"My time has come": Fury made a formidable promise to Usyk

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) promised to take revenge on Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) and avenge his defeat in late spring. In addition, the Gypsy King, as the British boxer is called, expressed confidence in an early victory.

Fury said this in an interview with reporters on the sidelines of the first press conference of the second fight of the rivals, which took place in London, skysports.com writes. According to the Manchester native, he has always looked stronger in rematches with his opponents, which he will prove in December.

"We have to put what happened in the fight behind us. I need to be a little more focused and a little smarter to win. I always end up knocking out my opponents in rematches. No matter who I meet more than once, I end up knocking out my opponent in a rematch. I believe that this time is my time. I believe that everything that happens, negative or positive, is a lesson," Fury said.

Tyson and Oleksandr had their first duel of looks the day before their rematch. The Ukrainian appeared with an unusual look, changing his image. In addition, he forced his opponent to take an unusual step to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the first fight, Usyk defeated Fury 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, Oleksandr told what he learned from this fight.

The legendary Wladimir Klitschko shared his expectations from 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, the British Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) answered the question of who he would like to see win the rematch between Usyk and Fury. The Briton himself named his motivation for the second fight against our compatriot. He also told us when he would start preparing for the fight.

Fury also responded to Usyk's team representatives when they compared him to dictator Vladimir Putin. And the Briton Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) wished the Ukrainian defeat.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, the former coach of the Ukrainian boxing team Mykhailo Zavialov 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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