Duke McKenzie an absolute legend of British boxing. Duke was a three-weight world champion, having held the IBF flyweight title from 1988 to 1989; the WBO bantamweight title from 1991 to 1992; and the WBO junior-featherweight title from 1992 to 1993.
Hers a bit of history about duke, I’m from a little town called sheerness and a bloke from our gym boxed Duke 3 times as senior in amateurs and although lost all 3 on majority decisions, gave a great account of himself. Duke then went on to pros, our guy found women and that was end of that 😂
The disrespect from the British media towards Usyk is ridiculous. They act like hes a little dwarf when they talk about his size, and they totally underestimate how technically good he is. As for Garath Davies, and his Tyson Fury love affair, hes going to look very stupid when Usyk dominates Fury on fight night, that's if fury has the bottle to turn up.
Fury's time is about to come to an end. He has fought no one in their prime who has anywhere near the skillset of Usyk and he's going to have absolute kittens with a lighter, quicker, fitter champion.
Wilder's always been a poor boxer but the Wilder Fury fought was a very different beast to the Wilder Parker fought. 2013-2019 Wilder was always a handful because of his power, speed and athleticism. In the Parker fight, I just saw an old Wilder who was very ring rusty and had none of his speed and athleticism left. Wilder was so slow compared to how he was 6 years ago. Father time always catches up with fighters especially ones pushing 40 who are entirely reliant on their speed, power and athleticism like Wilder.
Are you comparing a 38yr old wilder coming off two severe Ko losses and inactivity to the 33yr old one. 500 punches a fight to 200 he did against Parker lol …. You clearly don’t understand boxing … and who has usyk for fought ? Joshua … bellew …. Gassiev … more eurobums Breidis the Latvian who pretty much beat him and the ghost of chisora who outlanded him lol
@@plug6038 - Definitely. Lewis on his day was the best Heavyweight I've ever seen. Usyk's very good but I think there are quite a lot of boxers from the past who'd beat him - Prime Ali, Prime Tyson, & Prime Foreman. Maybe even Holmes and Bowe.
@Jimbo8012 I totally agree, Lennox for me had the most devasting combination of size , speed and power I think I've ever seen, combine that with his unbelievable ring IQ and bravery and you had the perfect template for a heavyweight boxer. Usyk is a great boxer, moves well, has fabulous timing and ring IQ just like lennox had, the difference is lewis's power, and the fact he had the speed, movement and timing to land that power, I just think eventually he'd have caught up with usyk and stopped him, I suppose the best comparison you could make when it comes to a heavyweight fighter lennox fought of similar size to usyk would be holyfield, He had the speed and skill of usyk and was of similar size I guess, yet lennox coped with that speed easily, big difference there though is holyfields chin, it was made of granite! I doubt usyk could take the punches holyfield took, But just my opinion, and we'll never know
@@plug6038 holyfield doesnt comes close to usyk speed and skills what are you talking about,the only common they have is the size and yes holyfield chin is better
Usyk is going to collect all of the Infinity Stones! Fully competing the boxing game at 100% via World Gold, Olympic Gold, Muhammad Ali trophy, Undisputed Cruiserweight, Undisputed Heavyweight, Lineal, Ring Magazine, Undefeated, Pound for Pound #1, TBE, The Greatest. There’s just beauty in symmetry!
Duke has hit the nail on the head. Tyson Fury has never fought anyone as skilled as Usyk before. And the English punters who think Tyson's win over Wilder means that Fury will out boxed Usyk are deluded.
Lol. Because of his opinion. Has Usyk ever faced anyone like Fury ? All his fights were against punchers and not boxers. Fury is the balance of them all. It will be the easiest night ever
@@marcelmarizu1229 Fury has struggled in three of his last six fights and never fought anyone as good as Usyk. Fury doesn't even have power, so can't knock Usyk out early, and Usyk is a strong finisher. I haven't seen anything from Fury that leads me to believe he can beat Usyk.
@@dogpoofairy2517 lol. Fury does not have power ? Please check Wilder's face, Wladmir face and Whyte after fighting Fury. Most of you are just casuals. Who has Usyk fought in the heavyweight aside Joshua? And Joshua is not that good. Just a media hype. I love how the media makes Usyk favourite. That's when Fury makes it easy. The same way Wladmir, Whyte, Wilder will beat him easily, they ended up being his easiest fight
I’ve never seen a heavyweight like Usyk, skill level is like watching one of the lower weight classes. I have him winning by KO in a similar fashion to the Dubois fight
There were plenty of Heavyweights with his skill set or approaching it. Ali, Lewis, Holmes, Bowe etc. Usyk is very good but he's vulnerable at Heavy in a way he wasn't at Cruiser. He's not small but neither is he a natural heavy with KO power at the weight. He's also vulnerable to body shots. Lewis for example, would have knocked out Wetherspoon, Chisora, Joshua and Dubois. Usyk punch power hasn't come up to heavy - 3 decision wins in the last 5 fights. Do I think he beats Fury? Probably, but it'll be a close fight.
