Category: Standing-8 Fight Report Snippet

Fury Stops Schwarz In 2

Tyson Fury (28-0-1 20 KO) utilized combination and power punching, excellent defense, and gypsy like movement in route to stopping Tom Schwarz (24-1 16 KO) by TKO2.

At the opening bell, Fury kept his jab active and worked behind it setting up his power shots. Fury landed a solid left hook and went to the body. Schwarz was able to land a few right hands but Fury adjusted quickly and had the undefeated and untested challenger swinging at air.

Fury utilized the southpaw stance to start the second and it appeared to have confused Schwarz momentarily. Fury lands a solid uppercut and momentarily stuns Schwarz and then controls most of the first two minutes of the second round with his jab and timely punching.

Fury extracts whatever confidence Schwarz has left as his outstanding head movement sees Schwarz miss a five punch combination.

An exerted Schwarz backpedals after missing his combination. Fury follows Schwarz and drops him with a three punch combination. Schwarz is up at the count of four, bloody nose and all, and as the action continues, Fury lands ten unanswered punches causing referee Kenny Bayless to stop the fight seconds before the bell.

Fury did what he was supposed to do. He was supposed to KO Schwarz. That is what you do when you are considered the top heavy. Deontay Wilder is in the conversation but like most others, Standing-8 believed The Gypsy King had won the fight against the Bronze Bomber.  Thus all the “lineal heavyweight champion” talk.

It’s the fights that you are supposed to win that are the most dangerous…(insert overused Ruiz v. Joshua analogy here)…..Fury made sure that even the easy one’s look easy and are easy.

For a big, Fury has a skillset unlike all the others. For all the power that Wilder possesses, Fury equally possesses the boxing skills. Power vs. finesse. Their rematch is must see TV…. rumored for early 2020.

 

AND STILL….UNDISPUTED! USYK KO’s BELLEW IN 8

Tony Bellew (30-3-1 20 KO) brought the fight to undisputed Cruiserweight Champion Oleksander Usyk (16-0 12 KO) early and often but couldn’t sustain his effort.

After a true feeling out first round, Bellew seemed to surprise Usyk with his boxing ability and movement over the next two rounds. It was Usyk after all who was the pure boxer here, not Bellew the puncher.

Usyk had his moments but it was Bellew with the cleaner shots, better defense, and ring generalship in the first three rounds.

In the 4th, Usyk began to take over applying more pressure by working off of his front foot and began to throw his left from calculated angels. This would be his blueprint for the impending KO.   The next two rounds were close but edge to Usyk for landing the cleaner, harder shots, controlling the majority of the round, and out boxing Bellew.

Standing-8 had it 3-3 after six.

There were signs in the 7th that Usyk was beginning to break Bellew down. Usyk walked Bellew down more in this round than the first six combined and did damaging work with Bellew on the ropes. Bellew looked fatigued and showed signs that the Usyk’s work was getting to him.

In the eighth, Usyk hit Bellew on the bottom of the chin with a short choppy straight left that stunned Bellew. Usyk then pulled back his money maker and let it rip directly back to the same exact spot……BANG!

USYK KO Bellew credit Guerrero via DAZN

With the KO, Usyk remains the undisputed, undefeated cruiserweight champion and most likely has placed himself into the “Fighter of The Year” discussion. Fellow Ukrainian, the great Vasyl Lomachenko was the 2017 FOY.

If I ever see Usyk or Lomachenko at a bar, my response to the bartender….”I’ll have what their having”………