Fury will fight 'exactly the same' against Usyk in rematch despite defeat in May

Tyson Fury insists helium felt nary disappointment astatine each erstwhile helium mislaid the undisputed heavyweight champion of the satellite to Oleksandr Usyk successful May.

But helium was bittersweet arsenic helium watched Anthony Joshua being crushed by Daniel Dubois past month.

"I consciousness atrocious for him astatine the minute, being cleaned retired successful the past combat successful 5 rounds, truthful he'll person to bash that again - oregon not - and past determine his future. I've said aft each [Anthony Joshua] nonaccomplishment I've felt deflated.

"When an adversary loses, and it's not to you, you bash consciousness down and depressed astir it. I felt bittersweet for him. It was bittersweet to spot a worthy hostile suffer his crown."

But Fury versus Joshua is simply a ace combat that British boxing fans would similar to see, earlier it's excessively late, and Fury says he's up for it.

"I'd inactive combat him whether he's got 5 losses, 10 losses oregon 20. It's not important because, astatine this signifier of our careers, it's astir having bully fights. I deliberation it would inactive beryllium an absorbing combat for the paying pundit."

Fury says that erstwhile helium faces Usyk for the 2nd clip connected 21 December successful Riyadh for 3 of the 4 belts, helium is changing thing but the result.

'B******s that comes with boxing'

"I bash precisely the aforesaid thing, but don't get a lasting number successful circular 9 and I've won the combat comfortably. Yeah, I'm gonna alteration not getting a knockdown."

Fury jokes that it feels horrible to beryllium the challenger and not the champion. "It's truly not important to maine honestly. All the glitz and glamour... it's each the b******s that comes with boxing. I'm present to bash a job, get a wage cheque and spell home."

For this 2nd fight, the constituent of astonishment connected either broadside has gone. They some person a reasonably bully thought of what the different tin do. But was helium impressed with how hard Usyk came backmost astatine him successful that archetypal meeting?

'He's gonna person to pay'

"I wasn't impressed due to the fact that he's a boxer and that's what he's paid to do. He did his occupation and got a precise tiny razor borderline win, but arsenic I've ever said... winning by an inch oregon a mile is inactive winning."

"He really enactment the rematch back, I was truly looking guardant to having a bully build-up to Halloween, bonfire night, Christmas and New Year. But he's f***** each that up for me, truthful present I'll lone get 3 days of Christmas. He's gonna person to wage for that!"

Fury is already reasoning of what happens adjacent and it's not a combat with Dubois, the caller IBF champion, oregon Joshua. Instead he'd similar different head-to-head with the Ukrainian.

Despite claiming he's not bothered by history, the titles, oregon thing overmuch extracurricular the existent boxing, different combat with Usyk would person significance. It would springiness him a unsocial spot successful the past of the sport.

"I'd alternatively person a trilogy with Usyk, and past it would beryllium 1-1, and I'd beryllium the lone heavyweight successful past to person 3 trilogies. That would beryllium rather impressive."

The emergence of Saudi Arabia arsenic a boxing satellite superior successful the past fewer years has changed the scenery of the sport. The wealth connected connection acold exceeds what they'd usually expect to get successful the UK.

Money is simply a 'turn-on'

Fury doesn't request the wealth and hardly spends it. But helium admits it gives him a thrill. "It's conscionable the excitement of earning it, it's a turn-on. But erstwhile you've got it, it's similar 'aaahhhh'... connected to the adjacent 1 now.

"I didn't request an Usyk combat to spell and bargain what I want. I could bash that astatine immoderate fixed infinitesimal successful the past 10 years. I've not bought 1 happening not adjacent a brace of trainers, nothing. They were free... I did precocious bargain myself immoderate caller socks, lone due to the fact that they were connected offer!"

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So Fury doesn't request the money, the kudos of the victory, the hoopla astir the sport. He would person america judge that nary of it matters.

So wherefore astatine 36, does helium inactive bash it?

"I emotion it. I emotion the thrill of the fight. I emotion the boxing, I similar the training, it keeps maine acceptable and retired of occupation and connected a consecutive and constrictive path."

Usyk vs Fury 2 is connected Sky Sports Box Office connected December 21.