{"id":369502,"date":"2026-01-14T14:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/369502\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:56:08","slug":"john-fury-delivers-honest-verdict-on-usyk-vs-wilder-after-tyson-faced-both-hes-not-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/369502\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fury delivers honest verdict on Usyk vs Wilder after Tyson faced both: &#8220;He&#8217;s not the same&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Fury has offered his take on the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/oleksandr-usyk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/deontay-wilder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deontay Wilder<\/a> fight after watching his son Tyson have multiple fights against the duo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/47280453\/deontay-wilder-having-real-conversation-oleksandr-usyk-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">An out-of-the-blue fight between Usyk and Wilder has been touted in recent weeks<\/a> after the Ukrainian revealed he wanted to defend his WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles against \u2018The Bronze Bomber.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It would give Wilder the chance to become world heavyweight champion once again, having not held gold since losing his WBC crown to Fury back in February 2020.<\/p>\n<p>That was part of an epic trilogy, with the first bout ending in a controversial draw, while their third and final meeting saw Fury claim another knockout win.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 also met Usyk on two occasions, losing both on points in 2024, with Tyson\u2019s father John in the corner for the first meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Having watched his son have a total of five meetings with Usyk and Wilder, John has now shared his thoughts on the potential upcoming world heavyweight title fight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@boxlyfe_media\/video\/7593724686077398294?_r=1&amp;_t=ZN-92xTYouAiEI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">telling Pro Boxing Fans<\/a> that he has serious concerns for \u2018The Bronze Bomber.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not the same man is he. He\u2019s not got a leg under him. He\u2019s shot to pieces. What does a man like Usyk want to do that for. It\u2019s a liberty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re the number one heavyweight in the world, there are plenty of other people deserving a chance to fight than Deontay Wilder. Leave Wilder out of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody in a minute is going to cause Deontay Wilder some serious injury. Somebody could kill Wilder, because it\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Fury isn\u2019t the only man to offer their prediction for an Usyk vs Wilder fight, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/lennox-lewis-on-usyk-vs-wilder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis also believeing the Ukrainian champion wins \u2018hands down.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Fury has offered his take on the proposed Oleksandr Usyk vs Deontay Wilder fight after watching his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-369502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}