TYSON FURY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE MUST DO TO BEAT OLEKSANDR USYK IN REMATCH

Tyson Fury says he has to knock out Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch - because the judges will never side with him.

Fury lost on a split decision on May 18 with two judges scoring it 115-112 and 114-113 for the Uysk and the third judge scoring it 114-113 to Fury. Uysk took his WBC belt to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world but the Gypsy King has always maintained that he won the fight.

A rematch has been scheduled for December 21 in Saudi Arabia and Fury has opened up on the first fight. He is adamant that he should have won last month and blamed his own enjoyment on the loss.

“I’ve got to get him out of there, because I’m not going to get a decision, which is unfortunate, because it’s hard enough to win a fight just by winning it, never mind knowing you’ve got to knock someone out but I’m confident and I’m looking forward to the challenge,” he told Furosity on YouTube.

“It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be, the Usyk fight, a lot easier. People were saying he’s a hard man to hit, but I was lighting him up with three and four punch combinations, laughing at him. My problem in that fight was probably that I had too much fun, it was too easy.

“At times it was too easy – it was like I was in there with a local amateur boxer and I was enjoying it too much and messing around and I paid the ultimate price in round nine when I got a 10-8 round and got clipped and that’s what happens when you have too much fun. They’ve always told me: never mix your work with having fun.

“And I’ve always given them the middle finger and now it’s come back to me. But still, I enjoyed it, it was all good. Get yourself well – I hear he’s got a broken jaw and eye socket, so get yourself well and I’ll see you in December for a Christmas extravaganza in Saudi Arabia.”

He added: “I’ve watched the fight back lots of times. I’ve still got the same answer – I thought I won the fight, thought I did enough. Uysk knows that he didn’t beat me. People’s opinions again – and this time people’s opinions affect big time. Close enough, one of the judges had me winning by a round, one of them had him winning by a round and that was the final decision, it was what it was. I could sit here being upset about it, but I always believe it’s no good crying over spilt milk. It’s done now, it’s in the past.

“I believe everything happens for a reason and I thought it was my time, but obviously God didn’t have his plan for me to win on the 18th, otherwise I’d have got the decision. But to be honest with you, it hasn’t affected me anyway – I lost on a split decision, it could’ve gone my way, it could’ve not. I’d have been doing the same s*** anyway, undisputed champion or not, I’m still going to be doing the same stuff as I’m doing now: dog s***, dropping the kids off, running, having the odd beer until I fall over, that’s what I do. I don’t do much else.

“I thought I boxed the head right off him for most of the rounds. Obviously he landed a good punch in round eight and busted my nose. In round nine he had a 10-8 round, so that’s two and I give him round 10 as well but other than that, I didn’t give him many other rounds. I give him four rounds in the fight.”

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