Tyson Fury and the psychology of defeat.

Fury raised eyebrows this week with his suggestion it was too easy early on against Usyk; that he was simply having too much fun. We try to make sense of a boxer’s dilemma.Sunny Edwards faces a similar conundrum on his return this weekend on the undercard of Estrada v Bam Rodriguez. This excellent fight is previewed in detail.Tyler Denny’s latest big win is reviewed with the leading question; Can Denny snag a big name in a big fight?And Ryan Garcia’s is in the news. Again. His positive test punishment, followed by a curious WBC statement is discussed.Meanwhile a controversial result from the 90’s is remembered with a bristling first encounter between Azumah Nelson and Jeff Fenech in This Week.Please subscribe, rate and leave a review and if you can, subscribe to the pod on Patreon for less than a fiver each month. https://www.patreon.com/TheOpeningBellPodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.