Sean O’Malley thinks the biggest mistake Tyson Fury made in his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk last weekend was coming in so heavy. After all, ‘The Gypsy King’, fighting in the most important clash of his career, came in the heaviest he has ever weighed into a fight at 281 pounds. And the impact of all those extra pounds was apparent.

After all, Fury is known for his legendary cardio and slick movements. However, towards the later rounds, Fury got visibly tired, which ultimately led to him losing a unanimous decision to the unified heavyweight champ. And O’Malley seemingly thinks the same. “Tyson Fury was 280. Last time he was 260 or 250 or something, he put on a lot [of weight]. He looks so fat, just fat-fat well skinny fat he’s, but he still had that like that [slickness]. It was just slower,” ‘Suga’ said on his ‘TimboSuga Show’ podcast.

“But he still like had that movement like he does. But he just didn’t look great. I didn’t watch the whole fight I just watched a little bit of the thing and I see Usyk land a nice two-three, three-two. He has a beautiful left hand. So I didn’t watch it enough. But when I did look over, I’m like ‘God he [Fury] looked big’,” the former UFC 135lbs champ added.

Of course, the other factor in Fury’s loss was that Usyk was just more accurate than Fury. After all, the Englishman threw more punches than Usyk (509 to 423), but landed only 129 of them, compared to the Ukrainian’s 144. While this may not look like it was down to Fury’s weight, it is important to remember that everything, even accuracy, suffers when a fighter is tired. Of course, after the fight, there is one question on everyone’s mind.

What is next for Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk?

With his victory over Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk has proven himself the best heavyweight of this generation. The most logical next fight for him looks to be IBF heavyweight champ, Daniel Dubois in an undisputed clash. Earlier this year, the Ukranian had become the first undisputed heavyweight champ in nearly twenty years since the great Lennox Lewis. But he had to vacate the IBF belt in June since he turned down a mandatory title defense owing to the Fury rematch being already in the works by then.

As far as Tyson Fury is concerned, the best fight for him would be an all-British, much overdue clash against former champion Anthony Joshua. In fact, this bout may turn out to be the biggest paycheck of Fury’s career, despite no titles being on the line. After all, as far as star power, especially in the UK goes, ‘AJ’ is still the top dog. While the latter is also coming off a huge, legacy-defining loss to Daniel Dubois, he is still very much a needle mover and a huge pay-per-view draw. It doesn’t make sense for him to fight a young and hungry lion given the risk-reward calculus.

On the other hand, Fury may well retire. “I might do, I might not. I’m going home and having time off,” is all ‘The Gypsy King’ had to say at the post-Usyk rematch presser about possibly hanging it up. But it would be a shame if he retired without fighting Joshua. What do you think about Sean O’Malley’s take on Tyson Fury’s weight going into the Usyk rematch?