Fury expects to knock out Usyk in heavyweight boxing title rematch

Tyson Fury promises to beryllium much focused up of the much-anticipated rematch against Oleksandr Usyk connected December 21.

Tyson Fury said helium volition sound retired Oleksandr Usyk successful a rematch of their undisputed heavyweight champion of the satellite bout aft losing his undefeated grounds to the Ukrainian.

Usyk won a divided determination connected points erstwhile the brace archetypal met successful May and volition conflict again for the WBA, WBC and WBO titles successful Riyadh connected December 21.

Fury had gone 35 nonrecreational fights without decision earlier facing Usyk successful the Saudi superior and promised to summation revenge successful benignant if his past successful rematches is thing to spell by.

Fury, a British national who identifies arsenic an Irish Traveller, knocked retired Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora erstwhile gathering them for a 2nd and 3rd clip successful the past aft going the afloat 12 rounds against some successful his archetypal bout.

“I person to beryllium a small spot much focused and astute to get the victory,” said Fury astatine a quality league successful London connected Wednesday.

“My rematches with people, I ever extremity up knocking them out, truthful I’m envisaging thing akin against Usyk.”

Usyk remains unbeaten successful his 22 nonrecreational bouts and took the accidental to person immoderate amusive astatine Fury’s disbursal successful beforehand of the cameras.

Oleksandr Usyk, left, punches Tyson Fury during the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO and Undisputed Heavyweight titles’ combat astatine Kingdom Arena connected May 18, 2024, successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [Richard Pelham/Getty Images]