Haunted by Usyk: Fury’s demons return for a rematch

Oleksandr Usyk believes his win over ‘The Gyspy King’ Tyson Fury seven months ago has haunted him all this time. He is mentally shaken and full of negative self-doubt heading into Saturday DAZN PPV Return match on December 21.

Inside Fury’s head

Usyk knows Fury is still upset about their loss during their first meeting. He second-guesses himself hourly and obsessively. Fury thinks about what he could have done and what he should have done differently. Unfortunately, there’s nothing he can do. It’s too late, and he has to live with it.

Since suffering the first official loss of his career, Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) has lost the aura he once had. Going into the rematch, former WBC heavyweight champion Fury, 36, looked detached and look grim During interviews. The memory of that night keeps coming back to Tyson, and there’s no escape.

A changed man

Although Tyson was bragging about himself, he showed no energy and looked incredulous. The loss to Usyk mentally destroyed the once-proud Fury, leaving him looking like a doomed man walking one last time to the guillotine.

“I think I’m going to be there for a long time, driving 100 kilometers per hour,” Usyk said. Media When asked if he was in Fury’s head after he hit him on May 18. “I’m focusing on the 21st, and then we’ll make plans for what we’ll do next.

Usyk has defeated many fighters, and he knows what his defeated enemies look like mentally afterward. He can see it. Fury is just a shell like the others who lost to Ukrainian talent.

“Tyson Fury got a shot in the sixth round, maybe the seventh round, maybe the 12th, the 11th, the first, the second,” Usyk said. Sky Sports News About Fury failing to hurt him in their first battle.

“But Tyson didn’t do it. It’s just talk. Tyson said I have a chance. Yeah, no problem. We have a second fight, and I’ll try (to knock Fury out).”