Will Oleksandr Usyk get a Fair Shake against Tyson Fury?

Will Oleksandr Usyk get a Fair Shake against Tyson Fury? With the upcoming undisputed heavyweight showdown between Fury and Usyk fast approaching, a lot of fans have been asking the question: Will Usyk get a fair shake against Fury? This video will explore that question while also providing a preview for the upcoming undisputed heavyweight boxing showdown between WBC and lineal world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, and unified IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. What happens if the undisputed showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk ends in a draw?

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Will Oleksandr Usyk get a Fair Shake against Tyson Fury?

This is Rummy’s Corner.

The upcoming showdown for undisputed heavyweight supremacy between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk is quickly approaching,  
with their May 18th date just around the corner, 
and I have seen one question being asked more and  
more often as we get closer to the big day.
Will Oleksandr Usyk get a fair shake against  
Tyson Fury?
Honestly, I’ve been a boxing fan long  
enough that I can understand the concern going 
in. For starters, as much as we all love boxing,  
we cannot pretend that the sport does not have 
a long rich history of shady, questionable,  
and controversial decisions that are historically 
predicated on either utter incompetence or perhaps  
outright corruption. We need look no further 
than the controversial draw that took place last  
time we had a long gap without an undisputed 
world heavyweight champion, the first bout  
between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield.
In the case of Fury and Usyk, Fury is the clear  
A-side attraction, reportedly earning considerably 
more money than Usyk for their undisputed clash.  
On top of that, Usyk has already twice beaten 
Anthony Joshua. And if there is one superstar  
attraction in the heavyweight division these 
past several years, it has been Joshua – he  
has unquestionably been the biggest draw these 
past several years in the heavyweight landscape.  
Now AJ is on a nice little 4 fight winning 
streak since he was twice bested by Usyk,  
and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that those 
last 2 wins came against common opponents with  
Fury. Not only were Otto Wallin and Francis 
Ngannou two guys who provided a difficult  
challenge for Fury, but AJ brilliantly executed 
the play in one-upmanship when he made easy work  
of two guys who gave Fury some trouble.
Taking this line of thought further, the big  
bankroll behind all of the recent heavyweight 
boxing activity is Turki Al-Sheikh. He has gone  
on record saying he is potentially interested in 
staging a bout between Fury and AJ down the line,  
AJ has expressed he is interested in such and 
he has indeed carved out his recent streak in  
anticipation of Fury winning the Usyk rivalry. 
Fury would undoubtedly be down for it too,  
because despite the fact Usyk has already proven 
to be the superior heavyweight winning twice,  
AJ still remains the huge draw. Add to that the 
fact that AJ twice failed in his efforts against  
Usyk, one would think demand for a third fight 
between Usyk and Joshua is on the lackluster  
side. Been there, done that. But a potential 
showdown between Fury and AJ is one that has  
been talked about for years, and it would still 
undoubtedly be the single biggest fight that  
can be made in all of boxing today.
It’s pretty simple for all to see that,  
in an ideal scenario, if you’re the powers that be 
behind the scenes, Fury winning the Usyk rivalry  
would result in a new rivalry that would almost 
certainly be even grander in magnitude, whereas  
an Usyk victory would lead to an understandably 
far less desirable third act in the been there,  
done that territory – at least in terms of how 
Joshua potentially figures into the championship  
picture. So if you are Oleksandr Usyk, you 
have to be thinking that you need to win  
big and win decisively, especially in the event 
the scales might be tipped in favor of Fury.
 
Then even though Usyk was named as 
the rightful winner in the rematch,  
he was only awarded a split decision. One judge 
inexplicably scored the bout in favor of AJ,  
which is a real head scratcher. One would need to 
get involved in some complicated mental gymnastics  
to justify Joshua winning 7 rounds in that one 
– in my opinion, AJ put up a stronger effort  
in the rematch, but Usyk unquestionably won 
the fight. That type of thing exudes A-side  
favoritism and A-side privilege, which reminds 
me a bit of the perception of Canelo Alvarez,  
who despite not being a heavyweight, is undeniably 
one of boxing’s bona fide superstars today.
 
