When Tyson Fury shouts abuse, Oleksandr Usyk doesn’t understand much of it!
Betway spoke to Alex Krassyuk, the promoter of Oleksandr Usyk, ahead of the undisputed showdown with Tyson Fury on February 17.The Head of K2 Promotions wished their adversary well ahead of the February 17 undisputed showdown in Saudi and revealed that Usyk doesn't understad many of the offensive words 'The Gypsy King' hurls at him during press conferences, making the Brit's attempts at trash talking and intimidation completely futile!
What does Oleksandr Usyk think when he hears Tyson Fury shout abuse at him?
AK: The good thing is, Oleksandr is not native speaker in English so he doesn’t understand much of it. Tyson turns into a different character when the camera turns on but Tyson is a student of boxing and he knows what type of fight he has ahead of him and we treat him with respect.
When we had the face off before the press conference, Tyson showed a lot of respect to Usyk, and he said a lot of things which made me like a lot about him. He was saying ‘it is down to God who wins, no matter how hard you work, there is only one winner and anything can happen.’ I agree with him but to rely on God you have to work hard.
Is Oleksandr Usyk more confident about beating Tyson Fury after his recent performance and ring inactivity?
AK: Let me say, the Francis Ngannou fight didn’t change his mindset. He’s a very reasonable and wise man and understands that sometimes, sh***y days happen and that was a completely sh***y day for Tyson. There can be different reasons for it but that was one of the worst performances we have ever seen by Tyson Fury. But it doesn’t mean on February 17 we will see the Tyson Fury that fought Francis Ngannou.
As a team, we discussed this issue and believe this will be the biggest and toughest fight of Tyson Fury’s career. He knows how hard he has to train and work to step into the ring with unified heavyweight and former undisputed cruiserweight champion. Tyson is the man and the thing that happened to him against Ngannou, he underestimated him and didn’t think he was a boxing man but Usyk is a boxing man and he will treat him with all of the seriousness he should give him.
There is a size difference, a weight difference, boxing experience, boxing IQ, footwork and a difference in amateur experience. If you put all the factors on the table, there is no 100% answer – the answer will be found within the 12 rounds, and this is the fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship, and you can’t guarantee who is the winner but I am confident because I know how much work Usyk does in a training camp and how many challenges he overcomes.
I can’t argue with Tyson that it is up to God who the winner is but Usyk is made different and is the former undisputed cruiserweight champion and unified heavyweight champion but is so humble with it. But I know Tyson can overcome his arrogance and become a student in the training camp and it is something we want. We want this fight to be a horrendous fight, a hard fight and to overcome a Tyson Fury at his best because the value of the victory becomes so high.
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