"Never": Fury slams May 18 fight refereeing ahead of Usyk rematch

Former world heavyweight champion Tatson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) once again expressed his categorical disagreement with the judges' decision in the fight with Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs). According to the Gypsy King, as the British boxer is called, he watched the May 18 fight many times but still did not understand why the Ukrainian was named the winner.

Fury said this in an interview with the iFL TV YouTube channel, eurosport.com reports. The 36-year-old Manchester native noted that he would never have given the victory to Usyk if he had judged the fight, and also promised to take revenge in the second confrontation between the rivals.

"I would never, ever, ever give Usyk a win. I've also scored many times and awarded victory individually, so I would never, never, never give a decision in his favor, never. But I'm not here to complain about the decision. I can't evaluate what happened six months ago, I'm here to talk about December 21. It will be a special Christmas golden day of boxing," Fury said.

Earlier it became known that Tyson wants to organize a trilogy with Alexander 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 held their first duel of the eyes before the second fight. The Ukrainian appeared in an unusual way, 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 Volodymyr Klychko 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 Alexander. And the Ukrainian himself named the only boxer he is interested in fighting after the second fight with the Briton.

In addition, Anthony Joshua answered the question of who he would like to see win the rematch between Usyk and Fury. After that, he named the winner of the rematch. Tyson himself named his motivation for the second fight against our compatriot.

Fury also responded to Usyk's team representatives when they compared him to dictator Vladimir Putin.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, former coach of the Ukrainian boxing team Mikhail Zavyalov said that Tyson Fury would 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 preparation for the fight.

Only verified information on our Telegram channel OBOZ.UA and Viber. Don't fall for fakes!