I certainly agree with Duke 100% I don’t think enough boxing pundits & fans alike fully appreciate just how talented Usyk really is. Take becoming the ‘World Amateur Champion’ for example; World Amateur Gold is without doubt one of the most revered and respected titles in boxing and one of the hardest titles to achieve. Winning that title means you are the ‘number one amateur boxer on the planet’. There aren’t 5 x different versions of it, like there are in professional boxing. Here in England we’ve had over a hundred different professional World title belt holders over the years but when it comes to the Amateur World Championships we’ve only ever achieved one single gold medal in the competition’s 50 year history (Frankie Gavin Chicago 2007). For Usyk to add to that with an Olympic Gold, World Undisputed Cruiserweight (Q: how many undisputed champions have we produced in England?) and now Unified HW world champion. His resumé is one of the greatest in boxing history. All that said, does that guarantee he will win 100% ? of course not. Fury’s a big old unit and will try to make it into a bar-room brawl and Usyk will need to execute a well planned strategy to counter that. But let’s start seeing some respect put on Usyk’s name by these boxing pundits. Usyk is currently the man to beat in the HW division and by some considerable margin. Fury is and should always be referred to as ‘One Huge Underdog’ against the true boxing legend that is Oleksandr Usyk
he said that Dubois should have beaten Usyk because it wasn't a low blow... so Dubois is a better fighter than Fury? Doubt it... AJ lost because he didn't throw punches with Usyk. Too cautious and reacted to every feint. Fury won't do that. Usyk is great, but Fury is way too big. It's obscene to think Usyk is not a huge underdog.
Nope ,even if fury wins by miracle, its still a cruiserweight very light on the ass heavyweight he beat..Its a crazy illusion of a lottery 🎟 🎫 ticket in boxing Fury has landed with his resume ..Not really fought anything legitimate but has so much accolade & praise...Now even the one he'll get praise for if he beats him is a cruiserweight
This is the best analysis I’ve heard of Fury vs Usyk. I’m glad Duke mentioned Usyk’s work rate because for me that is key. Apart from his many other attributes, Usyk’s work rate is intense and unrelenting, there is no opportunity for his opponent to step off the gas and take a moment as Fury often does between feints or after throwing a flurry of punches. I think his work rate and speed will flummox Fury and enable Usyk to get past his long reach to out-land him with scoring punches. Fury may even drop points if he becomes frustrated and goes a bit rogue, as we’ve seen him do before.
Well said! But refs normally turn a blind eye to Fury's dirty tactics. Like holding Cunningham's head. He even openly admitted to throwing an elbow at Ngannou. It winds me up!
@@adriangriffith42 There’s an interview with Cunningham from not long ago about this. He thinks the reaction of the ref would be different if Fury tries the same kind of tactic against Usyk. He reckons that a lot depends on your standing in the boxing world, as to whether the ref would look the other way, and in the case of a unified champion like Usyk with all his connections etc, it would cause a much bigger stink with more repercussions than it did when the ref allowed it against Cunningham.
@@justinneill5003 there is also the case where the fighter/their teams tells the ref about this before the fight. usyk and his team have undoubtably seen Tyson using these tactics and will warn the ref about it beforehand. the only thing that concerns me is that this is the same referee who was in charge of Horn vs Pacquiao which had some extremely dirty fighting by Horn that went completely unpunished by the ref
During the episode on TSB with Spencer Oliver, I’m sure Duke McKenzie stated that he thought Dubois delivered a low blow to Usyk. But here he has the opposite opinion. Could have changed his mind I guess! Legend of a boxer.
Oleksandr Usyk is the overwhelming favourite in this fight. I haven't seen hardly anybody pick Tyson Fury to win. I have only seen Fury fans picking him to win. Can't wait for this fight.
That’s not how favorites work a bunch of aj fans and fury haters saying he’s going to win. Fury been the favorite by the bookies until the ngannou fight now it’s a pick ‘em. It’s not going to be easy for either man
I think it's a fairly close fight and I'm leaning towards Usyk. However, I do think Fury raises his game significantly when he faces good opponents and Usyk definitely looks more vulnerable at Heavy than he did at Cruiser.
I hope Usyk isn’t robbed in a decision or Fury gets away with dirty tactics all night. Either way, Fury has zero chance of outboxing Usyk. His only hope is to turn it into a dogfight and knock Usyk out.
@boxingtruth2167usyk resume not great aj and a bunch of cruiserweight who would be trash in any other weight class. Cruiserweight worst division in boxing
Why is anyone surprised that some people think the highly skilled demon of a boxer could beat Fury? Usyk is INCREDIBLE and the only way Fury wins is by fighting dirty punching low blows and being GIFTED yet another decision.
I see alot of people and pundits backing fury to just wipe the floor with usyk- based on what 😂. I think usyk is very capable of beating fury duke somed it up.
