Tyson Fury says he will not react with surprise if he wins against Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on Saturday night.
He says he was “born a winner,” and a win over unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) would be no different than the other 34 wins he’s had during his 16-year career.
Hopefully he’s serious because he partied and ate like crazy after his upset win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. The Gypsy King bloated to near 400 pounds and stayed out of the ring and celebrated for 2 1/2 years.
For Fury to react like that, he didn’t think he was going to win, and he may doubt he’ll raise his hand against Usyk. In other words, when Fury speaks, he is not real with people.
Born a winner?
“That’s what I do. i win I was born a winner, and I will die a winner. A couple of wins in between don’t mean that much to me,” said Tyson Fury Queensberry Promotions when asked what he would do if he prevailed against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday.
A Checkered Past
That loss Fury suffered against Usyk should have been #3 on his resume and not his first, as his first fight with John McDermott on September 11, 2009 was clearly a gift decision, and his first fight against Deontay Wilder had to be a knockout loss. It was the one where Fury was out cold in the 12th and was counted out by the referee. The fight should have been stopped on the spot.
“I think Fury has it in him. This is his biggest fight, his comeback. He will never have a bigger fight coming back from defeat,” said Gareth A. Davies talkSport Boxing. “Muhammad Ali came back from defeat to become a heavyweight champion. Tyson Fury can do it.
“Fury didn’t keep his long guard going long enough, and he can do that in this fight. He also hurt Usyk with uppercuts to the body, time and time again. He will use it all. What Usyk will do differently this time. Who knows? Maybe he’ll move more and be more evasive, but it’s going to be a fascinating, back-to-back chess match as they go into the 13th round.
“I understand he’s in better shape,” Gareth said of Fury. “Obviously he had that cut over his right eye to deal with in the last camp.”
The Ali comparison by Gareth was a bit much, even for him. If Fury was such a talent, he would have had no problems against Usyk on Saturday.
