Famous Ukrainian welterweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk named the favorite in the confrontation between WBA, WBO, IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and WBC world champion Tyson Fury.
"I'll put it this way. As soon as Usik moved to the heavyweight division, and Fury beat Wilder around the same time, I thought it was going to be very difficult for Sasha. And even more so. Back then I didn't see how he could beat Fury at all. And now I'm even leaning a little more in Usik's favor. It's about 60/40. Because I know how he works. And because I see something going wrong with Fury at the same time. The mind games from Sasha have worked. I think Usik is really sitting in Fury's head. That's the first point. The second point is that it's been a while since Fury had an inarticulate fight with a very shallow Cunningham. What if Fury, who has twice beaten the scary and huge puncher Wilder, has the skill to counter well against opponents like this - big, strong and punching? And what if his Achilles' heel is fast, maneuverable and small boxers like Sashka Usik? That's why I have Usik as my favorite. That said, I wouldn't write Fury off. It's a dangerous fight. Anything can happen," quotes Gvozdik vRINGe.
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