He lost to Daniel dubois had the ref called the body shot correctly so there are signs hes beatable not saying Fury will win because we don't no where Fury is at mentally and physically great match up
@@arronfifajanes08 it was below the navel it was low but fury won't be looking for that type of punch he has different body mechanics. I think fury is talented boxer for a man of his size but as a natural boxer I don't rate him that high hes got very poor fundamentals on the attack. When on the defensive and counter and used his movements hes very good and very hard to beat for fighters like dubos chisora joyce and whyte b level at best. Aj usyk are elite fighters who have far more to there arsenal to beat fury of course fury can beat them but I actually think fury won't lose on ability but more how looks after himself. He likes it easy hes very slow pace fighter
@@arronfifajanes08 the aj fight will be furys last 1 if he gets passed usyk. Usyk will do things to him where furys size will be a disadvantage. Why pundits and boxing fans can't understand that idk
@boxingtruth2167 I have and dubious knocked him out had him on the canvas bent over with a legitimate shot that got ruled low blow. We will see nothings a given in heavyweight boxing pal
@@AlanBarker-lb6vu I agreed with alot of that until you called AJ elite remind me of who he's actually beaten. AJ is not elite 😂 never has been he's been fed puddings his whole career
Johny Nelson in an interview with Radio Rachim prior to Usyk vs Belew fight said that Usyk can beat every heavyweight comftarbly. When Rachim was a litle bit shocked from such a statement. Nelson said that he saw Klichko sparing for the first Fury fight. One of his sparing mates was a young guy that destroyed Klichko in two rounds. This is when Johny Nelson first saw Usyk and when he knew this guy will be a big problem for everyone. He also made a very interesting remark that Usyk boxes well within himself at ease. He can box mich better and ocasionally he rampes it up but he boxes with ease to do as much as is neaded to secure the win. Johny atributed this to Usyk not knowing how good he is and thus not boxing at the peak of his abilities. But Usyk adressed this in an old interview when he said that he does not need to use all of his tricks and go 100% when 60-70% is suficient to secure the win. He explained that this gives his opponents a sence of false confort while he can always ramp up his fighting to overcome his opponents. What i find fascinating is that this is streight from „The art of war” by Sun Tzu which Usyk has read multiple times and which he showed in an interview for Sky Sport prior to the Belews fight.
Love the way Gareth speaks with absolute authority like he's an ex world champ.😂 In reality he has probably never sparred one round against an amateur at the local gymn or even laced-up a pair of gloves.
Being a boxer or having had a spar does not make you an authority, maybe being a journalist and an educated man does- not some dumb bloke who gets hit in the head- look at Spencer Oliver he is awful and can’t speak properly
I don’t get how these “professionals” think like this😂 even bellew was up on the scorecards when he fought Usyk😂 he had a life and death with chisora and kept complaining about low blows with AJ and DDD😂 Tyson is gonna kill him
Everyone doubting fury. Ppl saying either man will walk over the other is crazy. Keep doubting fury what happens everytime we do? We will see. Y’all act like usyk don’t get hit he actually Gets hit alot
Now on the umpteenth year of making the same prediction (and I've been on a crazy prediction streak with heavies) but Duke is the most realistic prediction. If Fury actually shows up. Barring weird cuts or injuries. Yes, GIVE that we all agree a single wild punch can change anything. Yes, a McCall KOed Lennox in 2rds and so on, given both in top shape in a normal bout: - Usyk will almost immediately force Tyson Fury to 'know what he has to do'. So this feinting and junking around will be stopped as Usyk absolutely already has gut-punches for that. So every time he tries it's not worth it. Fury will stop that. - Fury will then try and bear down on Usyk with his 'genius ring IQ' sack-of-potatoes MMA tactic and keep falling forward as Usyk pivots out and tags him. - Fury will then be left with trying to land 1-2s down the pipe (which he is good at) and become very disappointed when Usyk keep coming up from under and applying a 'Russian wall attack' or whatever they call that. By round 6 Fury is going to start looking like a 'Big Oaf' and realize he's not winning by points as he cannot go into deep waters with Usyk. By 7 to 8 he starts Frankenstein launches 'GRR FIRE BADD!!' Swings that miss. .................it could get so bad that Fury finds himself falling on his face, getting jammed along ropes, taking knees and gimmicks. Question: will Fury purposely get himself disqualified so he doesn't look like a stumbling blind cyclops and lose his 'Genius Ring IQ' myth/selling point or does he just find a way to sprain and ankle and quit on the stool?
How is fury two 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Split decision with a mma fighter? A battle ridden whyte and Chisora trilogy, wilder 3 times, Tom swarche? Francisco pianeta???? Listen mate with that resume if I was Parker and Aj I’d be so angry!!!!! Fury is easily number 6/7 ? I think the top end will screw him. If fury beats usyk I still need to see more. But I doubt he will. And if he does watch him retire
Yes he won't fight Joshua as being beaten by a fellow Brit would be worse than Usyk for him no doubt. He thrives on being the Gypsy King and it would be very humbling to be knocked out by ' the body builder.' All talk and very little action. That's what I see from Fury.
Usyk is the man in the heavyweight division. Number three heavyweight Fury has a chance to get the number one heavyweight position back by beating Usyk, but it's pretty unlikely.
The GAD being shown up for what he truly is, a second rate journalist with very little boxing knowledge and certainly never laced a pair of gloves on. sad to see really as the GAD really rates himself.
Can’t for the life of me understand why on earth Duke isn’t on any of the big platforms Co commentating he’s one of the best pundits around and really knows he’s stuff .. 🥊🥊
@@richardbrennan7288 that’s he’s opinion it doesn’t take away he’s boxing knowledge..DDD did win that fight it wasn’t a low blow and in my eyes the Fury v Uysk is a 50/50 fight 🥊🥊
@@croydonsteve5433 I respect he's got a lot of boxing knowledge , and certainly a lot more than me - but it just didn't seem to be consistent "Dubois should have won" vs "fury won't win" ... it's like you've just said Dubois (a lesser fighter) really should have got the W so like what's your angle? That's just my opinion.
The TRUTH is. Nobody knows what will happen until they step in the ring. Just a friendly reminder. Everyone : "Klitschko will smoke Fury".. how did that go? Again everyone "Wilder will absolutely knock Fury into oblivion".. any news of this one? Now everyone, "Usyk will best fury".. how's it gonna go? No one learns from their mistakes? Seems so
Duke McKenzie should be the presenter and Gareth A Davis the Guest ! Duke has honest, knowledgeable and unbiased comments and he knows his sh@t about boxing 🥊
I don't know who's going to win, I'm leaning to Usyk, but Fury manages to prove me wrong basically every time I try to predict anything, I'm just glad someone gives Usyk his credit, so many over look him
Lol Evander Holyfield beat prime Tyson, Buster Douglas beat prime Tyson, Usyk can beat them all in my view... Name one heavy weight who ever boxes like Usyk, lets just be honest.. Its like Sugar Ray in heavyweight this Usyk.. So lets just stop this.. I'm not saying he will but he can..
