A few days before the match between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk officially took place, the former Heavyweight Lennox Levy Lennox champion spoke out about this pair. Lewis also gave the name that he thought was likely to win higher in the match taking place on the weekend.
“This is an interesting match, but I have always said this before. If two fighters have equal qualifications and techniques, the person who can better shape will win. He will have the advantage of stature when fighting,” Lewis said as an implicit way that Fury would win.
The former champion added: “Sometimes the fighters can win smaller, but Tyson Fury is different. He has many other cabinets still stored. That is shown in 3 matches with Deontay Wilder, where Fury always knows how to promote himself to make it more progressive.”
Although Lennox Lewis does not think Oleksandr Usyk will win, the former champion absolutely praise to Ukrainian boxers. Lewis rated USYK to have strong points in moving, keeping the body balance. Besides, USYK's blow combinations are also strong points to help him dominate.
Lennox Lewis is considered one of the best boxers in the history of the world boxing. He won the Olympic Games before moving to a professional playground. Lewis has also been recognized as the only absolute champion in Heavyweight in the past 30 years.
While playing, Lewis was also the only boxer who won both Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. Lewis lost only 2 people in his career, Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman. However, in the recovery with these two opponents, Lewis won the knock-out quite early.