The biggest risk that could cause Tyson Fury to “lay on the floor” in the classic title unification match with Usyk tomorrow morning is his opponent’s uncomfortable Southpaw attack…
That is not a secret weapon. In fact, Usyk’s left-handedness and use of the very uncomfortable Southpaw stance have been predicted by many coaches and prestigious former boxers to be a difficult and risky challenge for Tyson Fury in the match. unify the classic heavyweight boxing belt tomorrow morning, May 19.
Tyson Fury, like most other boxers, is right-handed and chooses the Orthodox stance. Therefore, when encountering an opponent who is completely contrasting in stance and attack style, the risk of getting hit more often increases, which is completely understandable.
Statistics show that, in all of Tyson Fury’s matches since January 2018 until now – only counting matches lasting 6 rounds or more – the contrast in the percentage of times Fury landed punches that hit The target and the number of times he was punched, against opponents with Orthodox and Southpaw stances, were very clear and alarming for the English boxer.
For example, in the classic triology with 3 matches with the “knock-out machine” Deontay Wilder is famous for his hammer punches, but using the Orthodox stance, Tyson Fury still knows how to overwhelm his opponent in terms of number of times. hit the target.
Particularly in the Tyson Fury-Wilder 3 match in October 2021, Fury’s punch hit rate was 39% and in the opposite direction, this boxer only received 20.3% of the hits from his opponent. That means Fury’s punch/hit ratio against an opponent using the same Orthodox stance is up to +18.7%.
Similarly, in the most recent fight with former UFC king Francis Ngannou, a boxer famous for having the strongest punching power on the planet, even though he prepared for the match very poorly and negligently, Fury still punched his opponent. (31.8%) more than being hit (25.5%).
However, every time Tyson Fury faces a boxer with a southpaw stance, it is a completely different story, culminating in the fight with Otto Wallin in September 2019.
Against the Swedish puncher who was shorter in size and only at a mid-range level, but was left-handed and used the Southpaw stance, Tyson Fury shed a lot of blood and failed to win on points.
In that match, no one has forgotten the moment Fury’s face was covered in blood because his right eyelid was hit by Wallin’s backhand hook in round 3. The injury became even more serious because of the head collision in round 5. Luckily Fury was still allowed to continue competing, but immediately after the match, the British boxer had to have 45 stitches.
Before Otto Wallin, statistics showed that Tyson Fury’s hitting rate was only 27.5% while his getting hit rate was up to 38%, meaning the difference was up to -10%.
Tomorrow morning, in front of Fury will be Usyk with an undefeated southpaw stance, possessing three prestigious belts WBA, WBO, IBF and a class level that is considered much higher than Otto Wallin. Combined with the deep tear in his right eyelid sustained during a sparring practice match in early February that many experts assess as not being 100% completely healed, will Fury “lie on the floor” against Usyk?