Gareth Davies is jealous an hates Paris fury as he knows Paris would knock the fk out of him if she could read his mind where his love for tyson is on a very personal level.
Gareth A Davis did not expect to hear Tyson will lose lol 😊
They all said that when Fury faced WK and when Fury faced Wilder
Please have Duke on the show more often! He speaks a lot of sense.
Duke McKenzie an absolute legend of British boxing. Duke was a three-weight world champion, having held the IBF flyweight title from 1988 to 1989; the WBO bantamweight title from 1991 to 1992; and the WBO junior-featherweight title from 1992 to 1993.
Hers a bit of history about duke, I’m from a little town called sheerness and a bloke from our gym boxed Duke 3 times as senior in amateurs and although lost all 3 on majority decisions, gave a great account of himself. Duke then went on to pros, our guy found women and that was end of that 😂
@@dannywilliams98 great story. We can’t blame you’re mate for finding women 😂🥊👍
@@dannywilliams98
Fair Play to him on his Success,but let's not forget Duke M for his Success as well
@@mali2132 no one will ever forget Duke McKenzie, he’s a legend in he’s own right. Great ambassador of boxing and if only there were more like him 👍🏻
Pound stretcher belts 🤣
Bring Duke Mckenzie back to boxing commentary! ASAP
Yep. Intelligent, insightful and likeable.
Yeah I agree. he's very good.
@@anthonybrown3888 I agree
He broke Gareth's heart ❤
Aged like fine wine
The disrespect from the British media towards Usyk is ridiculous. They act like hes a little dwarf when they talk about his size, and they totally underestimate how technically good he is. As for Garath Davies, and his Tyson Fury love affair, hes going to look very stupid when Usyk dominates Fury on fight night, that's if fury has the bottle to turn up.
🗣️💯
IT IS REALLY GOING TO BREAK YOUR LITTLE HEART WHEN FURY KNOCKS USYK OUT.
@@maggiemaggie195 COPE HARD
Are you from the uk? If you are, then why the Fury hate? He's one of the best heavyweights we have ever produced.
@@maggiemaggie195to knock him out he will have to make it a very hard physical fight. He risks damaging himself though I personally can't see it
Duke talking down Queensbury fighters, Frank will be on the phone next to Gareth.... "what are we paying you for".
“ You’ll be hearing from my lawyers boy”
Burner@@d.b.cooper1
I saw this Bricktop calls Gareth scene play out like a Guy Richie movie. 😂
punish him for me Erol.....
😂😂😂
Fury's time is about to come to an end. He has fought no one in their prime who has anywhere near the skillset of Usyk and he's going to have absolute kittens with a lighter, quicker, fitter champion.
Duke has absolutely nailed it here.
Wtf did he say?
@seamust1181 Are you deaf?
The truth
How dare duke talk like that about gareth's lord and saviour Luke fury
Gareth still dreaming of being Paris Fury.
🤣🤣🤣
Fury’s only fought Vlad and never gave him the rematch .. wilders always been terrible as Parker proved
Wilder that terrible that Joshua avoided him.
Wilder's always been a poor boxer but the Wilder Fury fought was a very different beast to the Wilder Parker fought. 2013-2019 Wilder was always a handful because of his power, speed and athleticism.
In the Parker fight, I just saw an old Wilder who was very ring rusty and had none of his speed and athleticism left. Wilder was so slow compared to how he was 6 years ago. Father time always catches up with fighters especially ones pushing 40 who are entirely reliant on their speed, power and athleticism like Wilder.
Are you comparing a 38yr old wilder coming off two severe Ko losses and inactivity to the 33yr old one. 500 punches a fight to 200 he did against Parker lol …. You clearly don’t understand boxing … and who has usyk for fought ? Joshua … bellew …. Gassiev … more eurobums Breidis the Latvian who pretty much beat him and the ghost of chisora who outlanded him lol
@@glossy3651 who has more quality opponents, Wilder or Joshua? in my opinion AJ
@@michapalwal7784 Joshua did dodge Ortiz.
I love Duke McKenzie, where's he been? Great fighter, great commentator!
Usyk would be trouble to any boxer in history
Lennox lewis would have taken him about convincingly in my humble opinion
@@plug6038 - Definitely. Lewis on his day was the best Heavyweight I've ever seen. Usyk's very good but I think there are quite a lot of boxers from the past who'd beat him - Prime Ali, Prime Tyson, & Prime Foreman. Maybe even Holmes and Bowe.
@@plug6038 yea we will never know,your “humble opinion” will be just that
@Jimbo8012 I totally agree, Lennox for me had the most devasting combination of size , speed and power I think I've ever seen, combine that with his unbelievable ring IQ and bravery and you had the perfect template for a heavyweight boxer.
