Olympic gold medal winner Audley Harrison is backing Tyson Fury to score a stoppage victory over Oleksandr Usyk – if their undisputed fight is finalized.
The two world champions are in serious discussions to collide in the coming months.
Fury, the current WBC world champion, battered Derek Chisora in his last contest for a stoppage win.
Usyk, who holds the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles, is coming off back to back decision wins over British star Anthony Joshua.
Harrison has been examining the two fighters and feels Fury has the necessary experience to overcome Usyk’s tricky boxing style.
“Tyson Fury has not put a foot wrong yet, he’s figured out the game, worked out every opponent that he has ever faced. I just think that Fury, with the way that he uses his size now, is going to take something out of Usyk. He’s still light on his feet, unlike Joshua in his fights with Usyk where he started to slow down,” Harrison said to Mega Casino.
“Tyson can bounce around for 12 rounds, but he can also go forward. Usyk is a nice boxer, clever and tough, but Fury has all the little tricks you need to incorporate into a fight like this. He will lean on him, work him on the inside, catch him and there will just be too many tricks that he has.
“I think [Fury] will stop him late, he could be the first man to do that to Usyk. He can take any punishment coming back because he doesn’t care, but he is also just as quick, so it takes away a key advantage Usyk has had over all of his previous opponents. He won’t be able to sneak in and catch him with a quick shot, and that is going to be the key technical advantage in the fight. Once he starts backing up, the fight is over.”