“Tony Bellew Makes SHOCKING Prediction for Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 – You Won’t Believe What He Said!”
Former boxing world champion Tony Bellew is confident that Oleksandr Usyk will secure another victory in the rematch with Tyson Fury.
Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis in 1999 when he defeated Fury back in May.
The 37-year-old secured a tight split decision win on the judges’ scorecards after an epic battle at Kingdom Arena. The official score totals read 115-112 Usyk, 114-113 Fury & 114-113 Usyk.
His Excellency, Turki Alalshikh, confirmed that the rematch between Usyk and Fury is being planned for the 21st of December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Bellew famously fought Usyk for the undisputed cruiserweight crown in 2018. The 41-year-old went on to lose to the Ukrainian via eighth-round KO.
While Fury is confident he can win the rematch, Bellew believes Usyk will be too much for the Brit. Asked if ‘The Gyspy King’ can win, the ‘Bomber’ told iFL TV: “Of course he can win, he could land a freaky punch. Anything can happen.
hink he’ll win? No. I think he’ll lose again. And this time, I think he’ll lose really, really clearly.
“Because Usyk this time will go on the back foot. And that is the worst nightmare for Tyson Fury because that’s one that he can’t control.
He continued: “Imagine what he does when he fights to his attributes and fights to his best. Because his best is fighting on the back foot.
Anyone who studies him and knows Usyk the way I know him, and I studied him, you’ll know that you’ve got to bring him to you. And that’s the way to beat him.
“But you’ve got to counter him and feint and you’ve got to be able to sharpshoot with him. You’ve got to be able to box with him. You’ve got to be able to offset him
But you’ve got to be able to continuously do all these things round after round. I couldn’t, because guess what? I got tired. I was f***ed after six rounds or seven rounds of doing it.
But it’s going to take a special guy to do that over 12 rounds. It can be done. There is a way to beat him. But these big boys just can’t do it because they don’t have the engine to stick with him.”