Usyk is a great boxer, moves well, has fabulous timing and ring IQ just like lennox had, the difference is lewis's power, and the fact he had the speed, movement and timing to land that power, I just think eventually he'd have caught up with usyk and stopped him,
I suppose the best comparison you could make when it comes to a heavyweight fighter lennox fought of similar size to usyk would be holyfield,
He had the speed and skill of usyk and was of similar size I guess, yet lennox coped with that speed easily, big difference there though is holyfields chin, it was made of granite! I doubt usyk could take the punches holyfield took,
But just my opinion, and we'll never know
@@plug6038 holyfield doesnt comes close to usyk speed and skills what are you talking about,the only common they have is the size and yes holyfield chin is better
Usyk is going to collect all of the Infinity Stones! Fully competing the boxing game at 100% via World Gold, Olympic Gold, Muhammad Ali trophy, Undisputed Cruiserweight, Undisputed Heavyweight, Lineal, Ring Magazine, Undefeated, Pound for Pound #1, TBE, The Greatest. There’s just beauty in symmetry!
Same guys probably said wlad will smash fury in 2015😂
I don't think he's or will be p4p no.1
And if he loses your comments, over the past 6 months will be hilarious to revisit 😂😂😂.
@@robboroberts7612same people have been saying it about fury his whole career
@@--__--........----___ you revisit youtube comments?
Duke has hit the nail on the head. Tyson Fury has never fought anyone as skilled as Usyk before. And the English punters who think Tyson's win over Wilder means that Fury will out boxed Usyk are deluded.
A boxing expert who finally talks sense, respect to Duke👍
Lol. Because of his opinion. Has Usyk ever faced anyone like Fury ? All his fights were against punchers and not boxers. Fury is the balance of them all. It will be the easiest night ever
@@marcelmarizu1229 Fury has struggled in three of his last six fights and never fought anyone as good as Usyk. Fury doesn't even have power, so can't knock Usyk out early, and Usyk is a strong finisher. I haven't seen anything from Fury that leads me to believe he can beat Usyk.
Yet never stepped foot in the ring!!
@@dogpoofairy2517 lol. Fury does not have power ? Please check Wilder's face, Wladmir face and Whyte after fighting Fury. Most of you are just casuals. Who has Usyk fought in the heavyweight aside Joshua? And Joshua is not that good. Just a media hype. I love how the media makes Usyk favourite. That's when Fury makes it easy. The same way Wladmir, Whyte, Wilder will beat him easily, they ended up being his easiest fight
😂😂😂😂..... its not sense, it just agrees with your opinion. 😂😂😂😂
It’s a no brainer, Usyk is the man.
What happens when a bullshit journalist talks to a boxong expert
Absolutely, one speaks from truth, and the fan boy speaks for his master
Get Duke on more often Talk Sport. Great analysis. Much better than Gareth bias Davies
I’ve never seen a heavyweight like Usyk, skill level is like watching one of the lower weight classes. I have him winning by KO in a similar fashion to the Dubois fight
You have him winning by being stopped himself by a body shot?
@@shitmonkyable let me guess, you also think the earth is flat and was created 10,000 years ago
And u may think usyk penus situated and inch close to belly
There were plenty of Heavyweights with his skill set or approaching it. Ali, Lewis, Holmes, Bowe etc.
Usyk is very good but he's vulnerable at Heavy in a way he wasn't at Cruiser. He's not small but neither is he a natural heavy with KO power at the weight. He's also vulnerable to body shots. Lewis for example, would have knocked out Wetherspoon, Chisora, Joshua and Dubois. Usyk punch power hasn't come up to heavy - 3 decision wins in the last 5 fights.
Do I think he beats Fury? Probably, but it'll be a close fight.
Usyk schools fury like he did Joshua completely different level
Apparently Usyk used to school Vlad in sparring. Usyk will win at least 7 rounds against Fury, then it’s up the judges and ref to not ruin it for him.
I certainly agree with Duke 100%
I don’t think enough boxing pundits & fans alike fully appreciate just how talented Usyk really is.
Take becoming the ‘World Amateur Champion’ for example; World Amateur Gold is without doubt one of the most revered and respected titles in boxing and one of the hardest titles to achieve. Winning that title means you are the ‘number one amateur boxer on the planet’. There aren’t 5 x different versions of it, like there are in professional boxing. Here in England we’ve had over a hundred different professional World title belt holders over the years but when it comes to the Amateur World Championships we’ve only ever achieved one single gold medal in the competition’s 50 year history (Frankie Gavin Chicago 2007).
For Usyk to add to that with an Olympic Gold, World Undisputed Cruiserweight (Q: how many undisputed champions have we produced in England?) and now Unified HW world champion. His resumé is one of the greatest in boxing history.
All that said, does that guarantee he will win 100% ? of course not. Fury’s a big old unit and will try to make it into a bar-room brawl and Usyk will need to execute a well planned strategy to counter that. But let’s start seeing some respect put on Usyk’s name by these boxing pundits. Usyk is currently the man to beat in the HW division and by some considerable margin. Fury is and should always be referred to as ‘One Huge Underdog’ against the true boxing legend that is Oleksandr Usyk
If Fury wins don't go making excuses for Usyk. Give Fury his respect. 😂😂😂
@@--__--........----___ naaa drug cheats don’t deserve respect
he said that Dubois should have beaten Usyk because it wasn't a low blow... so Dubois is a better fighter than Fury? Doubt it... AJ lost because he didn't throw punches with Usyk. Too cautious and reacted to every feint. Fury won't do that. Usyk is great, but Fury is way too big. It's obscene to think Usyk is not a huge underdog.
@@richardbrennan7288 low blow or not, it’s completely irrelevant. Usyk might well have got to his feet & continued if he had to.
