Heavyweight contender Michael Hunter believes Oleksandr Usyk is talented enough to use Tyson Fury’s size advantage against him.

Hunter's sole defeat as a pro was against Usyk when they met in the cruiserweight division. As an amateur, Hunter traded punches with Fury.

At 6'9 and weighing as much as 270+ for fights, Fury holds a significant size advantage against Usyk, who three years ago moved up to heavyweight after unifying the entire cruiserweight division.

Last weekend in Saudi Arabia, Usyk outboxed Anthony Joshua to retain the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA titles.

Now the path is set, for a potential undisputed fight with Fury, who holds the WBC strap.

Fury is the wide favorite by most observers, with many of them believing the British champion will simply be too big.

Hunter explains that smaller heavyweights like Usyk know how to deal with much bigger men.

"You know how to adjust a little bit more, you know how to adapt, make him use his own weight against him. I've been fighting big guys my whole career, professional and amateur," Hunter said to Sky Sports,

"Against somebody that's kind of his size, then he can use his weight. Somebody that's tall like him, then he can be big like that. But somebody that's on their feet like [Usyk], not to say he can't use his size because he is big, but it's a little bit harder.

"I think Usyk would need to make a couple of adjustments, but I don't think the weight will make as much of a difference as people think. That's just my opinion. He's an endurance athlete. He's going to move a lot. It's a styles-make-fights thing, a little different tactics to Usyk-Anthony Joshua. I think it would be interesting fight. I'm pretty sure that Usyk would do very well."