial draw the earlier March.
