"He's in America now": former world champion from Russia tells a wild story about Usyk's escape from the war in Ukraine before the rematch with Fury

Former world middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov expressed confidence in the victory of Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) over Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) in the rematch. At the same time, the Russian was noted for his strange reasoning that the outcome of the fight could be influenced by "things that are not related to sports," and the Ukrainian is allegedly in the United States.

Chudinov said this in an interview with mma.metaratings.ru. The 37-year-old native of Bratsk, who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super belt, did not specify what he meant by his words, but one can conclude that he was referring to the war in Ukraine.

"We won't see anything new in terms of changes. Usyk will win on points. Maybe even by knockout. If Oleksandr himself has not become weaker. This is the only thing that can help Fury. Only things unrelated to sports can have an impact. But it's unlikely. He's in America now, it concerns him, but it's not so difficult for him morally. That's why I think the rematch won't change anything. Usyk should win more confidently than in the first meeting," Chudinov said.

It should be noted that the Ukrainian's training camp is taking place in Spain. Earlier it became known that Tyson wanted to organize a trilogy with Oleksandr to make boxing history. In addition, the Briton 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 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 ex-champion Amir Khan disagreed with the forecasts for the fighters' second fight.

In turn, Russian boxing coach Andrei Ivichuk called Tyson the winner of the upcoming rematch with Oleksandr. And the Ukrainian 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 to a comparison with dictator Vladimir Putin.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, former Ukrainian boxing coach Mykhailo 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 his preparation for the fight.

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