World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is set to face WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on May 18 in Saudi Arabia.
As the fight date approached, Fury’s score was cut and the fight was postponed from February, and while the rest of Usyk’s camp remains skeptical that the fight will happen, Usyk will appear next month. shop line.
“No, I don’t think about that (the fight won’t happen),” Usyk said. – I didn’t – because I thought there would be a fight.
– My focus is my training. My focus is my family. My focus is my team. I don’t use Instagram now. Now this hates me. This is just a waste of time. I read my books, I talk to my family…. My focus is my camp. I don’t watch the news, I don’t watch world news, I’m just here. This is my arrangement. My focus is only on May 18th, only Ring of Fire [the title of the show].
Oleksandr Usyk Expecting A Different Tyson Fury To The One Who Fought Francis Ngannou
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Speaking to Seconds Out, Usyk said he spoke to fellow Ukrainian and former foe Wladimir Klitschko about the fight, but he did not reveal how they spoke, Usyk, as others, thought Team Fury gave him the interview. His last opponent, Francis Ngannou, was very easy to move and nearly hit Fury’s score in one of the greatest sports fights in history. However, Fury’s victory was narrow last October.
“The Tyson Fury fight was different for me because I think when Tyson Fury boxed Francis Ngannou, maybe [he thought] he was a UFC fighter, blah, blah, blah. Wait,” he said. Usyk. “I won, it was an easy fight.” That’s what I think. I don’t know. That’s true, maybe not, but I know Tyson Fury will be different for me. “
Usyk is the undisputed former champion, and the 37-year-old is 21-0 (14 KOs). The southpaw last fought in Poland in September when he beat Daniel Dubois.Dubois). Previously, he fought and won two fights against Anthony Joshua, and after Joshua’s recent performance, his promoter Eddie Hearn expressed his hope that Joshua can fight against Usi Gram for the third fight.
“Eddie Hearn is very talkative,” Usyk said with a smile.
After the second defeat, Joshua expressed his disappointment and later apologized to Usyk for his behavior due to the former champion Klitschko.
“Yes, of course,” Usyk said, confirming that he had. – Look, I have no ill will towards Joshua because I respect the man. He’s a great man, a great boxer, a great man, an Olympic champion, two world champions, but I think it’s his emotions. You know, I respect people, no problem. “
Usyk, who dreams of a shot at the world heavyweight title in Ukraine, has previously said he prefers to use his skills to beat opponents rather than stop them because of the may be injured, but his main goal is to win.
——If I can KO, I will fight. If I can fight for 12 rounds, I will fight for 12 rounds. My goal is to win. God wants all things to happen. “
Will he focus on where Fury was stabbed? – My strategy is to win. Enough.
