Oleksandr Usyk spent a while speaking to Sky Sports activities about his upcoming undisputed heavyweight unification combat with Daniel Dubois, which will probably be a rematch between the boys with Usyk stopping him the primary time round. That first combat, after all, had no less than some controversy about it, however Usyk says the one factor that issues is the upcoming combat. Right here’s a few of what he needed to say under.
Usyk on what he thinks of his upcoming rematch with Dubois at Wembley
“I really feel good. Hear, once I begin my profession, once I signed contract with skilled group, it’s an enormous room and one man stated ‘pay attention, you begin your profession boxing in Kyiv. This don’t have good TV, lots of people not watching you.” I say ‘hey, pay attention, two possibly three years I am going to Showtime and Sky Sports activities, first TV on this planet.’
“‘Hey, we’ll see, we’ll see. It’s not attainable.’ I say ‘it’s attainable as a result of I wish to work, it’s attainable.’ Now I will probably be boxing in Wembley, Tottenham, lots of people, Sky Sport, HBO, a variety of TV. I very completely satisfied. God give me likelihood. I take this opportunity, thanks a lot.”
On Dubois’ insistence that he didn’t hit him low of their first combat
“Hear, it was prior to now. Now I’ve new combat. I stay now, within the current. I don’t know what’s occurring sooner or later…For me it doesn’t matter what was prior to now as a result of it’s prior to now — bye bye. Bye bye, thanks a lot. You was nice.
“Hear, this punch was dangerous…it’s not my downside. Referee make scenario like this…Daniel say ‘hey, I win.’ Bro, you not win. We have now new combat, doesn’t matter. Simply wait.”
On how lengthy he plans to maintain combating
“I believe two (extra fights), actual combat. Like boxing, not freak combat, as a result of I wish to make freak combat possibly after two, three years. Now I simply have two fights.”