Tyson Fury Vs Oleksandr Usyk (18 May) - discussion and prediction topic

[Baofeng]

^ AJ finally have the chance to fight Fury in case Fury wins in the rematch.  if its Usyk who wins, it will be their 3rd fight. lucky him to get all these chances.

for me there is really no reason for Usyk and Fury rematch, the fight clearly is won by Usyk by wide margin and even a KO if not stopped by the ref. if there is a reason to fight over again, it should be to take the IBF belt.   which means  Fury should first fight AJ to win the IBF belt and then the awaited rematch Fury vs Usyk 2.

The hype is not very huge in case Fury and Joshua fight directly for the IBF belt and besides i do think that IBF would strip the belt away from Usyk. It will be good if Joshua will just wait if Fury will win in the rematch as people will be excited on that one.

The hype could be there as it will be a all British showdown, but it might not like before when Fury hasn't lost to Usyk yet. He can trash talk the hell out of Joshua and tell him that a CW beat him twice. Now he can't unless he wins in the rematch. But then again, I was thinking that there could be 3rd fight if Fury by a long shot win in the second fight.

And so it will be very messy are there are a lot of mandatory waiting in the wing. But most likely whoever wins in the second fight, he could be strip as obviously, he can't defend all the belts.

[pawel7777]

OK, we have a date for the rematch. It will take place just before Christmas, on 21st December:
https://talksport.com/sport/1899340/tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-new-rematch-date-confirmed/
credit to JollyGood for posting this on BTT

Usyk almost definitely will not be stripped before 2nd June, but that's not to say the IBF cannot do it after that date.
Given the rematch is scheduled 2 months later than initially indicated, any potential mandatory defense will not take place until around a year from now at the earliest. I find it hard to believe the IBF will grant the exception and postpone the defense for that long, as it would be unfair to the challengers. Plus, there's no guarantee the winner of the rematch will be interested in defending that belt at all.
I expect there will be no interim belt on the line on Saturday and Usyk to be stripped after the 2nd of June. Then the fight between Hrgovic/Dubois and Anthony Joshua would be for the proper belt (not the interim one).
I don't see much sense in introducing an interim belt given Usyk is not seriously injured and would be ready to fight if he wanted to.

[Rruchi man]

OK, we have a date for the rematch. It will take place just before Christmas, on 21st December:

The fight was very entertaining, I need to see them fight again, and I am happy that their contract had a rematch clause.
Fury has to train like hell, because this fight will be on record even if there are no belts on the line. We were the fans and are witnessing this history. We already know that Usyk dealt a big surprise to Fury in the first fight; it will not be a surprise in the rematch if Usyk wins again because then it will signal an end to the career of Fury. I expect the rematch to be more entertaining than the first.

[Baofeng]

OK, we have a date for the rematch. It will take place just before Christmas, on 21st December:
https://talksport.com/sport/1899340/tyson-fury-vs-oleksandr-usyk-new-rematch-date-confirmed/
credit to JollyGood for posting this on BTT

Usyk almost definitely will not be stripped before 2nd June, but that's not to say the IBF cannot do it after that date.
Given the rematch is scheduled 2 months later than initially indicated, any potential mandatory defense will not take place until around a year from now at the earliest. I find it hard to believe the IBF will grant the exception and postpone the defense for that long, as it would be unfair to the challengers. Plus, there's no guarantee the winner of the rematch will be interested in defending that belt at all.
I expect there will be no interim belt on the line on Saturday and Usyk to be stripped after the 2nd of June. Then the fight between Hrgovic/Dubois and Anthony Joshua would be for the proper belt (not the interim one).
I don't see much sense in introducing an interim belt given Usyk is not seriously injured and would be ready to fight if he wanted to.

Or they can call the fight between Hrgovic vs Dubois as a title eliminator for the IBF belt, or they can call it interim fight, but it doesn't matter because Usyk is still universally recognized as the champion. What Hrgovic vs Dubois is fighting is just a paper title, nothing more nothing less.

Everything is still up for the Fury vs Usyk rematch this December as all the belts is on the line. And everyone should wait for the outcome, although they can have a schedule fight like Zhang vs Wilder or this fight, Hrgovic vs Dubois. All roads to the winner of Fury vs Usyk.