Tyson Fury: ‘Born a winner’ unfazed by pressure of rematch

Tyson Fury says he wouldn’t be surprised if he beats Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on Saturday night.

He says he’s “born a winner,” and a win over unified heavyweight champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) would be no different from the other 34 victories he has racked up over his 16-year career.

And hopefully he’s serious because he partied and ate like crazy after his upset win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. The Gypsy King ballooned to nearly 400 lbs He stayed out of the ring for two and a half years celebrating.

For Fury to react this way, he didn’t think he would win, and may have doubts that he would raise his hand against Usyk. In other words, when Fury talks, he’s not being honest with people.

A winner was born?

“This is what I do. I win. I was born a winner, I will die a winner. Some of the wins between them don’t mean much to me,” Tyson Fury said. Queensberry Offers When asked what he would do if he beat Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday.

A checkered past

That defeat that Fury suffered against Usyk should have been No. 3 on his resume, not his first, as his first match with John McDermott on September 11, 2009, was a gift decision, and his first match against Deontay Wilder should have been a gift. Loss by knockout. This was where Fury was out cold in the 12th and was counted out by the referee. The fighting should have stopped immediately.

“I think Fury has got it. This is his big fight, his comeback. He’s never going to have a bigger fight coming back from defeat,” said Gareth A. Davies. talkSport boxing. “Muhammad Ali came back from defeat To become heavyweight champion. Tyson Fury can do it.

“Fury didn’t hold his long guard long enough, and he could do that in this fight. He hurts Usyk to the body with big shots as well, over and over again. He’s going to put all of that to work. What Usyk will do differently this time. Who knows? Maybe he’ll move more and be More elusive, but it will be a fascinating and fascinating chess match as they enter the thirteenth round.

“I understand he’s in better shape,” Gareth said of Fury. “He had a cut over his right eye to deal with in the last camp of course.”

The comparison between Ali and Gareth was a bit much, even for him. If Fury were a talent like that, he wouldn’t have any problems on Saturday against Usyk.