Fury’s Fibs: The Gypsy King’s Dubious Weigh-In Claims

Tyson Fury claims he’s weighing 19 stone [266 lbs] for Saturday’s fight against Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh.

Usyk Ain’t Buying It

Fury thinks he can fool Usyk with this nonsense, but the talented Ukrainian can see how skinny he is and knows he’s been torturing himself in two training camps to lose the lard. Trying to bamboozle the eagle-eyed Usyk and his promoter, Alex Krassyuk, won’t work.

The WBC champion Fury is still at it, hoping to pull the wool over the eyes of Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) with his hogwash. There’s no way on earth that he weighs 266 lbs. If he did weigh that much, he’d be asking for it.

Fury looks like he’s no heavier than 250 lbs, soaking wet. He knows he can’t afford to come into this fight with Usyk 265+ and above as he has in his matches in the last eight years against the tomato cans his management has fed him.

Age is Just a Number, But Speed Isn’t

Even in the 250s, Fury’s hand speed will be the same. Losing weight isn’t going to turn back the clock to magically give the 35-year-old Fury reflexes he had in his early 20s.

You don’t get younger just because you lose a bunch of weight. People start losing fast-twitch speed in the mid-20s and it gets worse as the years go by.

By the time a fighter is Fury’s age, it’s all over unless they’re blessed with beastly power. The last time I checked, Fury can’t crack eggs unless he’s landing a shot behind the head or fighting journeymen.

The only thing Fury is improving by losing weight is his conditioning so that he doesn’t gas out from the fast pace that Usyk sets.

Fury’s Fantasy Weigh-In

Tyson Fury: “I’ll tell you my weight. About 19 stone [266 lbs].”

Ade Oladipo: “You look leaner. You look about 240, 250.”

Fury: “I’m 19 stone, yeah.”

Ade: “You’re built for wrecking.”

Fury: “Around 19 stone. I’m in good shape. I’ve had two or three camps back to back. People say to me all the time, ‘You’re looking skinny.’ I’m like, well, my scales have been exactly the same that I’ve been weighing for the last ten years.”

“Oleksandr is fighting Tyson Fury is fighting and he’s defeating him. What could be better?” said promoter Alex Krassyuk to DAZN Boxing during today’s grand arrivals.

“This is historical. The first time this century, the first time ever, two guys at the peak at the best time in their careers. What can you want more than that?” said Fury’s promoter Frank Warren.

“It’s a boxing dream. You’ve got the man here, this man here, who in my opinion and a lot of people’s opinion, is the man heavyweight on the planet. I believe on Saturday night, he’s going to prove that to the world.”