Rematch Prediction: Evander Holyfield Delivers His Honest Verdict On Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk Rematch

Like Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, Evander Holyfield had some famous rematches across his legendary career.

Arguably Holyfield’s most famous fight was his second contest with Mike Tyson. The pair first did battle in 1996 for the WBA heavyweight title and saw ‘The Real Deal’ win by stoppage in the 11th round.

A year later in 1997, they met in the ring once more, this time in a match that infamously became known as ‘the bite fight.’ Holyfield started well but Tyson grew frustrated with what he thought were intentional headbutts from his opponent.

He took matters into his own hands in the third round and bit a chunk out of Holyfield’s right ear before then doing the same again and eventually being disqualified.

There was nothing as bizarre about Fury and Usyk’s first fight back in May. Usyk came out as the points winner after landing the one standout punch of the fight in the ninth round and walked away from the ring as the undisputed heavyweight champion, a feat he achieved six years previous down at cruiserweight.

Speaking to FightHype, Holyfield was asked about the rematch and made it clear what Fury needs to do to avenge his only career defeat.

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“I think that he gotta use the jab more. He’s going to have to double jab more, I think sometimes grabbing the person makes it worse for him. He has to be able to step back, come forward, step back. Grabbing people tends to give people a bit of a rest and give them the chance to hit you.”

Fury himself has vowed to be more concentrated in the rematch having admitted he lost focus in the first fight, while Usyk has conceded Fury was his toughest opponent.