Nope ,even if fury wins by miracle, its still a cruiserweight very light on the ass heavyweight he beat..Its a crazy illusion of a lottery 🎟 🎫 ticket in boxing Fury has landed with his resume ..Not really fought anything legitimate but has so much accolade & praise...Now even the one he'll get praise for if he beats him is a cruiserweight
Get Duke on more! Smart, articulate and not British biased like everyone else here.
This is the best analysis I’ve heard of Fury vs Usyk. I’m glad Duke mentioned Usyk’s work rate because for me that is key. Apart from his many other attributes, Usyk’s work rate is intense and unrelenting, there is no opportunity for his opponent to step off the gas and take a moment as Fury often does between feints or after throwing a flurry of punches. I think his work rate and speed will flummox Fury and enable Usyk to get past his long reach to out-land him with scoring punches. Fury may even drop points if he becomes frustrated and goes a bit rogue, as we’ve seen him do before.
Well said! But refs normally turn a blind eye to Fury's dirty tactics. Like holding Cunningham's head. He even openly admitted to throwing an elbow at Ngannou. It winds me up!
@@adriangriffith42 There’s an interview with Cunningham from not long ago about this. He thinks the reaction of the ref would be different if Fury tries the same kind of tactic against Usyk. He reckons that a lot depends on your standing in the boxing world, as to whether the ref would look the other way, and in the case of a unified champion like Usyk with all his connections etc, it would cause a much bigger stink with more repercussions than it did when the ref allowed it against Cunningham.
@@justinneill5003 there is also the case where the fighter/their teams tells the ref about this before the fight. usyk and his team have undoubtably seen Tyson using these tactics and will warn the ref about it beforehand. the only thing that concerns me is that this is the same referee who was in charge of Horn vs Pacquiao which had some extremely dirty fighting by Horn that went completely unpunished by the ref
Usyk absolutely toyed with Klitschko in sparring while still at cruiserweight
True the kid was promised to be king USYK the man
During the episode on TSB with Spencer Oliver, I’m sure Duke McKenzie stated that he thought Dubois delivered a low blow to Usyk. But here he has the opposite opinion. Could have changed his mind I guess! Legend of a boxer.
Oleksandr Usyk is the overwhelming favourite in this fight. I haven't seen hardly anybody pick Tyson Fury to win. I have only seen Fury fans picking him to win. Can't wait for this fight.
That’s not how favorites work a bunch of aj fans and fury haters saying he’s going to win. Fury been the favorite by the bookies until the ngannou fight now it’s a pick ‘em. It’s not going to be easy for either man
Usyk is better than fury. Everyone knows it including fury himself
I think it's a fairly close fight and I'm leaning towards Usyk. However, I do think Fury raises his game significantly when he faces good opponents and Usyk definitely looks more vulnerable at Heavy than he did at Cruiser.
@@x_i_v8693 We will not know until they fight. I think it can go either way. I just want to the fight to happen. Lol
aged well
I think the only win fury gets is showing up for the fight. I'll place a bet if they allow it on Tyson not showing up/ cancelling the fight
EASY WIN FOR USYK. 9-3
12-0 or late stoppage 🥊👍🏼
Spot on !!
I hope Usyk isn’t robbed in a decision or Fury gets away with dirty tactics all night. Either way, Fury has zero chance of outboxing Usyk. His only hope is to turn it into a dogfight and knock Usyk out.
you are right fury is well overrated.
Usyk is criminally underrated by far too many pundits.
He’s going to dance rings around Tyson Fury.
120-108 Usyk or Fury gets stopped on his stool between 10-12 🥊👍🏼
Usyk hasn’t stopped anyone I. 6 yrs other than dubious who quit stop it
@@joshladd5073he stopped bellew and Witherspoon as well in that time
@boxingtruth2167usyk resume not great aj and a bunch of cruiserweight who would be trash in any other weight class. Cruiserweight worst division in boxing
@boxingtruth2167 we will see brother but dnt go hiding if fury beats him
Why is anyone surprised that some people think the highly skilled demon of a boxer could beat Fury? Usyk is INCREDIBLE and the only way Fury wins is by fighting dirty punching low blows and being GIFTED yet another decision.
Yeah he tried all of that and it still didn't work.
Smart man. Fury peaked & Usyk is still in top form. Usyk by Tko and dominating performance
Usyk on top form getting knocked out by DDD.........?
@@leftturnclyde3398 COPING HARD
@@leftturnclyde3398learn the rules mate, the fact that some of u still think this is ridiculous at this point
I see alot of people and pundits backing fury to just wipe the floor with usyk- based on what 😂.
I think usyk is very capable of beating fury duke somed it up.
He lost to Daniel dubois had the ref called the body shot correctly so there are signs hes beatable not saying Fury will win because we don't no where Fury is at mentally and physically great match up
@@arronfifajanes08 it was below the navel it was low but fury won't be looking for that type of punch he has different body mechanics.
I think fury is talented boxer for a man of his size but as a natural boxer I don't rate him that high hes got very poor fundamentals on the attack. When on the defensive and counter and used his movements hes very good and very hard to beat for fighters like dubos chisora joyce and whyte b level at best.
Aj usyk are elite fighters who have far more to there arsenal to beat fury of course fury can beat them but I actually think fury won't lose on ability but more how looks after himself. He likes it easy hes very slow pace fighter
@@arronfifajanes08 the aj fight will be furys last 1 if he gets passed usyk.
