"Changed my mind": Wilder's trainer names the trick Fury will use against Usyk

The owner of the World Boxing Council (WBC) belt, Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs), will try to fight Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) at a lighter weight than usual. In this way, the Gypsy King, as the Manchester native is known, will try to offset the Ukrainian's speed advantage.

This opinion was expressed in an interview with the YouTube channel iFL TV by American trainer Malik Scott, who works with Deontay Wilder (43-3-1, 42 KOs), the DAZN portal writes. According to the expert, Fury in his perfect form should beat Usyk, and the fight itself promises to be very exciting.

"In fact, at first I was for Usyk, but then I saw Tyson Fury, who was 13 kilograms lighter than usual, and that changed my mind. He moved and looked like the good old Fury, which for me is the best version of Fury and not so vulnerable. This is a very good fight. We have Usyk as a lefty and we know what he has to offer. And we have Tyson. We know what he'll offer when he's in shape and mentally ready," Scott said.

Earlier, two "moles" were found in Fury's team, and it also became known that the former Russian champion will return to the boxing event in Saudi Arabia. Also, British bookmakers changed their quotes for the fight and stopped considering their compatriot a favorite.

Before that, Tyson mentioned the war in Ukraine. In turn, Oleksandr told what he would do if the Briton refused to enter the ring on May 18.

In turn, the former world champion Carl Froch in the second middleweight division questioned the holding of the Usyk-Fury fight. It became known what advice Volodymyr Klychko gave to Oleksandr. Also, the USSR champion Yuriy Arbachakov expressed confidence that the Ukrainian would have to take risks in the fight.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, promoter Oleksandr Krasiuk spoke about the problem with holding the fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury on May 18. The Ukrainian boxer himself named the main strength of the opponent.

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