Tyson Fury And Oleksandr Usyk Meet Face To Face At Press Conference Announcing Undisputed Heavyweight Title Fight
By: Sean Crose
And so it appears to be like just like the combat is definitely going to occur in spite of everything. Provided issues aren’t interrupted by an damage or some type of weirdness, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will likely be taking over WBO, WBA, and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in a combat for all of the heavyweight marbles February seventeenth in Saudi Arabia. During an official press announcement in London on Thursday, each Fury and Usyk stood head to head for the media after some verbal sparring, principally instigated by Fury. “Let’s just put it in a nutshell,” Fury mentioned to Usyk at one level, “you’re fucked.” Usyk, cool {and professional} as all the time didn’t appear notably moved by Fury’s tried bullying.
“I’ll speak in the ring,” the undefeated Ukrainian titlist mentioned. Usyk did, nonetheless, deliver up the truth that Fury didn’t look too properly after his controversial combat with UFC nice Francis Ngannou, at the very least compared to different occasions he’d been head to head with Fury. “The last time he was exhausted,” Usyk mentioned. The fact is that there’s no telling how Fury will look by combat evening. He clearly didn’t impress towards Usyk, although he gained the combat. The towering Englishman has additionally indicated he doesn’t assume being an undisputed world champion is all that large of a deal.
‘I’ve already achieved it. I did it after I beat Klitschko,” the Daily Mail studies Fury as saying. “I won all the belts. I won the WBC after that so I’ve won every belt there is to win, including Ring Magazine’s, WBO and all of those other belts. I’ve already had them.” Fury additionally informed the Mail he’s been slacking because the Ngannou combat. ‘I’ve simply been doing what I often do,” he mentioned. “Drinking, eating shit, not training, do what I usually do. You know me. Still the same old G.’” Of course Fury then primarily acknowledged the alternative.
‘I’m all the time in camp,” he mentioned. “I’m always training. it’s no big thing. It’s a boxing fight, I’ve had plenty of them before.” Although he could seem simple going about his upcoming battle with Usyk, there’s little doubt Usyk will likely be laser targeted main as much as the bout. Then once more, Fury could also be, as properly. The man’s not afraid to toss off verbal smoke screens, in spite of everything – and this would be the largest combat of his profession. After the convention had ended, the 2 fighters stood head to head, with Fury showing considerably bigger than his fellow titlist.
