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Tyson Fury ‘feels sorry’ for Anthony Joshua but would still fight him

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Tyson Fury says he “feels sorry” for Anthony Joshua after his knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois – but insists he still wants to fight his British rival.

Joshua suffered the fourth loss of his professional career when he succumbed to IBF heavyweight champion Dubois at Wembley Stadium in September.

The former world champion was dropped four times in five rounds by Dubois on a chastening night but will seemingly fight on, with promoter Eddie Hearn saying a rematch with Dubois or a clash with Fury will be Joshua’s next contest.

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Fury, who will face Oleksandr Usyk once again on December 21 after losing their first fight via a split decision in May, said of Joshua on Sky News: “I feel sorry for him at the minute, being cleaned out in the last fight in five rounds, so he’ll have to do that again – or not – and then decide his future.

“I’ve said after every [Anthony Joshua] loss I’ve felt deflated.

“When an adversary loses, and it’s not to you, you do feel down and depressed about it. I felt sad for him. It was sad to see a worthy opponent lose his crown.

“I’d still fight him whether he’s got five losses, 10 losses or 20. It’s not important because, at this stage of our careers, it’s about having good fights.

“I think it would still be an entertaining and interesting fight for the paying pundit.”

However, Fury says his immediate goal is for a third fight with Usyk, after previous trilogies versus Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora.

“I would like to have a trilogy with Usyk. It would be 1-1 and then we would have to do a rubber match and I’d be the only heavyweight in history to have three trilogies. That would be quite impressive.”

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Tyson Fury Reveals Whether Dad John Will be in Corner for Usyk Rematch

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Tyson Fury looks to bounce back from the sole defeat of his professional career when he faces Oleksandr Usyk in a highly anticipated rematch on the 21st of December. The Ukrainian became the undisputed heavyweight world champion when he defeated ‘The Gypsy King’ via split decision back in May.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk

Although Fury saw the final bell that night, many believe that he was fortunate to make it to the end of the fight as it could have easily been stopped in the ninth round. The Morecambe man was in trouble after a barrage of punches from Usyk sent him reeling back into the ropes. Rather than stopping the fight, though, the referee opted to give the Brit a standing eight count, allowing him to continue in the contest.

From that point, Fury needed to do something big to turn the tide in the bout. However, there wasn’t much in the way of tactical instruction coming from the Fury corner, with Tyson’s father John instead opting to bellow at his son, telling him that he was up on the cards and that he didn’t need to seek a stoppage.

As it turned out, though, Fury was in need of a knockout in order to become the undisputed heavyweight champion – and his corner came in for plenty of criticism for not making that clear to their fighter. Tyson himself recently addressed those critics during an interview in promotion of the new ‘Undisputed’ boxing video game.

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‘The Gypsy King’ scoffed at the idea he should make any ‘drastic’ moves

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk

 

“I know what I’ve got to do, nothing drastic,” Fury told host Paul Dempsey of the rematch.

“People can say ‘I want to change trainers or I’ll blame it on me conditioning coach or I’ll blame it on the cook or I’ll blame it on the mouse next door. Same team, same everything, I know what I’ve got to do. I thought I won the fight last time.”

Reflecting on the first bout, Fury explained: “I give him, [after] me boxing all my life and watching boxing my whole career, I gave him rounds eight, nine and ten, and round nine was a 10-8. So that’s what I give him out of the fight, but obviously the judges saw it a bit different, couple of them did, one of them had me winning. That’s what it was, it was as close as it can be.”

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Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk judges’ scorecards
Manuel Oliver Palomo Craig Metcalfe Mike Fitzgerald
Rounds Tyson Fury Oleksandr Usyk Tyson Fury Oleksandr Usyk Tyson Fury Oleksandr Usyk
Round 1 9 10 9 10 9 10
Round 2 10 9 10 9 9 10
Round 3 9 10 9 10 10 9
Round 4 9 10 10 9 10 9
Round 5 10 9 10 9 10 9
Round 6 10 9 10 9 10 9
Round 7 10 9 10 9 10 9
Round 8 9 10 9 10 9 10
Round 9 8 10 8 10 8 10
Round 10 9 10 9 10 9 10
Round 11 9 10 10 9 9 10
Round 12 10 9 10 9 10 9
Total 112 115 114 113 113 114

Fury has no interest in chancing his luck with the judges in December, appearing to believe that he cannot win the rematch on the judges scorecards.

