"He's a fool. For people to think so": Usyk reveals Fury's deception

Former absolute world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usik (22-0, 14 KOs) praised Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs), with whom he is preparing to rematch. The Ukrainian boxer urged fans not to pay attention to the behavior of the Gypsy King, as the Briton is called, outside the ring and his antics during fights.

Usyk said this in an interview with NV.ua. According to the 37-year-old Ukrainian, his first fight against Fury turned out to be extremely difficult. He added that Tyson tries to confuse his opponents with his behavior, but this trick did not work with him.

"He is an incredible opponent. Tyson Fury behaves the way he does, and most people think: "Well, he's a bit of a cocky guy, a bit of a fool". But he does it so that people think so. And people think so. But I don't. I know that he's fine with his physical condition, with his strength, with the psychological work he does on his opponent. He's a very smart heavyweight," said Wusik.

Earlier, Oleksandr named the only boxer he was interested in fighting after the rematch with Fury. We would like to remind you that in the first fight , Usyk defeated Fury by split decision - 114:113, 113:114, 115:112 - and became the absolute world heavyweight champion.

A month after the fight, the Ukrainian was forced to give up the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt, which Anthony Joshua (26-3, 23 KOs) and Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) fought for on September 21.

Later it became known that the IBF left Usyk no choice. This situation angered the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Dana White. The Ukrainian himself commented on his decision for the first time. Fury and Usyk will rematch on December 21. The fantastic prize money for the second fight is already known.

Our compatriot shared his expectations from the second fight with Tyson and responded to accusations of fraud during the fight with Fury on May 18. In addition, Oleksandr commented on the injury he received in the fight.

The Ukrainian announced his radical plan to continue his career after the rematch with Tyson. Usyk named the most difficult moment of the fight with the Briton. Our boxer also spoke frankly about his opponent. Coach Sergey Lapin told us what he expects from his fighter' s rematch with the Briton.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, Russian boxing coach Andrey Ivichuk named Tyson Fury the winner of the upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

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