Tyson Fury mentioned his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk and a current drunken fall as the previous heavyweight champion emerged from his exile.
In a YouTube interview along with his power drink, Furiosity, Fury mirrored on his first defeat and blamed complacency for Usyk taking his WBC title. Regardless of nearly being knocked out and bounced across the ring within the ninth spherical, Fury skated over spherical 9 with just a few phrases to handle a state of affairs the place he was nearly taken out by a smaller man once more.
He gave the Ukrainian no credit score as Fury prepares for a December rematch.
“I’ve watched the battle again tons and nonetheless acquired the identical reply. I assumed I gained,” mentioned Fury. “Usyk is aware of he didn’t beat me. I assumed I boxed the pinnacle proper off him for many of the rounds.
“He busted my nostril in spherical eight, acquired the 10-8 in spherical 9, and I gave him spherical ten. However aside from that, I didn’t give him another rounds. It was truly rather a lot simpler than I assumed it’d be.
“Individuals mentioned he’s arduous to hit, however I used to be lighting him up with 4 punch combos and laughing at him. My downside was I in all probability had an excessive amount of enjoyable. It was too simple. It was like I used to be in there with a neighborhood novice boxer. I used to be having fun with it an excessive amount of, messing round, and paid the last word value in spherical 9. I acquired clipped, which occurs when you’ve got an excessive amount of enjoyable.”
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Addressing a current video the place he couldn’t stroll out of a pub earlier than faceplanting the pavement, Fury added, “I acquired p***ed up about two weeks in the past and fell over on my face. I didn’t do any injury, although. I’m nonetheless handsome.”
On issues he may plummet again into melancholy as he did after the Wladimir Klitschko battle in 2015, “The Gypsy King” concluded, “I’ve had a lot of messages and other people phoning asking if I’m alright.
“You’re a grown man and have a drunken night time out, and impulsively [people think] you’re going to leap in entrance of a prepare.
“Clearly, from my previous historical past, persons are involved, however I’ve simply been chilling out and spending time with my household.”
Fury must enhance to overturn his loss later this 12 months. Usyk has historical past on his facet relating to second bouts within the high division. They often go the identical means as the primary.
Usyk is aware of he can harm and rock Fury every time he lands flush however might be weary of these big uppercuts coming in the other way. The return must be fireworks from the primary bell.
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