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 modern boxing scene. For sure, the person has attention-grabbing issues to say in regards to the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, which can 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 method for the second battle. All he wants, he argues, is to do extra of the identical, simply at the next quantity. Lewis isn’t shopping for it.
“No, it’s not so simple as that,” stated 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 centered angle and having the ability to throw much more punches.” The reality, nonetheless, is that Lewis isn’t bought on the argument that Fury is just going to do extra of the identical in his rematch with Usyk.
“I don’t suppose he desires to provide an excessive amount of away,” Lewis admitted, “and I believe we’re going to get a special 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 finest Usyk, although?
Though smaller than the towering Fury, Usyk is a profoundly expert fighter. What’s extra, he has a historical past of doing nicely in opposition to 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 nicely in Lewis’ time, Lewis made it clear the undefeated Usyk would slot in nicely. “He would have gotten on good,” Lewis stated of Usyk. “Simply have a look at how Evander Holyfield acquired 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 preventing the favored titlist to an especially controversial draw the earlier March.