Canelo has what one might refer to as a “judge 
friendly style”. There is this perception that  
Canelo was often the beneficiary of at least 
one judge scoring a fight too widely in his  
favor. The 117-111 card in his split 
decision win against Erislandy Lara,  
the wide scorecards in his victory against 
Miguel Cotto, the 118-110 card in his first  
bout with Gennady Golovkin, the ridiculously tight 
cards in his loss against Dmitry Bivol, and then  
even the one judge who scored his loss against 
Mayweather even at 114 apiece – Canelo is a boxer  
who is viewed as having A-side privilege.
Many view Fury in the same light here, which  
is the reason, I think, why the question about 
whether Usyk will get a fair shake has become  
more widespread as we get closer to the big fight. 
In the case of Fury, however, he doesn’t exactly  
have that same track record as Canelo. Sure, 
early in his career some people will point at  
that first fight with John McDermott, where a lot 
of people believed Fury was very fortunate to win  
that one. Beyond that, the only other conceivable 
example would be the 10 round split decision win  
against Ngannou, where a lot of people thought 
Ngannou deserved to win. Personally I thought  
Fury edged it, despite looking poor. So I did not 
see this as the egregious decision that many did,  
but the perception does still persist among many, 
and perception is reality. Hence the influx of  
people asking whether Usyk will get a fair shake 
here, which I do believe is a valid question.
 
Others will point to the fact that many ringside 
physicians or refs may have stopped the fight  
for the bad cut against Wallin, and others say 
that with another ref Fury may have been knocked  
out in his first fight against Wilder. That’s 
certainly true, I think. With a different doctor,  
sure, that fight against Wallin could have been 
stopped. And with that 12th round knockdown he  
suffered against Wilder, another referee 
absolutely could have waved it off there.  
But the fact that neither of those fights were 
stopped isn’t indicative of A-side favoritism.  
A lot of things boil down to a judgment call on 
the spot. That same thing was true with the low  
blow controversy with Usyk and Dubois. With 
a different ref, that could have been ruled  
a legal shot in the heat of the moment, but it 
wasn’t. These situations were all judgment calls  
that went the way they did. Balls and Strikes!
And that’s another big consideration here, too.  
In addition to questions about whether Usyk will 
get a fair shake from the judges scoring the bout,  
the referee will undoubtedly play an important 
factor in all of this, too. Bob Dylan once wrote  
and sang that “in Jersey anything’s legal, as long 
as you don’t get caught”. Many believe that Tyson  
Fury views the sport of boxing as if it were 
the great state of New Jersey, and to be sure,  
since joining forces with Sugar Hill, Fury has 
shown a greater reliance on being physical,  
and fighting in tight quarters where he can impose 
his size and weight on an opponent. But that  
again boils down to the judgment of an individual 
referee and his interpretation and enforcement of  
the rules, but on this point things cut both ways. 
Will we have a referee who allows a lot of holding  
and clinching, like when Wladimir Klitschko beat 
Alexander Povetkin? Or will we have a referee who  
is quick to split them apart, like when Roy Jones 
Jr beat John Ruiz? The answers to these questions  
might matter, depending on the referee’s judgment 
on this particular occasion come fight night.
 
Bottom line for me, I have watched enough 
boxing over the years that concerns like  
this are certainly valid. The powers that be would 
naturally love for Fury to win the Usyk rivalry,  
so that we can finally get an even bigger 
rivalry between Fury and AJ. That said,  
however, I’m willing to give the benefit 
of the doubt here. If Turki Al-Sheikh  
wants boxing to grow in Saudi Arabia, then the 
competition needs to be on the up and up with  
no shenanigans. Historically this has not always 
been the case in boxing, but call me an optimist,  
I expect Usyk will indeed get a fair shake. 
And I certainly friggin’ hope that he will!
 
Full disclosure, I still believe Fury will 
win – but not because I want him to win,  
and not because I want my prediction to be 
RIGHT – I honestly don’t care about any of that.  
I’ll gladly admit it whenever I’m wrong about a 
prediction. The reason I picked Fury is because  
I honestly believe he will win, but what the hell 
do I know? I ain’t no Quasimodo over here. I don’t  
know shit about boxing. I’m just fired-up to see 
the fight that hopefully produces a new undisputed  
world heavyweight champion for the first time 
in almost a quarter century. And whoever wins,  
I hope we get a fairly fought contest with 
no controversy whatsoever, whatever the  
verdict. Best of luck to both Tyson Fury and 
Oleksandr Usyk. I’m fired-up for the fight!
 
Do you think Usyk will get a fair shake? Please 
share what you think in the comment section.
 
Thank you very much for watching everyone, 
I hope you enjoyed, and have a wonderful night.
This is Rummy’s Corner.
You know Quasimodo predicted all this.