“There’s no secret, I’m going in there to knock him out because I don’t think I’m gonna get a decision no matter what I do,” argued Fury. So I have to take it out of the judges’ hands. I believe I have to get him out of there.”

Fury has scored KO wins in 24 of his 34 victories. If he can secure his 25th stoppage against Usyk, then it will be the biggest result of his professional career.

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Former World Champion Says A ‘Failed One-Trick Pony’: “I Told You ALL

The former WBC Champion went 40 fights undefeated in his campaign, ending 39 of them inside the distance, before he faced Tyson Fury. The Brit was coming back from a long and damaging lay-off but scored a draw on the cards, surviving two knockdowns.

wilder knocked Dominic Breazeale out in one round and Luis Ortiz in seven before facing Fury again when he would taste defeat in the manner he had been dishing out for years. ‘The Gypsy King’ dominated and stopped him in seven. Wilder was more competitive in the third fight but was ultimately knocked out again.

Since then he has beaten Robert Helenius but lost back-to-back against Joseph Parker (UD) and Zhilei Zhang (KO, 5). It’s not the losses that have made pundits call for him to retire, rather the way in which he has fought – tentatively and without the same threat.

In an interview with Fight Hub TV, three-weight world champion James Toney said that he saw it coming, criticising Wilder’s resume and calling him a ‘one-trick pony’ who didn’t belong at the top level.

“Deontay Wilder and that bomb bulls**t. Everybody was believing in that. I told everyone look who he’s fighting. He fighting bums. If I was fighting them I would have all fights by knockout. The guys he fought I would’ve knocked out in two, three rounds too. They built him up right and then when it was time to come through, he failed. He wasn’t ready. It’s sad seeing what happen to him but it is what it is. Deontay was a one-trick pony.”

Toney has long argued that the fighters of today wouldn’t last two fights in his own era. He was famously tough, losing ten in his career but never being stopped. With 92 fights in total, many felt he clung on too long and should’ve hung up the gloves earlier. Some in the sport are now encouraging Wilder to think the same way.

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Tyson Fury is unliked to throw his support behind Anthony Joshua for his battle against Daniel Dubois

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Tyson Fury is unliked to throw his support behind Anthony Joshua for his battle against Daniel Dubois

Tyson Fury will be putting his backing behind Daniel Dubois for the British boxer’s bout with Anthony Joshua in September.

Dubois, previously an IBF interim titlist, was elevated to become the full champion and is looking to defend his title against Joshua at Wembley Stadium. The 26-year-old can set up a future showdown with Fury or Oleksandr Usyk if he beats Joshua.

Joshua himself has a long-standing rivalry with Fury, though the duo have never met in the ring. Fury will be in attendance at Wembley for September’s fight and unsurprisingly looks set to back Joshua’s opponent.

According to his manager Spencer Brown, Fury has a close relationship with Dubois. And while he is said to be hoping for a good fight, the 35-year-old is backing Dubois to come out on top.

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Brown told Sky Sports: “I think he’s a good friend of Daniel Dubois and obviously he’s in that [same] promotional company. But I think Tyson just wants to see a good fight. Who will he back? Probably Daniel Dubois.”

While Fury could be in line to face the winner of the Joshua-Dubois match-up, he is instead putting his full focus into his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. Back in May, the Ukranian beat Fury in a four-belt undisputed unification bout.

The defeat saw Fury lose his WBC title, though Usyk has been forced to vacate his IBF Championship in order to take part in December’s rematch. The duo will meet in Saudi Arabia this winter, with Fury keen to have his revenge.

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“I think that we need to get this one out the way. There’s no collision course if he doesn’t win the next fight. So it’s imperative he beats Usyk. There’ll be changes,” Brown added.

“Not in management or his team, there’ll be some other stuff that he’ll be looking at training-wise. With the closeness of the fight last time, it could have gone either way. Some people will say Usyk was three rounds in front.

Some people won’t, it’s your opinion on boxing – that’s why we love it. But Tyson Fury will be back. He’ll be firing and we’ll see a new, better, improved Tyson Fury. At his age I don’t know how much you can improve.

“But there was very, very little in the fight between them, so let’s back our British guy and I’m sure he will win and then we’re going to talk about the next stage.”

September’s fight will be the 13th title fight of Joshua’s career, with the Brit having previously held having held the heavyweight title from the WBA, the IBF, the WBO and the IBO, as well as the Olympic and Commonwealth titles.

