Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk slammed over ‘painful’ press conference

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s property league was branded ‘painful’ and ‘pointless’ by immoderate disgruntled boxing fans.

The heavyweight fighters faced disconnected astatine London’s Guildhall connected Wednesday up of their much-anticipated rematch connected December 21.

Usyk defeated British large Fury successful a thrilling undisputed heavyweight clash successful May, the Ukrainian taking the triumph connected a divided decision.

That was Fury’s archetypal decision since helium made his nonrecreational debut successful 2008 but The Gypsy King has a accidental to marque things close erstwhile helium meets Usyk successful Riyadh adjacent month.

Fireworks were expected erstwhile the brace faced disconnected astatine the motorboat property league connected Wednesday but the lawsuit turned retired to beryllium a alternatively subdued affair.

Fury came retired to Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ portion Usyk – resembling the pb quality successful the video crippled Hitman -entered the arena to ‘Ave Maria’.

The brace answered questions astir the combat from big Dev Sahni but soon began to connection abbreviated responses, though that is not uncommon for Usyk, who lone began learning English a fewer years ago.

At 1 constituent Usyk, wearing a achromatic suit and leather gloves, opened a briefcase helium brought connected signifier and asked Fury to motion 2 pictures from their archetypal fight.

Later the brace faced disconnected connected stage, with Fury breaking the stalemate by tickling Usyk successful the ribs.

‘I felt atrocious for Dev [Sahni] astatine the extremity there, it was similar being connected a atrocious date,’ ex- boxer and TNT Sports pundit Matthew Macklin said aft the property league finished.

Several fans were underwhelmed by the scenes, with 1 penning connected YouTube: ‘What a pointless property conference.’

‘Worst property league I’ve ever seen,’ different wrote, portion 1 spectator said: ‘This has got to beryllium the weirdest property league ever.’

While fans wanted to perceive much from Fury and Usyk, they did some sermon the fight, which has been branded the biggest heavyweight bout successful the 21st century.

Victory for Usyk would heighten his estimation arsenic an all-time large and potentially nonstop Fury, 36, into retirement.

But if Fury is victorious helium volition erstwhile again beryllium regarded arsenic the champion heavyweight connected the satellite and volition surely beryllium acceptable for a immense showdown with either Daniel Dubois oregon Anthony Joshua pursuing their rematch, which could instrumentality spot successful February.

‘It’s been 4 and fractional years since I was the underdog, successful the archetypal Deontay Wilder fight,’ Fury said.

‘I’m looking guardant to a fantastic fight, Oleksandr won the archetypal combat just and square.

‘I’ll beryllium a spot much focussed, nary deficiency of complacency and there’s thing drastic I person to change. I volition beryllium victorious.

‘Last clip it wasn’t my clip to triumph oregon deity would person fixed maine victory. I’m precise blessed Usyk got the decision, that was meant to be, and we’re going to find retired what is meant to beryllium connected 21 December.

‘I judge it’s my clip this clip and each things that happen, affirmative oregon negative, are lessons and we indispensable larn from these things arsenic humans, boxers, fathers and husbands.

‘What we cognize is to spell retired determination and sound each different out, and to enactment connected a amusement for the paying customer. 

‘I anticipation you guys volition bask this combat arsenic overmuch arsenic I will.’

Asked what helium needs to alteration to reverse the result, Fury added: ‘I person to beryllium a small spot much focused and astute to get the victory.

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

‘All I tin bash is bid well, devour well, spell to furniture early, perceive to the radical astir maine and the remainder is successful god’s hands.’

Usyk, meanwhile, said: ‘I’m blessed to beryllium here. What is my motivation? I don’t person motivation, lone my regime, my concentration, this is my motivation.’

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