Frank Warren believes Tyson Fury will be too clever for Oleksandr Usyk when they meet on May 18.
Fury is the WBC champion, and he will be challenging for Usyk’s IBF, WBA and WBO belts, with the winner emerging as the undisputed heavyweight champion, the first of the four-belt era, live on DAZN PPV.
The Briton’s last fight was a hugely disappointing split-decision victory over Francis Ngannou back in October, where he came uncomfortably close to losing his undefeated record against the former UFC champion.
Usyk meanwhile had his own scare before stopping Daniel Dubois in August 2023.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Warren acknowledged that Fury’s last fight was unconvincing, but believes that he will be back to his intelligent best later this month.
He said: "[Tyson] got clipped in the [Ngannou] fight but he did what a champion does and that is get back into the fight. He's got a good chin, recovers and won the fight.
"I wouldn't look too much into that Ngannou fight. With Tyson, that's probably his worst performance as a champion, against Ngannou. You look at all his other performances and he's raised his game.
"Years ago, when he fought Klitschko, it was pure boxing. He went out there and gave him a boxing lesson, in his adopted backyard in Germany.
"You look since the second fight with Wilder, he's changed his style, he goes on the front foot and he's throwing shots.
"He's taking a few by the way, he's had to get off the floor a few times, but he's changed his style quite a bit. He's shown what a puncher he is.
"This thing about 'he's not a big puncher'. Go and look how many stoppages there are on his record. You only get stopped if you can't take any more. That's what he does.
"I think that's what's going to happen to Usyk. He'll do him at his own game. Because he's very, very smart."
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