"It lights a fire in me": Fury threatened Usyk with revenge in rematch

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) is determined to take revenge on Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) and avenge his defeat in May this year. The Gypsy King, as the Briton is called, noted that he has been preparing for the fight against the Ukrainian for more than a month.

Fury said this in an interview with the Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru & Henry YouTube channel. The heavyweight from Manchester emphasized that the first confrontation with Usyk turned out to be very close, and now he will be even better prepared and will definitely regain his championship belts.

"I'm looking forward to the fight. The fight in May was close, he won it by a split decision with a one-point advantage. So, everything could have ended differently then and it lights a fire in me. I want to get in the ring and get the belt back. I want revenge, you know? I'm already in camp, I've been training for four weeks now, and I've got nine more to go. I feel really good," Fury said.

On October 23, Usyk and Fury had their first duel of looks 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 Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Earlier it became known that Tyson wanted to organize a trilogy with Oleksandr to go down in boxing history. The Briton also accused the Ukrainian of disrupting the timing of the rematch.

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 ex-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 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 voiced 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 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.

In addition, it became known who Oleksandr planned to fight after the fight with Tyson. The legendary Mike Tyson gave his prediction for the fight.

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