Tyson Fury Signs A Change In Tactics For Ulksandr Usyk's Rematch

JAKARTA - Tyson Fury hinted that he could make major tactical changes ahead of his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk on December 21, 2024, in Saudi Arabia.

Usyk has been the undisputed world champion of four belts in heavyweight history since Lennox Lewis (2000) after defeating Tyson Fury in May 2024.

He took Fury's WBC belt to unite four heavyweight belts. At the same time, Usyk's victory broke Fury's unbeaten record.

Both have a rematch clause and Fury has activated it. The British boxer is determined to avenge his defeat to Usyk.

Since his defeat, Fury has continued to prepare himself. A strategy to beat Usyk is being made.

One of his current strategies is to idealize weight. Fury weighs 18 7 lbstones (about 117.4 kg) for his best fight, while Usyk weighs 16 more and weighs (101.6 kg).

However, Fury seems confident that the 19-stone 11 lb (about 125.5 kg) weight he weighed before defeating Deontay Wilder in their 2021 trilogy fight was his optimal weight.

"Being in the best condition of my life. However, this is not the Gypsy King ( Fury's nickname)."

"Here it is. A fighter weighing 19 st 11 lb," Fury wrote in a photo upload during a trilogy against Wilder.

The former WBC champion weighed 18 st 4 lb in 2018 when he controversially drew against Wilder after falling twice.

However, he added his weight to 19 st 7 lb for a two-year rematch which he controlled in seven rounds.

Fury then moved up one more level to 19 st 11 lb, the toughest of his career, when he stopped Wilder in 11 rounds in a thrilling third duel.

Despite the consideration of gaining weight, Fury insists that he will not change his coaching team ahead of the rematch against Usyk.

The angle, which is crowded with Sugarhill Steward and involves assistant Andy Lee and Fury's father, John. However, they are currently the target of criticism.

John was specifically criticized by experts for shouting at head coach Sugarhill for 60 valuable seconds in the corner of the ring.

Even so, Fury has vowed to stay with his team.

"I know what I have to do, nothing drastic. People can say that I want to replace the coach, or will blame my fitness coach, or will blame the cook, or will blame the mouse next door."

"I'm not interested in any of that. For me, it's the same team, it's all the same."

"I know what I have to do. I think I won the last fight.

"I've been boxing my whole life and watching boxing my whole career. So, that's what I gave him from that fight. However, obviously the judges saw it a little different, some of them saw it so."

"One of them thinks I won. That's what happened. I didn't get a nod that night, I'll come back next time," Fury said.

Tyson Fury's Heavy Transformation

September 2019 - vs Otto Wallin (18 st 1 lb)

February 2020 - vs Deontay Wilder (19 st 7 lb)

October 2021 - vs Deontay Wilder (19 st 11 lb)

April 2022 - vs Dillian Whyte (18 st 8 lb)

December 2022 - vs Derek Chisora (18 st 2 lb)

October 2023 - vs Francis Ngannou (19 st 9 lb)

May 2024 - vs Oleksandr Usyk (18 st 7 lb)