Tyson Fury promises a knockout victory in a rematch against Usyk

Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) promises a knockout victory against Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) in the rematch in Riyadh on December 21.

In the first encounter on May this year, which was for undisputed heavyweight title, Usyk won via split decision (114:113, 115:112 and 113:114). Fury was counted in round nine of the fight.

“I didn’t think he beat me last time, and I’m damn sure not going to let him beat me this time,” Fury told IFL. “I’ve got to knock Usyk out, and I’ll be training for a good knockout. I’ll get it like I did [in the second fight versus Deontay Wilder in 2020]. And that’s what I will do. I said I was going to knock [Wilder] out, and I did. 

“I’m going to knock this c*** out this time, and I will. Believe it first. See it first in your mind, and execute it out there. I can’t take anything away from the ugly bastard Usyk. I can’t say that I didn’t prepare or do any training. I did what I had to do. He’s got the decision over me, and we got to run it back. 

“It makes sense to do the rematch and get my victory back. I’ve gotten past the point of really caring. It probably took that decision to wake me up and give me the type of aggression back where I want to smash someone in.”