Forward of the December 21 heavyweight rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, each fighters appeared for a press convention to formally announce the struggle and talks about their expectations for the title struggle. Right here’s a few of what each fighters needed to say beneath.
Fury on his mindset heading into the rematch with Usyk
“It’s about been four-and-a-half years was the Wilder 2 struggle, that was the final time I used to be the underdog in these fights. What’s going via me thoughts? I’m simply trying ahead to a incredible struggle. You realize, final time in Could it was a incredible struggle, Oleksandr gained the struggle honest and sq.. Simply seeking to placed on an excellent struggle once more. It was a really shut struggle, obtained it by some extent, slightly bit extra focus, slightly bit extra lack of complacency and I ought to do the job, what I to do.
“Nothing drastic has to alter. A bit extra the identical, slightly bit extra focus like I say, and I will likely be victorious.”
Usyk on his ideas concerning the rematch
“What’s my motivation? I don’t have motivation, solely my regime, solely my focus — that is my motivation.”
Fury on dealing with Usyk for a second time
“As it will appear, my rematch with folks all the time find yourself a technique. I all the time find yourself knocking them out within the rematch, whoever I’ve confronted greater than as soon as has been knocked out within the rematch. So I’m envisioning considerably comparable within the second struggle with Usyk. All I can do is put together effectively, prepare exhausting, eat effectively, go to mattress early, get up early, do the precise issues, hearken to the folks round me, and the remainder is in God’s palms.
“And final time in Could it wasn’t my time to win or else the almighty would’ve given me the victory. And I’m very pleased that Usyk obtained the choice as a result of God’s timing isn’t late, it’s not imperfect — it’s perfection. In order that was meant to be and we’re going to seek out out what’s meant to be on December the twenty first. I imagine it’ll be my time this time and I imagine all of the issues that occur destructive or optimistic are classes. We should study from the issues that we undergo in our lives and we are able to solely do the most effective we are able to do as human beings and as boxers and as fathers and as husbands and as all the things else.”
Usyk on his new look that strongly resembles Agent 47 from Hitman
“[Quietly strokes the fabric on his suit]. I don’t know.”
