Usyk's team names main problem in preparing for fight with Fury

The team of Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) will have a hard time finding sparring partners for the Ukrainian boxer to prepare for the fight against Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs). This is the main difficulty in the training camp of our champion, who will enter the ring with the Briton on February 17.

This was stated by Usyk's manager Egis Klimas in an interview with Boxing Talk. According to him, the Ukrainian champion has already started training for the historic fight for all four belts of the elite division. The representative of our boxer emphasized that the fight against Tyson will be the most difficult fight of his career.

"It will not be easy to find sparring partners because Tyson Fury is very tall, with a big arm swing, he has a very clumsy style and he is heavy, so this will be the biggest problem. But I have no doubt that Oleksandr will win. The factors will be his footwork, intelligence, boxing IQ. I wouldn't even say that Fury has more power. He has a lot of weight and piles on his opponents. That's how he wears them down. But it won't be easy to beat Oleksandr," Klimas said.

On November 16, a press conference was held in London to officially announce the confrontation between the British and Ukrainian. At the same time, the UK has already started talking about another postponement of the fight. Interestingly, the boxers almost got into a fight during the duel of the eyes. In addition, Usyk admitted how the postponement of the fight affected him. Oleksandr also paid a number of compliments to his British opponent.

Earlier, our compatriot urged journalists not to ask him questions about Tyson. And during the WBC congress in Tashkent, a local media representative touched Usyk by asking a question in Ukrainian.

In addition, bookmakers abruptly changed their quotes for the Usyk-Fury fight. For his part, Oleksandr spoke about what he would do after defeating Tyson, who recorded a video message to the Ukrainian with a promise to knock him out by the end of the fourth round.

News from the British boxer's training camp was also announced. And the legendary Evander Holyfield explained why Usyk will win the fight against Fury. For his part, the Ukrainian did not disclose his tactical plan for the fight.

The legendary Russian champion Kostya Tszyu gave his prediction for the fight between the Ukrainian and the British. The Gypsy King himself admitted that he is not interested in the title of absolute champion.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, Tyson Fury's father spoke about the problems of his boxer son before the fight with Oleksandr Usyk. And the World Boxing Council (WBC) has announced the contenders for the fight against the winner of the Fury-Usyk confrontation.

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