Oleksandr Usyk says he views his December twenty first rematch as a “continuation” of their first struggle, and he’ll begin the place he left off final Could. That’s not excellent news for Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) as a result of he had mentally and bodily caved in from the seventh spherical on, taking a contestant bombardment from the unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs).
Fury, 36, suffered his first profession defeat, shedding by a 12-round cut up resolution to Usyk on Could 18th in Riyadh. Throughout yesterday’s kickoff press convention for his or her December twenty first rematch, Fury blamed his defeat on not being targeted and clowning round within the first half of the struggle.
Nonetheless in denial about his loss, unwilling to confront the reality head-on, Fury factors out that he solely misplaced by one spherical. Fury fails to say the incident in spherical 9, the place the referee gave him a standing eight depend, which prevented Usyk from knocking him out. That tainted the end result within the eyes of many followers, who imagine that Fury was given particular therapy to maintain from getting stopped.
“As a result of I like this, it’s my life. Pay attention, what I’ve received, an Olympic gold medal, two instances undisputed, it’s not my completed profession. Perhaps it’s solely the beginning of my boxing profession,” mentioned Oleksandr Usyk to Boxing King Media about why he’s nonetheless combating.
Usyk is reportedly anticipated to earn $100 million for his rematch with Fury. Assuming Usyk wins, he’ll have the ability to get one other gigantic payday by going through the eventual winner of subsequent 12 months’s mega-fight between Fury and Anthony Joshua. These two are anticipated to struggle twice, if not thrice, however whoever emerges from these fights will likely be matched towards Usyk. Within the first struggle with Fury earlier this 12 months on Could 18th, Usyk earned $75 million. If Usyk continues profitable for the subsequent three years, he may retire with a web value of effectively over $300 million.
“My mission is to win. Him not break my jaw. It’s not true,” mentioned Usyk, denying that Fury had damaged his jaw of their earlier struggle. I don’t take into consideration what Tyson talks. It’s simply talking,” mentioned Usyk when advised that Fury predicted a knockout win for him.
“It’s not a brand new struggle. It’s a continuation of my first struggle. It’s not going to be a first-round. It’s going to be 13, 14, possibly 15, 16, or possibly 17,” mentioned Usyk about how he views his rematch with Fury on December twenty first.
Usyk is aware of find out how to beat Fury now, and he’ll seemingly bounce on him early within the rematch, hammering him with combos to go for a knockout. He is aware of he can damage Fury and can concentrate on throwing flurries like he did within the ninth spherical.
