Tyson Fury Makes Huge U-Turn On Result Of First Oleksandr Usyk Fight

Tyson Fury has seemingly changed his mind when it comes to his first encounter with Oleksandr Usyk.

Tyson Fury will do battle with his heavyweight rival Usyk again in a highly-anticipated rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday 21 December

‘The Gypsy King’ came up short in their first meeting, suffering a razor-thin split decision loss, as Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly 25 years.

In the immediate aftermath, Fury disagreed with the verdict, claiming that he only gave Usyk four rounds of the fight.

“I’ve watched the fight back lots of times and still got the same answer, I thought I won the fight, I thought I did enough. One of the judges had me winning by a round, one had him winning by a round and that was the final decision, so it was what it was. There is no good in crying over spilt milk, it’s done now. I believe everything happens for a reason.

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I thought I boxed the head right off him for most of the rounds. He landed a good punch in round 8 and busted my noise and in round 9 he had a 10-8 round so that’s two and I give him round 10, but other than that I didn’t give him any other rounds. I give him 4 rounds in the fight.”

Fury appears to have had a change of heart though, as during the launch press conference to officially announce the rematch with Usyk, he conceded that Usyk won ‘fair and square’.

“Last time in May it was a fantastic fight, Oleksandr won the fight fair and square.

“It wasn’t my time to win or else the all mighty would have given me the victory. I’m very happy that Usyk got the decision because God’s timing is not late, it’s not imperfect, it’s perfection.

“So that was meant to be, and we’ll find out what’s meant to be on December 21.”

Fury has also shared his thoughts on both Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois, and has made a bold prediction for the potential rematch.