Usyk will do things to him where furys size will be a disadvantage. Why pundits and boxing fans can't understand that idk
@boxingtruth2167 I have and dubious knocked him out had him on the canvas bent over with a legitimate shot that got ruled low blow. We will see nothings a given in heavyweight boxing pal
@@AlanBarker-lb6vu I agreed with alot of that until you called AJ elite remind me of who he's actually beaten. AJ is not elite 😂 never has been he's been fed puddings his whole career
I like duke mckenzie , don’t know him but he gives an objective fair point of view
Duke
@@N0C0MPLY my bad lol
he's a former world champion...
@@winnerwinnerchickendinner-y4w ah really . Might have to look up his old fights
Yeah I saw him for the first time on another interview earlier today. I was impressed by his insight
Thank you Duke . At last some sane boxing commentary on TS
Duke McKenzie is bang on.
USYK will win 2 times be the end of pillow fists of fury.
Johny Nelson in an interview with Radio Rachim prior to Usyk vs Belew fight said that Usyk can beat every heavyweight comftarbly. When Rachim was a litle bit shocked from such a statement. Nelson said that he saw Klichko sparing for the first Fury fight. One of his sparing mates was a young guy that destroyed Klichko in two rounds. This is when Johny Nelson first saw Usyk and when he knew this guy will be a big problem for everyone. He also made a very interesting remark that Usyk boxes well within himself at ease. He can box mich better and ocasionally he rampes it up but he boxes with ease to do as much as is neaded to secure the win. Johny atributed this to Usyk not knowing how good he is and thus not boxing at the peak of his abilities. But Usyk adressed this in an old interview when he said that he does not need to use all of his tricks and go 100% when 60-70% is suficient to secure the win. He explained that this gives his opponents a sence of false confort while he can always ramp up his fighting to overcome his opponents. What i find fascinating is that this is streight from „The art of war” by Sun Tzu which Usyk has read multiple times and which he showed in an interview for Sky Sport prior to the Belews fight.
I have said what Duke said a while back. I think Usyk has a big surprise for all of us.
Love the way Gareth speaks with absolute authority like he's an ex world champ.😂 In reality he has probably never sparred one round against an amateur at the local gymn or even laced-up a pair of gloves.
Bet he's been in the showers though.....👀
Being a boxer or having had a spar does not make you an authority, maybe being a journalist and an educated man does- not some dumb bloke who gets hit in the head- look at Spencer Oliver he is awful and can’t speak properly
Just realising Usyk will beat Fury? Been saying it for 2+ years lol he's miles above any of the current heavyweights in skill.
Gareth A Fury?
Great to listen to an honest boxing commentator. Learn from Duke please, Gaddy
I 100% agree with McKenzie but I also think Usyk stops foney late
@boxingtruth2167 well said 👏👏
Usyk is like the real Rocky, his journey through the divisions. He was an Olympic champion, he's been schooled in the trade.
I don’t get how these “professionals” think like this😂 even bellew was up on the scorecards when he fought Usyk😂 he had a life and death with chisora and kept complaining about low blows with AJ and DDD😂 Tyson is gonna kill him
You were saying Jake?😅
Everyone doubting fury. Ppl saying either man will walk over the other is crazy. Keep doubting fury what happens everytime we do? We will see. Y’all act like usyk don’t get hit he actually
Gets hit alot
Garath’s face when he picks Uysk 😂 ( inside Garath’s head “ how f…ing dare he”)
Love the honesty from Duke! 👏, I basically agree with everything he said, he delivered it well to boot.
Gareth towing the company line in the face of logic as always.
Duke is cool as he as strong opinions but also a humility.
Now on the umpteenth year of making the same prediction (and I've been on a crazy prediction streak with heavies) but Duke is the most realistic prediction. If Fury actually shows up. Barring weird cuts or injuries. Yes, GIVE that we all agree a single wild punch can change anything. Yes, a McCall KOed Lennox in 2rds and so on, given both in top shape in a normal bout:
- Usyk will almost immediately force Tyson Fury to 'know what he has to do'. So this feinting and junking around will be stopped as Usyk absolutely already has gut-punches for that. So every time he tries it's not worth it. Fury will stop that.
- Fury will then try and bear down on Usyk with his 'genius ring IQ' sack-of-potatoes MMA tactic and keep falling forward as Usyk pivots out and tags him.
- Fury will then be left with trying to land 1-2s down the pipe (which he is good at) and become very disappointed when Usyk keep coming up from under and applying a 'Russian wall attack' or whatever they call that.
By round 6 Fury is going to start looking like a 'Big Oaf' and realize he's not winning by points as he cannot go into deep waters with Usyk. By 7 to 8 he starts Frankenstein launches 'GRR FIRE BADD!!' Swings that miss.
.................it could get so bad that Fury finds himself falling on his face, getting jammed along ropes, taking knees and gimmicks.
Question: will Fury purposely get himself disqualified so he doesn't look like a stumbling blind cyclops and lose his 'Genius Ring IQ' myth/selling point or does he just find a way to sprain and ankle and quit on the stool?
Listened to this whole episode, Duke was fantastic. Need him on more regularly
Usyk good enough to beat anyone ever. A very smart fighter. Fury needs to be better than ever for this one.
Usyk points win for me! Won’t be east but Tyson’s past his best now.
The Duke keeping it real 💯, saying what we all know.
