Tyson Fury and the psychology of defeat.

<p>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.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>Tyler Denny’s latest big win is reviewed with the leading question; Can Denny snag a big name in a big fight?</p><br><p>And Ryan Garcia’s is in the news. Again. His positive test punishment, followed by a curious WBC statement is discussed.</p><br><p>Meanwhile a controversial result from the 90’s is remembered with a bristling first encounter between Azumah Nelson and Jeff Fenech in This Week.</p><br><p>Please subscribe, rate and leave a review and if you can, subscribe to the pod on Patreon for less than a fiver each month. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheOpeningBellPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/TheOpeningBellPodcast</a></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/12231422">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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