Tyson Fury warned Oleksandr Usyk rematch plan will end in another defeat

Tyson Fury volition beryllium looking to avenge his decision to the Ukrainian prima erstwhile the brace spell glove-to-glove for a 2nd clip successful Riyadh connected December 21

British boxing fable Duke McKenzie believes Tyson Fury program to heap connected the pounds for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk volition lone play into the Ukrainian's hands.

'The Gypsy King' is entering the last stages of his grooming campy for the sequel arsenic helium bids to level the bid against the Ukrainian. Fury suffered the archetypal decision of his nonrecreational vocation to Usyk backmost successful May, losing via divided determination successful Riyadh. The 2 heavyweight stars volition erstwhile again spell head-to-head successful the squared-circle connected December 21.

Last month, the Brit revealed helium volition beryllium looking to unafraid a knockout triumph successful December. Speaking successful an interrogation up of the console merchandise of the boxing video crippled 'Undisputed', erstwhile asked what maneuver helium preferred retired of staying connected the extracurricular oregon stepping into a fighter, Fury answered: "I don't know. It's horses for courses isn't it? It each depends connected what I request to bash connected the night.

"I needed to get Wilder retired of determination oregon helium got maine retired of determination and that's the benignant of combat it had to be. It had to beryllium a 50/50 gunsling with the biggest puncher successful past oregon other he'd person chinned maine successful circular nine. Going into the rematch with Usyk, it's going to beryllium the same. I'm going to rotation the dice and it's going to beryllium you oregon me... champion ft guardant and plaything away. I've ne'er been acrophobic to get knocked spark out. I've ever enactment it connected the enactment each time."

He added: "There's nary secret! I'm going successful determination to sound you retired due to the fact that I don't deliberation I'm going to get a determination nary substance what I do. I don't deliberation I'm going to get a boxing decision, truthful I'm going to person to instrumentality it retired of the judges hands similar I did successful America that clip and I've got to get him (Usyk) retired of there. Hand connected heart, I person to get him retired of determination to spot victory."

Ahead of the blockbuster rematch, caller pictures would suggest that Fury is gaining a small spot of other value arsenic helium looks to unafraid a decorativeness adjacent month. The two-time heavyweight world champion weighed 262lb for his clash - implicit 30lb much than his opponent. Despite giving himself a 10/10 standing for his archetypal outing with the Ukrainian, the Brit insisted that it wasn't the 'real Gypsy King'.

In a station uploaded to his Instagram communicative past month, Fury uploaded a representation of his physique earlier his decision successful May, captioning it: "Was successful the signifier of my life, but this is not the GK [Gypsy King].” In a 2nd image, uploaded alongside it was a snapshot from his 2nd showdown with Deontay Wilder - with Fury writing: “This is him, 19st 11lbs, bruiser.”

Despite revealing plans to heap connected the weight, McKenzie - Britain's archetypal three-weight satellite champion - has warned Fury that his crippled program for the rematch won't work. Speaking connected talkSPORT's talkBOXING podcast, helium said: "He [Fury] doesn't live, eat, walk, speech the athletics but you're expected to. In-between fights is wherever fights are won and lost. We cognize Fury blows up, puts connected a load of value betwixt fights and past helium has got to get escaped of each that value again. Now, they're trying to archer america that Fury is going to beryllium bigger and better.

"Bigger and amended isn't going to bushed Usyk. It's truly not. If helium puts connected much value and thinks to himself 'I'm going to bully Usyk this time, I'm going to spell successful and locomotion him down, I'll beryllium capable to instrumentality his shots due to the fact that I'm that overmuch bigger', it's not going to enactment for him. He's going to beryllium slower, he's going to beryllium much predictable, he's going to get deed much and a batch sooner.

"Usyk wins the rematch each time long, I can't spot however Tyson Fury beats him. He's not going to sound Usyk out. This feline is unbeaten, truthful you person to look for chinks successful his armour. Has this feline got a atrocious engine? Does helium get cut? Does helium spell down? Does helium person to get up disconnected the level to triumph fights? Usyk doesn't person to bash immoderate of them, he's ne'er shown a vulnerability."