Conor McGregor thinks size may be the difference when Tyson Fury squares off against Oleksandr Usyk.
Fight fans around the world will tune in to watch boxing’s best heavyweights duke it out for the WBO, WBA, WBA, and IBF belts in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night.
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Like many predicting the fight, the UFC superstar is struggling to decide who’ll become the first-ever four-belt heavyweight undisputed champion this weekend.
However, he sees one huge advantage for Fury against Usyk.
“Usyk is a crafty, crafty boxer,” McGregor said when asked for his ‘Ring of Fire’ prediction by the BBC.
“If anyone can do it, maybe Usyk can do it.
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“Tyson is also a crafty boxer. Plus, he has the size.
“Tyson is a tough man to beat in the boxing arena.”
At 6ft 9in, Fury is one of the tallest heavyweights in boxing history.
The 35-year-old typically weighs between 260lbs and 270lbs for his fights but has considerably slimmed down since failing to impress against Francis Ngannou last October.
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What Is An Undisputed World Champion?
In boxing, an undisputed world champion is someone who wins all of the four major world title belts in their division – WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO.
Fury currently has the WBC while Usyk holds the WBA, IBF and WBO. Therefore, the winner will hold all four belts as undisputed king.
The last man to hold all the belts in the division was Lennox Lewis when he beat Evander Holyfield to add his WBA and IBF titles to the WBC belt before what is now known as the ‘four-belt era’ with the WBO being recognised from 2004.
John Fury recently suggested his superstar son will come in a career-low weight for his fight with Usyk, less than the 245.5lbs he weighed against Vinny Maddalone in 2012.
Whatever happens, he’ll still be much bigger than Usyk when they square off.
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The 6ft 3in Ukrainian was a cruiserweight before moving up a division and beating Anthony Joshua twice to acquire three of the four major heavyweight titles.
Usyk has never weighed more than 221.5lbs during his boxing career.
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McGregor will take a brief break from training to watch Fury fight Usyk before getting back in the gym and continuing preparations for Chandler.