 

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Tyson Fury: ‘No collision course’ with Anthony Joshua if he does not beat Oleksandr Usyk, says manager

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Tyson Fury must win his December rematch with Oleksandr Usyk if he is to remain on course to fight the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois victor, Fury’s manager Spencer Brown says; watch the Joshua vs Dubois IBF heavyweight title fight live on Sky Sports Box Office on September 21

Tyson Fury, the former two-time world heavyweight champion, is expected to attend the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois fight on September 21.

Fury lost his WBC title to Oleksandr Usyk in a four-belt undisputed unification in May. But, with Fury and Usyk set for a rematch in December, the Ukrainian had to vacate his IBF championship.

Dubois, previously an IBF interim titlist, was elevated to become the body’s full champion and now fights Joshua at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

Although Fury has a long-standing rivalry with Joshua, he might well be backing Dubois in that September 21 fight.

Spencer Brown, Fury’s manager, told Sky Sports: “I think he’s a good friend of Daniel Dubois and obviously he’s in that [same] promotional company. But I think Tyson just wants to see a good fight. Who will he back? Probably Daniel Dubois.”

 

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Tyson Fury Has No Doubt What The Best Heavyweight Fight Of All Time Is….

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Tyson Fury recently fell short of becoming the best heavyweight of the current era.

‘The Gypsy King’ was a long-reining WBC and lineal champion who was widely thought to be on a different level from many of his competitors.

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His combination of size, skill and ring IQ meant he had never lost a boxing match since turning pro. He had registered impressive knockout wins over the likes of huge puncher Deontay Wilder, but then he came up against Oleksandr Usyk out in Saudi Arabia in May.

In a close fight, the one separating factor for the judges was a difficult ninth round for Fury in which he got caught with some big shots. He lost the round 10-8, and ultimately lost the fight on a split decision which meant Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis had the title some 25 years ago, and also relieved Fury of the lineal title he had held since beating Wladimir Klitschko many years before.

TYSON FURY vs Wladimir Klitschko

Speaking to Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, about his incredible comeback story, Fury named his final contest with Wilder as ‘the best heavyweight fight ever’.

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“This Wilder III I think it’s the best heavyweight fight that there has been.”

His promoter Warren agreed.

“That is the best heavyweight fight I’ve ever been to live.”

Fury claimed he only had four weeks’ notice for the fight and had a difficult camp that included the premature birth of his child, which made his dramatic knockout victory all the more impressive.

He has a chance to right the wrong of his first fight with Usyk when the pair do it all again in December and both men have promised to be better than before.

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‘I don’t want to get beat up’ – Tyson Fury reveals the one heavyweight contender he will never fight…

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Tyson Fury is not one to shy away from a challenge.

‘The Gypsy King’ has fought some of the greatest fighters of his generation such as long-reigning heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko and undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk.

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TYSON FURY vs Wladimir Klitschko

He also famously shared a brutal trilogy with one of the most destructive punchers in the history of the sport in Deontay Wilder.

But there is one boxer he admits he will never face – his long-time training partner and close friend Joseph Parker.

Asked last year if he would ever entertain a fight with Parker, Fury, who was the WBC heavyweight champion at the time, replied: “Definitely not.

“No. I’d rather give him the belt than fight him for it.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk

“We’re too close for that fight and there’s plenty of heavyweights out there.

“He doesn’t need to fight me, I don’t want to get beat up, sorry!”

Fury may be forced to make the tough decision if he defeats Usyk when they rematch for the WBA ‘super’, WBO and WBC titles on December 21.

Parker picked up the WBO ‘interim’ title by beating Zhilei Zhang in his last outing in March and would be next in line in the sanctioning body rotation system to face the winner.

The expectation is that whoever emerges victorious from Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua’s all-British showdown for the IBF strap on September 21 will be next in line for a shot at Usyk or Fury.

Oleksandr Usyk AND Tyson Fury VS Daniel Dubois

However, the WBO could throw a spanner in the works by mandating Parker to box the unified heavyweight champion.

“But I have the utmost respect for the guy and what he has done for my career, and if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t be where I am today.

“But if it has to come down to it I think we can put everything aside and do it before we sit down after the fight and say, ‘Hey man, you caught me with that good shot,’ and that sort of thing if you know what I mean.”

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Tony Bellew Makes New Fury-Usyk Rematch Prediction: “I’ve Never Seen Him Hurt Before”…

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Not all rematches are warranted, but plenty of people will be happy to see Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk go at it once more later in the year.

