Tyson Fury can defeat Oleksandr Usyk of their December rematch after the “hard lesson” of their first battle, says Prime Rank president Todd DuBoef.
Fury fought Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk in an excellent undisputed heavyweight world title battle earlier this yr, shedding by cut up choice.
They’re set to battle once more in Riyadh on December 21 and DuBoef of Prime Rank, Fury’s co-promoter, believes the Briton can acquire revenge within the rematch.
Not that he is assured in that consequence.
“I was confident halfway through the fight he was going to destroy him [Usyk]. I was sitting there going what a one-sided fight this has become and then he let him off the hook. That’s what I thought,” DuBoef instructed Sky Sports activities.
“[Fury] began off a bit sluggish however then simply received into his rhythm and I assumed it was a whitewash. Then received hit with that one left hand, [which] received the attention and the nostril. I feel he received caught proper then and struggled.
“I don’t have confidence in anything. I thought I was seeing this thing that was amazing.”
DuBoef thinks Fury will win “if he stays focused. If he doesn’t play around”.
“In those middle rounds it felt like he was just teeing off on him and I think he just got a little lackadaisical and confident,” DuBoef mentioned.
“I think he learned a lesson and it was a hard lesson. But I also believe the other guy’s going to be better this time, because he has more confidence.
“I feel his character the way in which he [Fury] is within the ring, is simply his character. However I feel he’ll not take issues without any consideration and I feel discovered a tough lesson.”
Fury and his battle with Usyk shall be on the centre of a brand new documentary sequence, ‘The Combat Life,’ that chronicles Prime Rank boxing via the yr.
Frank Warren, who additionally co-promotes Fury, believes the Briton can bounce again from his loss to Usyk, a primary skilled profession defeat for Fury.
“He’s quite philosophical. He felt he won the fight. I thought he just nicked it, but it was a close fight. It could have gone either way, a lot of neutrals, like Thomas Hauser, people with no axe to grind, thought it was a draw, one round [in it], and it was a split decision,” Warren instructed Sky Sports activities.
“He’s got to go out and, what he did in that first half of the fight, he’s got to carry that through.
“I assumed he genuinely was going to cease [Usyk]. That nice shot, you possibly can see it, he wobbled again. He is recreation and did what he needed to do.
“I just feel Tyson, he’s a smart guy, he knows what he’s got to do.”