Tyson Fury discusses how he plans to approach the Oleksandr Usyk rematch in December
Tyson Fury admitted he thought about walking away from boxing following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, but now says he wants to get that victory in the rematch because he insists he won the first fight so now he’s “got to knock him out,” stating, “I’ll be training for a good knockout. Like I did in Wilder 2,” and not leave it to the judges.
Fury told iFL TV: “I have thought about walking away from it, because I’m over it now, I’m over the whole f****** boxing thing. Sit at home, go for a coffee, have a bit of dinner, taking me kids school, I can do what I want, I don’t need boxing, I don’t need to go and get my head punched in or punch someone’s head in, I can just go down the pub, have a few beers, have 6,7,8 pints if I want to everyday.
“I’ve gone past the point of really caring, I did years ago. People asked me two-three years ago, ‘why are you boxing?’ – Years ago I would’ve said ‘I want to be world champion, I want to be rich, I want to buy a nice house, I want to buy a watch, I want to by a car…’ – But I’ve done all that.. So the answer to that question, why do you do boxing now? Because I can.
“But it makes sense to do the rematch and get me victory back.
“I didn’t think he beat me last time, and I damn sure I ain’t going to let him beat me this time – I’ve got to knock him out. I’ll be training for a good knockout. Like I did in Wilder 2, I said I was going to knock him out and I did, and I’m going to knock this c*** out too.”
Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14KO) was crowned the century’s first ever undisputed heavyweight champion over British behemoth Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24KO) last May. Usyk won vis split decision, a 10-8 round in the ninth proving the vital difference on the tight scorecards.
The elite heavyweights will run it back on December 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.