Boxing icon as guest at the 62nd WBC Convention: Lennox Lewis expects a “great fight” between Usyk and Fury on December 21.
Less than two weeks to go until heavyweight rivals Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury step into the ring for their highly anticipated rematch. Boxing legend Lennox Lewis explains why fans can expect another spectacle.
“I think it will be another good fight. In the end it comes down to style,” said the Brit at the WBC Congress in Hamburg in an interview with RTL Nord and sport.de. Defending champion Usyk has “a great fighting style”, Lewis praised the Ukrainian. His compatriot Fury, on the other hand, is “a big guy who also moves well and punches well. So it’s going to be a competitive fight,” said the former world champion.
What the “Gypsy King” didn’t like
Usyk and Fury will meet for the second time on December 21. Usyk narrowly won the first fight 2:1 on the scorecards after twelve rounds and was crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999. Fury suffered the first defeat of his professional career.
The “Gypsy King” didn’t like the unfamiliar feeling, said Lewis: “He’s coming to win this time. But he’s fighting someone who has never lost. That’s why it’s going to be a great fight.”
Moorer sees Usyk with an advantage against Fury
Former champion Michael Moorer is confident that Usyk will win again: “I always go for the southpaw – and Usyk is one, just like me,” he said. The US-American was the first southpaw to become heavyweight world champion in 1994 with a victory over Evander Holyfield.
Moorer’s former world championship opponent Axel Schulz also sees the Ukrainian as having the advantage. “I was wrong in the first fight,” admitted the German boxing favorite: “I wanted to see Fury win as a seasoned heavyweight. Then Usyk did it, especially because of that ninth round and the battered Fury. That was gigantic. I’m looking forward to the rematch.”
This article first appeared on sport.de
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