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The first contest was two elite heavyweights at the top of their game. Both men were unbeaten, both with great skill sets, physical attributes and strong mindsets.

TYSON FURY AND DEREK CHISORA

When all was said and done after the 12 rounds, it was Usyk who got the nod on points, largely due to imposing himself in round nine when Fury seemed just seconds away from being stopped as he sprawled around the ropes.

Fury has since said he was enjoying himself to much in the ring and that he will not be doing the same thing again in the second fight.

Speaking to iFL TV, former Usyk victim Tony Bellew was asked if he could see a way that Fury can win the rematch.

“Course I can. When you’re 19 stone and 6 ft 6, 7, 8, 9, whatever he says he is, course he can. Mate, if I was 6ft 9 and 20 stone I’d invade Russia, never mind fight.”

Bellew is still picking Usyk to get his hand raised again, but isn’t ruling out ‘The Gypsy King’ getting revenge.

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“I do still believe that [Usyk will win] but it doesn’t mean [Fury] can’t.

We all seen him hurt Usyk. That’s the first time I’ve seen Usyk hurt to the chin. I’ve seen him momentarily dazed but that’s the first time I’ve seen him genuinely shook to his boots, but then what does he do the next round? He comes back and puts it on you, because that’s the fighter he is.

But can Tyson Fury win? Absolutely. That big, that heavy, that good, which he is good, Tyson Fury is an elite-level fighter but he’s coming up against a fighter he can’t really figure out. And a style he’s always going to struggle with, and that wasn’t the best version of Usyk.

The best version of Usyk will go on the back foot, this guy walked forward all night with his hands up. If this guy gets on the back foot, you ain’t landing a glove on him but he chose to walk you down and bully you.”

Out of all the men he has faced to become a two-weight undisputed champion, Usyk recently named Derek Chisora as the hardest puncher of them all.

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Oleksandr Usyk’s reign as undisputed world heavyweight champion is already over but could he lose more belts?…

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Oleksandr Usyk unified the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts after a points win over Tyson Fury in May but relinquished the IBF belt last month and mandatory contenders could emerge to threaten the Ukrainian’s other titles

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Oleksandr Usyk’s reign as the undisputed world heavyweight champion was brief after he handed back the IBF belt, but will more belts be ripped away?

The Ukrainian star produced a spectacular victory over Tyson Fury in May to unify the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles, but just a month later, his reign as the undisputed king was over.

Contracted to rematch Fury in December, Usyk was unable to make a mandatory defence of the IBF belt, that meant Daniel Dubois, the organisation’s Interim belt-holder, was upgraded to full champion in June.

Oleksandr Usyk AND Tyson Fury VS Daniel Dubois

Usyk confirmed he was relinquishing his IBF title with a video on social media and Anthony Joshua will challenge Dubois for the IBF belt at Wembley on September 21, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

Could Usyk’s other titles be under threat?

Former champion Joseph Parker earned a WBO Interim heavyweight strap in March when he beat Zhilei Zhang and the New Zealander can push for a mandatory shot at the full world championship.

Parker is “next in line” for a crack at the WBO belt, according to his promoter David Higgins.

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Frank Bruno Reveals His Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk Score: “He Won That Fight”….

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OLEKSANDR USYK VS TYSON FURY

Following a fascinating first encounter, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will renew their rivalries on December 21.   When these two heavyweight champions first met in May, it was the first time the undisputed title had been contested since Lennox Lewis won it almost a quarter of a century before.

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In a close fight, both men had periods of success, though it was the Ukrainian southpaw who landed the standout blow of the battle and sent Fury spinning around the ropes to earn himself a knockdown.

After 12 rounds, he was awarded a split decision win to become the holder of all four major belts plus the Ring Magazine and lineal title, six years after doing the same down at cruiserweight, and 12 years after becoming an Olympic gold medalist.

Speaking to the Criminal Connection Podcast, former WBC heavyweight champion Frank Bruno was asked for his view on who won the fight and said he scored it in favour Usyk.

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“Usyk won, I think. You can’t really deny that. You can try and go round the corners or whatever but Usyk won.”

Since the final bell, Usyk has admitted he made mistakes that will not be repeated in the rematch, while Fury has said he was having too much fun and next time will get the job done properly.

Former Fury victim Dillian Whyte has claimed it could be hard for ‘The Gyspy King’ to turn things around in the second fight given the toll previous battles may have taken him and mindful of the fact that Usyk’s confidence will be through the roof after winning the initial meeting.

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