How is fury two 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Split decision with a mma fighter? A battle ridden whyte and Chisora trilogy, wilder 3 times, Tom swarche? Francisco pianeta???? Listen mate with that resume if I was Parker and Aj I’d be so angry!!!!! Fury is easily number 6/7 ? I think the top end will screw him. If fury beats usyk I still need to see more. But I doubt he will. And if he does watch him retire
Yes he won't fight Joshua as being beaten by a fellow Brit would be worse than Usyk for him no doubt. He thrives on being the Gypsy King and it would be very humbling to be knocked out by ' the body builder.' All talk and very little action. That's what I see from Fury.
Usyk is the man in the heavyweight division. Number three heavyweight Fury has a chance to get the number one heavyweight position back by beating Usyk, but it's pretty unlikely.
1# Usyk
2# AJ
3# Parker
4# Big John McDermott
😘
Next time please interview someone who is knowledgeable in Boxing....Thanks
Duke taught me how to box he knows his stuff and a great human it is hilarious to hear Gareth trying to tell Duke about boxing 😂
GAD not happy
ppl have lost a lot of money betting against Fury
not everyone is a gambler
@@therealchrislamont it's not just gamblers. it fans, experts, and promoters doubting he could ever come back
@@davidbrady1825 that's not what you said though
and Usyk...
@@therealchrislamont Promoters lost a lot of money not signing Fury..that's the gamble they lost
The GAD being shown up for what he truly is, a second rate journalist with very little boxing knowledge and certainly never laced a pair of gloves on. sad to see really as the GAD really rates himself.
Facts
If it goes to the judges will go to Fury no matter how the fight plays out
I have this feeling that Iron Mike and also possibly David Haye would have given Usyk stylistic problems.
Usyk by stoppage on cuts or landslide points, there will be no rematch
Duke speaks so much sense 👌
Sack everyone- hire Duke 👍🏽👍🏽
This is the most 50/50 heavyweight championship fight that we will ever see in the heavyweight since for some time
That is a great analysis Duke. Met Duke some years ago in South Norwood; great guy.
Love how duke just gives a prediction and don’t fence sits
💯 agree with everything duke said
Duke used to travel around shops in East Croydon Sth London asking to put his fight posters up,he's still a top lad
“I'm sorry Duke, I know you don’t wanna hear it”
Can’t for the life of me understand why on earth Duke isn’t on any of the big platforms Co commentating he’s one of the best pundits around and really knows he’s stuff .. 🥊🥊
probably because one second he says Dubois should have won and then in the next breath says Fury won't win... doesn't seem to be very logical to me.
@@richardbrennan7288 that’s he’s opinion it doesn’t take away he’s boxing knowledge..DDD did win that fight it wasn’t a low blow and in my eyes the Fury v Uysk is a 50/50 fight 🥊🥊
@@croydonsteve5433 I respect he's got a lot of boxing knowledge , and certainly a lot more than me - but it just didn't seem to be consistent "Dubois should have won" vs "fury won't win" ... it's like you've just said Dubois (a lesser fighter) really should have got the W so like what's your angle? That's just my opinion.
GAD wanted to tell him he’s not allowed to talk bad about Fury. GAD, you are a proper muppet!
Very fair analysis from Duke despite Gareth trying to change his opinion, he still steaks to his thoughts.
The TRUTH is. Nobody knows what will happen until they step in the ring. Just a friendly reminder. Everyone : "Klitschko will smoke Fury".. how did that go? Again everyone "Wilder will absolutely knock Fury into oblivion".. any news of this one? Now everyone, "Usyk will best fury".. how's it gonna go? No one learns from their mistakes? Seems so
Early Mike Tyson hits USYK to the body it would be curtains for USYK all day long.
What a great interview, such an insightful analysis, absolutely spot on regarding Uysk and Dubois
But Turkey wants AJ v Tyson. . Well that's what Ngannou was told days before he fought AJ.
Watch this space 😊
Gareth got completely schooled by the Duke. Duke should do a Podcast. Amazing analysis from DM.
Duke McKenzie should be the presenter and Gareth A Davis the Guest ! Duke has honest, knowledgeable and unbiased comments and he knows his sh@t about boxing 🥊
All these are just opinions. When two elite boxers meet in the ring. They nullify each and the man who needs it the most wins.
Fury would need crazy footwork and stamina to shut down Usyk for 12 rounds. Looking at his current physique, Fury knows this.
I don't know who's going to win, I'm leaning to Usyk, but Fury manages to prove me wrong basically every time I try to predict anything, I'm just glad someone gives Usyk his credit, so many over look him
Lol Evander Holyfield beat prime Tyson, Buster Douglas beat prime Tyson, Usyk can beat them all in my view... Name one heavy weight who ever boxes like Usyk, lets just be honest.. Its like Sugar Ray in heavyweight this Usyk.. So lets just stop this.. I'm not saying he will but he can..
Tyson wasn't in his prime v Holyfield. He no longer moved his head and his combinations were getting less.
You are a joke
@@craig0weston20 tyson was in his prime when they fought. If anyone was not in their prime it was Holyfield. Evander is four years older!
Gareth Davies is jealous an hates Paris fury as he knows Paris would knock the fk out of him if she could read his mind where his love for tyson is on a very personal level.
It's a fight at the end of the day. The man who wants it the most will win.
Fury looks like a man training for a hard fight.
Usyk is Usyk.
duke mckenzie knows his boxing love this guy
Usyk wins on points
The Duke and Naz commentary duo is the best out there....
Ask him what day of the week it is next 😂
Give this man a contract.
He was an intelligent fighter and he's an intelligent analyst.
He's dry sence of humour will come out!