"He was robbed": Wilder made a prediction for the rematch of Usyk – Fury

Former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs) expressed confidence that Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) will again be stronger than Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs). According to the American boxer, our compatriot was deprived of an early victory in the first fight of the rivals.

Wilder said this in an interview with the Boxing News YouTube channel, according to secondsout.com. The 39-year-old heavyweight emphasized that Usyk did more damage to his opponent in the first fight with Fury and deservedly won, and now everything will depend on the readiness of both boxers for the confrontation.

"There was a great fight in May, I didn't know who was going to win until the very end. I always think it's important who brings what to the ring. Oleksandr was stronger. I think the knockout in the ninth round was stolen from him, he was robbed. Gifts... In the end, Usyk won, and my big congratulations to him. As for the rematch, if I had to choose, I'd say Usyk, but we'll see what happens," Wilder said.

Earlier it became known that Fury wanted to organize a trilogy with Usyk to make boxing history. In addition, the British fighter accused the Ukrainian of disrupting the timing of the rematch.

On October 23, Usyk and Fury had their first duel of the eyes before the second fight. The Ukrainian appeared unusually, changing his image. In addition, he forced his opponent to take an unusual step to help the Armed Forces.

In the first fight, Oleksandr defeated Tyson by split decision 114:113, 113:114, 115:112 and became the absolute world heavyweight champion.

Our compatriot also shared his expectations for the second fight with Fury and responded to accusations of cheating during the May 18 fight. In addition, the Ukrainian told what he learned from this fight.

The legendary Wladimir Klitschko shared his expectations for the rematch between Usyk and Fury. And former champion Amir Khan disagreed with the forecasts for the fight to take place again.

In turn, Russian boxing coach Andrei Ivichuk called Tyson the winner of the upcoming rematch with Oleksandr. And the Ukrainian himself named the only boxer he is interested in fighting after the second fight with the Briton.

In addition, Anthony Joshua (28-4, 23 KOs) answered the question of who he would like to see win the rematch between Usyk and Fury. The Briton himself named his motivation for the second fight against our compatriot.

Tyson also responded to the representatives of Oleksandr's team's comparison with dictator Vladimir Putin.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, the former coach of the Ukrainian boxing team Mykhailo Zavialov said that Tyson Fury will put his career on the line in a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. The Briton himself noted that he did not believe in his victory on points in the second fight with the Ukrainian. In turn, Usyk revealed the details of his preparation for the fight.

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