OLEKSANDR USYK has been keeping a sharp head in his final preparations for Tyson Fury.
The undefeated Ukrainian will attempt to become two-time undisputed champion when he faces the Gypsy King for all the heavyweight marbles on May 18.
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Fan favorite Usyk will have significant height and reach disadvantages when he takes down the WBC title holder.
The southpaw’s path to victory lies in utilizing his speed, footwork and head movement – the last of which he has been fine-tuning ahead of the Saudi clash.
New footage from the 37-year-old’s training camp showed him extensively practicing his bobby and weaving.
Usyk, of course, brilliantly kept his head off the center line in his back-to-back wins over Anthony Joshua.
Although he was helped by AJ’s bizarre decision to not utilize his attributes and try to outdo him.
Fury, 35, could well opt to take a similar approach in the first undisputed heavyweight title fight in nearly 25 years.
Although his recent admission that the former cruiserweight king “has more than boxing ability” than him suggests he will take a different approach.
It would make sense for Fury to stay out of the pocket and keep Usyk at the end of his 85-inch career power blow.
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As do carefully timed blitzes when he hits something noteworthy from a distance.
If he decides to face Usyk in the pocket, he will find himself eating punches in droves from all angles.
The physical advantages that Fury possesses over fan favorite Usyk have made him the bookies’ favorite to win the historic unification fight.
But warrior Wythenshawe recently told Queensberry Promotions: “It’s not going to come down to, ‘Is he bigger than me or is he smaller than me.
“I think it will depend on who wants it the most that night.
“If he wants it more than me, he’ll win and if I want it more than him, I’ll win, but either way, I think we’re in for a real treat.”
The fury is savoring the challenge of becoming the first man to defeat good operator Usyk in the professional ranks, saying, “Usyk is a bad man.
“He is a very bad man and any underestimation of Oleksandr Usyk – you would be a scoundrel.
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TYSON FURY is one of the greatest characters in sport.
“I’m training a lot for him, I’m doing everything I can, I respect Usyk as a man.
“I respect his career too, he was an Olympic champion, had 350 amateur fights or something like that.
“And he’s been an undisputed cruiserweight champion and he’s a unified heavyweight champion.
“So you have to respect that.
“I’m not fighting a guy who did 14 and won 11, I’m fighting a real guy, as real as Holyfield.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
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